FEARS are growing for a York man, who is believed to missing in the tsunami disaster.

Relatives and friends are concerned about the whereabouts of family man Stephen Magson, who travelled to Thailand with his wife, Denise, and their young daughter, India, earlier this month.

Mr Magson was staying at Dulwich International College in Phuket. His picture features alongside hundreds of other photos of missing people on a "Wall Of Despair" at a makeshift crisis centre outside Phuket's town hall, left by people searching for loved ones.

It is believed relatives have flown out to provide support and help look for the 54-year-old, who used to run the Bishops Hotel in Holgate Road, and now lives off Holgate Road.

Updated: 09:37 Friday, December 31, 2004