THE family of a man missing for two weeks were today travelling to Cumbria following the discovery of a body.

Police investigating the disappearance of Mark Robert Hughes, aged 19, are liaising with Cumbria police after a body was found in the Windermere area.

His family has been informed and a formal identification was due to take place in Kendal today.

A police spokesman said more details would be released following the formal identification.

Mr Hughes was last seen getting on a tram at Heaton Park Metrolink station on August 16.

His family live in Pinfold Lane, Whitefield, but he had been sharing a flat with three students in Fallowfield and was due to start a psychology course at Manchester Metropolitan University.

In a separate inquiry, police are concerned about a Leigh man who has not been seen for more than a week.

Mark Darwin, aged 30, has been missing from his Bond Street home since Saturday, August 18.

He was last seen at 5pm by a warden at the sheltered accommodation where he lives.

He is white, 5ft 8ins tall, heavily built with short dark brown hair and brown eyes. He has a Northern accent and was last seen wearing track suit bottoms and a blue zip-up jacket.

He requires medication which he has left at his flat and he may become depressed without it.

Anyone who may know of his whereabouts or who may have seen him recently can call Leigh Police on 0161 856 7222.