At 17:15 this evening the team was contacted by Greater Manchester Police to discuss a possible search for a missing vulnerable male in the Hawkshaw area (Northwest of Bury).

Due to the concern for the welfare of the missing male it was decided that a search would be conducted and the team assembled in Hawkshaw at 19:00.

A search involving two GMP Missing Person Search managers, GMP Divisional officers, and the GMP Air Support Unit helicopter and 28x Bolton MRT team members began shortly after our arrival.

BMRT members gathered at the search RVP in HawkshawApproximately two and a quarter hours later, the gentleman was located in dense woodland vegetation by one of our search parties and was subsequently transported to hospital, believed to be suffering from hypothermia.