A fresh appeal has been launched to help find a missing 33-year-old man from Hartlepool as police grow increasingly concerned.

Michael Rae went missing from an address in Hartlepool on Sunday, August 14 but still hasn’t been found.

He has been described as white with a pale complexion, around five-foot nine-inches tall, with short straight dark hair and wearing grey joggers, navy T-shirt and black trainers.

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The 33-year-old also has links to Peterlee and is believed to be on foot.

A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: "He does have links to Peterlee as well as Hartlepool and we’d ask anyone who has seen Michael or who knows where he is to contact Cleveland Police on the 101 number quoting ref 143517.”

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