POLICE have confirmed a Barrow man reported as missing has been found safe and well.

Officers launched an appeal last night amid concerns for the welfare of Christopher Maleney who was last seen at an address in Cheltenham Street at 5.45pm yesterday.

At 10.51pm last night police confirmed Mr Maleney had been found safe and well and thanked the public for their assistance.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Christopher Maleney who was earlier reported missing has been found safe and well.</p>— Barrow Police (@barrowpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/barrowpolice/status/922581368562962432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>