The family of Harry Styles has paid tribute to the shock death of One Direction's Liam Payne at the age of 31. 

Harry, who grew up in Holmes Chapel near Sandbach, has not publicly commented on the death but his mother, Anne Twist, shared a photo of a broken heart emoji on her Instagram with a caption that said: "Just a boy..." 

Liam Payne, who shot to fame in the band One Direction, has died at a hotel in Argentina after falling from a third-floor balcony. 

Harry and Liam Payne were both members of One Direction before going on to have solo careers. 

His musical career began in 2010 as part of One Direction, the boy band formed on the music competition series The X Factor.  

They became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time with Styles later after going solo bringing out one of the world's top ten best-selling albums of the year, with its lead single Sign of the Times topping the UK singles chart.  

Styles has received various accolades during his career, including six Brit Awards, three Grammy Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards.  

Harry went to Hermitage Primary School before attending Holmes Chapel and used to catch the train from Holmes Chapel station to attend interviews at the X-Factor.  

There's a 'Harry's home village' walking tour which takes fans past W Mandeville bakery, where he worked as a teen, and Fortune City Chinese - where he once took Taylor Swift. 

Inside the bakery, there is a life-sized photo of Harry and fans can buy wooden spoons, sweets and aprons as keepsakes. 

Fans can sign their name at Twemlow Viaduct – where Harry, once signed his name in One Direction's biopic 'This is Us'. 

A railway worker who often saw Harry off on his train to London from Holmes Chapel station during his One Direction days was nominated for an award as we revealed here

(Liam Payne image by Soccer Aid, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0) 

(Harry Styles image by Lily Redman, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)

Would you like to know more about Sandbach?

Free from clickbait, pop-up ads and unwanted surveys, Sandbach Nub News is a quality online newspaper for our town.

Please consider following Sandbach Nub News on Facebook  or Twitter

We also have a weekly newsletter with the TOP FIVE stories of the week - sign up here