New search for island teen missing for two months

Volunteers are to make a renewed search for a teenager who has been missing from the Isle of Lewis for more than two months.

Aleksandr Benga, 16, was last seen near a water wheel in the grounds of Stornoway's Lews Castle on the morning of 18 November.

The charity Specialist Search Dogs is to carry out searches around Stornoway this weekend.

Previous searches have involved police, divers, coastguard teams and mountain rescue volunteers.

The effort to find Aleksandr has included checks of outbuildings, including sheilings - which are small shelters crofters used in summer while tending livestock - in case he had sought shelter from cold weather.

On 25 November, police stopped drivers in Stornoway to ask if they had seen the teenager.

Aleksandr is described as 6ft 2ins tall, of slim build with short brown hair.

When he was last seen he was wearing a beige jumper and black jeans. He may also have a red jacket and a yellow beanie hat.