FEARS are growing for the safety of a former Eccleston man who has been missing since Friday, June 27.

Alan Latto (76) who suffers from Alzheimers Disease and heart condition, has not been seen since walking out of the Tudor Bank Nursing Home in Southport, where he has been a resident since 1995. Mr Latto, who lived in Lester Drive, Eccleston, for 30 years before moving to Southport in 1987, is well known in the St Helens area. A former member of Rotary, Masons and Haydock Park Golf Club, he worked as personnel manager for British Gas at Pocket Nook for 45 years.

ANYONE who may have seen Mr Latto or who has any information which could help ascertain his whereabouts, is asked to contact Southport Police on 0151 777 3430/1.

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