Urgent hunt for paraglider, 34, last seen 19 HOURS ago after setting off with green ‘smiley face’ wing

AN urgent hunt is on to find a missing para glider who was last seen 19 hours ago.

Matthew Thornton, 34, has vanished close to the tourist hotspot Grasmere, in the Lake District, after setting off from a fell with a green smiley-faced wing.

Matthew, originally from Oxfordshire, was set to para glide as far back to Grasmere as he could on Tuesday lunchtime.

But no one has heard from him since around 12.30pm after letting family and friends known he was attempting the fly.