NORTH Yorkshire police have issued an urgent appeal to help trace a missing 30 year-old Scarborough man this morning.

Nick Battle, aged 30, was last seen by his family at 3pm yesterday afternoon and hails from Eastfield in Scarborough.

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Officers are extremely concerned for his welfare and searches to find him are ongoing at this time.

Police say he drove south on the A165 towards Hull in his dark blue Mazda car.

Mr Battle has been described by police as white, with short black hair and a beard, he was wearing a black coat and dark grey jogging bottoms.

Anyone with information, or knows where he is, is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police immediately.

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People are asked to dial 101 and quote reference NYP-30092021-0325.

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