THE father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has backed a charity’s nationwide campaign which asks people to help find their loved ones.

Peter Lawrence joined others in a similar situation as charity Missing People launched its new campaign, Join The Search, which aims to mobilise the public to take simple actions to help find someone who is missing.

Mr Lawrence said: "Whenever I hear a report of another young man or woman going missing, my heart breaks because I know what their family will be going through."