A MASSIVE search was launched by police in Brandlesholme on Sunday for a missing four year old boy.

The force helicopter was called out in the afternoon and used its loud-hailer system to appeal for help in finding the toddler.

Meanwhile, police foot patrols scoured land and lodges off Garside Hey Road where it was believed the youngster had gone fishing.

The alarm was raised at 2.20pm when the boy failed to return home from the lodges. Members of the public joined in the search and the child who was found safe and well an hour later at a friend's house.