POLICE are searching for a missing man in north Dorste and are calling for the public's help to locate him.

Harry Hall, 22, was last in contact with family at around 9am on Thursday December 16, when he sounded very upset.

It is believed that Harry was in the Bay Road area of Gillingham earlier in the morning.

He is described as white, five feet ten inches tall and of slim build. He has very dark hair and a beard and is wearing a tartan timber jacket/shirt, overalls, Wellington boots and possibly a dark coloured woollen hat.

Chief Inspector Neil Wright, of Dorset Police, said: “We are very concerned that Harry may have come to harm and officers are therefore searching the area.

“Unfortunately, so far we have been unable to find him. I am hoping somebody might have seen him today and can help us find out where he has gone.”

Anyone with information or knowledge as to Harry’s whereabouts is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk/do-it-online, via email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting incident number 16:135.