Parents missing with newborn last seen on motorway

Police are searching for a mates who person gone missing with their newborn babe aft their car broke down connected a motorway.

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon near the car adjacent junction 4 of the M61 adjacent Bolton connected Thursday nighttime and walked towards Anchor Lane bridge, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

Officers judge Ms Marten had precocious fixed commencement and neither her oregon her babe had seen aesculapian professionals.

They are appealing for information.

The span the mates walked towards links the Highfield and Little Hulton areas.

Mr Gordon was wearing acheronian covering portion Ms Marten, who has a confederate accent, was wearing a burgundy coat.

The newborn babe was swaddled, constabulary said.

Ch Supt Michaela Kerr of GMP said arsenic a parent herself she wanted to entreaty straight to Ms Marten.

She said: "Constance, I cognize this is an exceptionally hard clip for you and you are apt feeling frightened but I committedness that our fig 1 precedence is the aforesaid arsenic yours - to support your beauteous newborn safe."

"As you know, it's truly important that some you and your babe are assessed by aesculapian professionals arsenic soon arsenic imaginable truthful delight marque interaction with exigency services oregon marque your mode to your nearest hospital, wherever that whitethorn be."

Police are appealing for the mates to marque themselves known oregon for anyone who knows wherever they are to travel guardant with information.