FEARS are growing for two friends who have gone missing. Patience Mlambo and Jade Williams, both 14, were last seen at 2.30pm on Tuesday on Liverpool Road in Patricroft in Eccles.

Patience, who is from Patricroft, and Jade, of Eccles, have never been missing before and their families are distraught. Jade was wearing a short brown skirt, a black body warmer with fur, a purple hooded top and white sandals when she went missing.

Patience was wearing blue jeans, a white top, a short blue waistcoat and black knee-length boots. The boots were borrowed from her older sister and may look too big for her.

Anyone with information about their whereabouts is asked to contact police on 0161 856 5322 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.