Search launched as prisoner absconds from Warrington jail

A prisoner serving a sentence for attempted murder has absconded from a jail in Cheshire.

Kieran Cameron was reported missing from HMP Thorn Cross, a Category D open prison in Warrington, at 20:20 GMT on Tuesday, police said.

The 43-year-old is currently serving a 23-year-prison sentence for an attempted killing in Dorset in 2016.

Cameron is described by police as white, about 5ft 6in (1.7m), of medium build, with heavily receding hair and a ginger and grey beard.