Police launch urgent appeal to find two missing Burnley schoolboys

Channing Haynes (12) and Preston Allen, who is nine, are both from Burnley and are believed to be missing together. They often frequent the Eastern Ave, Thompson park, Rakehead park, Thursby and Bank Hall areas.

Channing has short, mousey coloured scruffy hair, blue eyes and is around five foot tall and stockily built.

He is wearing a black hoody with grey bits on, possible grey joggers and black Nike Air Force size six trainers.

He could also possibly wearing a red Liverpool football home strip under the hoody.

Preston has shaved mousey coloured hair, brown eyes and is slimly built. He is wearing black Adidas trainers with bits of red. It is not known what clothes Preston is wearing but the boys have a green and black chequered Minecraft rucksack and a blue/grey rucksack.

If anybody knows the location of Channing and Preston, please call 101 in a non-emergency and quote LC-20200827-0722.

For immediate sightings please ring 999.