A BRAVE Bear who took a leap of faith from St Bart's Church Tower on Saturday is still missing after his charity parachute jump.
Now his owner, four-year-old Olivia King, is heartbroken as the search for her favourite furry friend gets underway.
Olivia, who has just started school at Ashdene Primary, took her thrill seeking bear named Teddy along to the Heritage Open Day at the church.
Mum Angela, 45, placed Teddy on table of bears to be taken to the top of the tower for the parachute jump.
But Olivia had the stuffing knocked out of her when Teddy never returned from the jump.
Now the search is on to find Ted.
Her grandmother, Christine King, said: "Olivia is absolutely heartbroken. Somebody must have picked it up by mistake and taken it home, the place was searched from top to bottom and all the other children were helping to make little wanted posters to stick up around the church but we have not found him yet."
Teddy is ten inches long, with jointed arms and legs, creamy coloured fur and black nose and black eyes.
His description was circulated around the church after he went missing, but the bear was not recovered after a thorough search.
Canon Tony Sparham, who helped look for Teddy, said he feared aero dynamics may have played a part in his disappearance.
"Some of the teddy bears were too light to take the jump alone so we had to tie two of them together to weight them down. It may be that someone took two home by accident. Hopefully someone knows where it is."
Anyone who has found the bear can hand him at The Wilmslow Express office at 15, Water Lane, Wilmslow or contact the Newsroom on 01625 529333 to arrange collection.