A 40-YEAR-OLD man who went missing from his home near a North Yorkshire town has been found safe and well.

Police said Simon Geoffrey Pearson, of Lower Dunsforth, near Boroughbridge, was found in the early hours of this morning on the A64 near the Highwayman café, near Stockton-on-the-Forest.

The last confirmed sighting of Mr Pearson had been on Wednesday morning, walking on the B6265 south towards the A59, which is about one mile from his home.