CONCERNS are growing for a man who went missing on Tuesday lunchtime.

Terence Stratton, 55, was last seen by his wife, embarking on his usual bike ride through Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow, Teesside.

She raised the alarm when he failed to return home to Kingcraft Road, in Marton Manor, Middlesbrough, by 4pm as expected.

Officers from Cleveland Police, who have been joined in their search for Mr Stratton by Cleveland Mountain Rescue and North Yorkshire Police, are especially keen to find him, as he has been suffering from high blood pressure.

He is described as about 5ft 7in, of slim build, with grey hair and a grey beard.

When he left home, he was wearing a red top and black trousers and carried a green and turquoise cagoule.

He is believed to have been sen in the Clay Bank area, at about 3pm on Tuesday.

Anyone who may have seen Mr Stratton is asked to contact PC Beverley Gill on (01642) 303126