TWO men have been charged with child abduction after a 13-year-old girl went missing in Nelson.

Officers launched a search for the girl after she went missing on Sunday, August 28. She was found in the Cumbria area on Thursday, September 1.

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Dean Hughes, 47, of Temple Street, Nelson and Dale Beresford, 22, of Temple Street, Nelson were both charged with child abduction.

They appeared at Preston Crown Court on September 3 where they were remanded into custody.