An urgent appeal has been issued to find a missing teenager who vanished after catching a train almost a week ago. Solomon Agyemang, 15, was last seen on January 22 at around 8pm.

West Yorkshire Police said they are becoming 'increasingly' concerned about the welfare of the teenager, who was last seen in the Elland area of Calderdale.

When last seen, he was understood to have been wearing a black jacket, grey, black and blue tracksuit bottoms and a Berghaus backpack.

Enquiries into Solomon’s disappearance have established he took a bus to Halifax on the evening he was reported missing., police have now revealed.

He is then believed to have caught a train from the town’s railway station. Solomon has links to North London, Manchester and Liverpool.

Officers are continuing to make enquiries to locate Solomon, who has black braids in his hair, is of slim build and is described as being about six feet tall. Anyone with information is being urged to contact police immediately.

If you can assist in locating Solomon, then please contact police in Calderdale on 101, or by using the livechat facility on the West Yorkshire Police website, quoting log 1731 of 22 January.