Wanted man, 80, arrested at airport after 27 years on the run

 Efforts to locate Burrows since his disappearance have included a Crimewatch appeal in 1998. File Picture: PA

An 80-year-old man has been arrested at an airport after 27 years on the run, police have said.

Richard Burrows, who is accused of historic sexual abuse of children, was arrested at Heathrow on Thursday after returning to the UK from Thailand, a spokesman for Cheshire Police said.