A FATHER-of-two who had been missing from his North-East home since the middle of November has been found safe and well.
Gary Cole, 30, of Stockton, Teesside, who has family in the County Durham area, had spent the few months prior to his disappearance staying at the homes of friends in his home town.
He was last seen at the Jet petrol filling station, in Yarm Road, Stockton, at 9.15pm on Monday, November 15.
He is one of three partners in a Stockton firm, Ascot and York Conservatories.
Mr Cole's family have been informed and police are no longer involved in the incident.
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