Police have made an appeal for information after two patients have gone missing from the Athalassa hospital.

They are looking for Theodoros Topouzides, 20, from Greece and Loizos Demetriou, 26, both of whom have been missing from the hospital since 4.30 on Saturday afternoon.

Topouzides is described as being slight, 1.65m tall, blonde with a wispy beard.

Demetriou is also described as slight, 1.80m tall with brown hair.

Anyone who has seen them is asked to call Nicosia CID on 22 802222, the nearest police station or the citizen hotline 1460.