POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare a 12-year-old boy who has been missing since Sunday.

A police spokesman said Stephen Gill, who went missing from the Kenton area of Newcastle, may be in the Stockton area, where his family lives.

He is described as 5ft 2in, slim, with short cropped brown hair. He was last seen wearing a navy blue tracksuit bottoms, with red and white stripes, and a blue Umbro waterproof jacket.

Anyone with information is asked to call 0191-214 6555.