Police search for missing OAP

Mr Whitelaw suffers from memory loss

Police in Greater Manchester were resuming their search for a missing pensioner on Sunday who disappeared a week ago.

Thomas Whitelaw, 67, of Heaton Mersey, Stockport, was last seen by his carer at the Dog and Partridge pub in Didsbury Road on 3 August.

There was one confirmed sighting of him on the same street a day later, but there have been none since.

Police are worried Mr Whitelaw, who suffers from memory loss, may have become lost and been unable to remember the way home.

He was wearing a brown leather jacket, blue short-sleeved shirt, jeans and tan-coloured shoes when he was last seen.

We are becoming more and more concerned for Thomas's welfare the longer he remains missing Inspector Dave Sutcliffe, Greater Manchester Police

He is white, 5ft 9ins tall, slim, with blue eyes, short black/grey hair and speaks with a Scottish accent.

Searches involving the police helicopter, dogs section and mountain rescue teams have already been completed.

Residents have also been asked to search their back gardens, sheds and outbuildings for any sign of Mr Whitelaw.

Inspector Dave Sutcliffe, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "We are becoming more and more concerned for Thomas's welfare the longer he remains missing.

"Thomas suffers from memory loss, and it is possible that he has made his way to an unfamiliar area, and may not know where he is or how he got there."