POLICE are trying to trace a man who approached a 14-year-old girl in York.

The teenager was walking back from the city centre along Wigginton Road at about 5.30pm last Thursday when she was approached by a man dressed in dark clothing as she turned onto the cycle path which runs under Wigginton Road towards Crichton Avenue, said a spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police.

She said officers wanted to trace the man to determine the full circumstances around the incident, and appealed to anyone in the area at time or who may have seen the man to phone 101 and speak to Kevin Goodman or email Kevin.Goodman@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk, quoting ref 12170049168.