Urgent police searches mounted for missing Sheffield teenager and Rotherham pensioner

In Sheffield, officers are searching for 16-year-old Skye, who was last seen on CCTV footage as she cycled into Shirebrook Nature Reserve via Stone Lane, Woodhouse.

Skye was picked up by a CCTV camera at around 3pm on Tuesday, July 26.

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Inspector Gareth Thomas from Sheffield, who is overseeing the search for Skye, said: “Skye is only 16 and therefore we are incredibly concerned for her welfare. We need to find her so we can ensure she is safe and well.

“People living locally may have noticed an increased policing presence around the nature reserve over the last couple of days and this is set to continue while we follow up any and all lines of enquiry available to us.

“Our latest request to residents and businesses based in and around S12 and S13 to check their CCTV footage in case it has captured Skye, or anything else that might help us with our enquiries. I’d also ask any motorists with dash cameras fitted, who have been travelling through the local area, to go back over your footage from the last couple of days in case there is footage of Skye and you’ve perhaps not realised.

“While the weather is not cold and the evenings are much lighter in the summer, this does not detract from the fact that we have a missing 16-year-old girl whose family is very worried about her.

“Skye – if you’re reading this, please get in touch with someone so we can make sure you’re okay.”

Meanwhile, officers in Rotherham are searching for a missing 79-year-old woman.

Shirley was last seen at a shop at the crossroads of Kimberworth Road, Wilton Lane and Wilton Gardens, in Kimberworth at about 9.10am on Thursday, July 26.

She is white and described as about 5ft 6in tall, slim, with dark grey hair and blue eyes.

She has a birth mark on her right cheek and a skin-coloured mole on her forehead.

Shirley was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt, bright yellow lanyard and dark coloured trousers.

Call South Yorkshire Police on 101.