Two missing sisters, aged 11 and 8, found safe in derelict house

Two young sisters, reportedly Irish, who went missing overnight in Manchester were found when a police officer stopped a missing teenage girl in the street.

Liana Boyd, 11, and her eight-year-old sister Teigan sparked a massive search when they failed to return from Whitworth Park, near their home in Manchester, at 8pm on Sunday.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) launched the search, which included the force helicopter and house-to-house inquiries, after their “fraught” family reported them missing soon after.

The youngsters were eventually found “safe and well” at around 11.30am yesterday after a police constable stopped a third girl, aged 14, in the street.

The girl then led officers to a derelict house nearby, GMP said.

Chief Superintendent Rob Potts said: “Until we have fully spoken to everyone involved we will have nothing further to release on this matter.

“The most important thing is that the girls have been found safe and well.

“We understood that the sisters were with another missing girl, and officers were given descriptions of all three.

“Liana and Teigan are safe and well, along with the 14-year-old girl who was also missing.

“We are speaking to all three to fully establish what happened.”

Liana and Teigan live with their parents on Acomb St, around a mile from Richmond Grove and just a few hundred yards from the entrance to Whitworth Park.

Neighbours of the family reportedly described the pair as two “lovely little Irish girls”.