A three-year-old boy has gone missing from a garden in Wilmslow.

Lewis Palmer was last seen in the front garden at an address on Oakdean Court at around 1pm today (July 27).

Cheshire Constabulary are appealing for members of the public to get in touch if they have any information about the toddler's whereabouts.

He is described as mixed race, with short curly hair and at the time of his disappearance he was wearing a bright blue top with orange shorts and no shoes.

Inspector Jez Taylor said: “Lewis is a small three-year-old child and we are becoming increasingly concerned about his whereabouts.

“I’d like to appeal to all residents in the local area to contact the team here are Cheshire police if you have any information into Lewis’s disappearance so that we can reunite him with his family.”

Searches are currently ongoing in the local area, and residents are asked to keep an eye out for Lewis and check their gardens and outbuildings.

Anyone with any information should call police on 101 quoting incident number 454 of July 27, 2016.

Alternatively, information can be passed on anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.