POLICE are trying to trace missing man Michael Potts from Middlesbrough who may have travelled to France.

The 47-year-old was last seen in Folkstone, Kent in a hire car on Tuesday and it is believed he might have crossed the Channel.

The hire car is a grey Skoda Octavia and the registration is FR13 OFG.

Anyone with information is asked to contact DC Lee Morgan on the non-emergency 101 number or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555111.