Police have relaunched an urgent appeal to help find a boy thought to be in the North East or County Durham.

Cleveland Police have relaunched their appeal today (April 19) to help find Jesse Reaney, 15, who was last seen in the Wigan area on Good Friday (April 7) and has family links to Hartlepool and Stockton.

They said they believe he has travelled to Stockton.

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Cleveland Police have also said he may be in the County Durham and Darlington areas.

A Cleveland Police spokesperson said: "Police are appealing to trace missing 15-year-old Jesse Reaney. Jesse was last seen in the Wigan area on Friday 7th April, however, it is believed that he has travelled to Stockton.

"Jesse has family links to both Hartlepool and Stockton and remains missing.

"Jesse is still missing

"It is possible that he may be travelling into the Durham Constabulary area and anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 101 as a matter of urgency."

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He is described as a white male, proportionate build, brown hair, blue eyes and around 5ft 7” tall.

He was last seen wearing a grey tracksuit, light blue polo shirt, navy blue Nike trainers and a grey and black jacket.

Anyone with information regarding Jesse’s whereabouts is asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101, quoting incident number 066075.