Urgent search launched for boy, 16, missing overnight in brutal -9C freeze

A MAJOR air, land and sea search has been mounted for a missing teenager who has disappeared in freezing conditions in the Outer Hebrides.

Aleksandr Benga was last seen about 8.45am on Monday near the waterwheel in the Lews Castle Grounds at Stornoway.

The 16-year-old was last seen wearing a beige jumper and black jeans, and may be in possession of a red jacket.

The hunt for the teen has intensified amid bitterly cold temperatures that saw the mercury dropped as low as -9C overnight on the Isle of Lewis.