POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned for a man who has been missing from home since Wednesday.

Ian David Roberts, 44, left his home in Ripon on May 6 to visit relatives in Swindon, where he stayed for two days before he left and said he was going to Wales.

It is thought he may have visited Pontypridd and it is known he contacted a member of his family on May 16 when he was in Newport, Gwent. He has not been seen or heard from since.

Mr Roberts has medical problems and requires daily medication, which he does not have with him. He is 6ft, stocky, with cropped fair hair. Anyone with information is asked call police on 0845-60-60-247.