Police of two counties are worried about the safety of a 54 year-old man and are urging the public to help them find him.

Robin Purvis has been missing since Wednesday, the last time he was in touch with his family.

He is believed to have been in Kettleness, north of Whitby, sometime between Thursday 4 and Friday 5 June.

His car, a blue 63-reg Citroen C3, was located by police parked at Kettleness Carpark, near Goldsborough footpath on the evening of Friday 5 June.

Mr Purvis, of Durham, is white, around 5ft 11ins tall, with a bald head.

If you think you might have seen Robin, or have any information about his current whereabouts, please contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 and pass information to the Force Control Room.

If you have an immediate sighting of him, please call 999.