CONCERN is growing for the welfare of a 54-year-old Alan Passmore who disappeared from his home in Boosbeck, Saltburn, on Friday afternoon and has not been seen since.

Cleveland Police are appealing for anyone seeing Mr Passmore to contact them on (01642) 304326. He is about 5ft 10in, of medium build with short, brown hair, and was last seen wearing a fleece jacket, dark trousers and black shoes.

CODE BREAKERS: One of the few surviving Enigma coding machines used by the Germans in the Second World War, will feature in an illustrated talk on the Bletchley Park code breakers, given by Dr Mark Baldwin at Middlesbrough Theatre on Wednesday.

SPOOKY HOLLOWS: Families are invited to take part in a Halloween walk and ghostly storytelling at Flatts Lane Country Park, Normanby, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday. Bookings can be made on (01642) 459629.

SPIRITUALIST NIGHT: Middlesbrough Spiritualist Church, in Borough Road, holds An Evening with Duncan Gascoigne on Thursday, at 7pm. Tickets, costing £3, will be available on the door but seats are limited, or by calling (01642) 785328.

FUNDRAISING THANKS: A coffee morning held recently by Redcar United Reformed Church raised £145 for church funds. There will be a bazaar at the church on Saturday, November 9. Doors open at 11am and admission is 20p.

SHOPPING TRIP: Teesside Hospice has organised a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre, Manchester, on November 17 to help raise funds. Tickets cost £10 and the coach will leave from outside Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough at 8.30am, returning at 6.30pm. For details call (01642) 355866.

PUPPY FREED: Firefighters had to release a nosy puppy which trapped its head in the filter system of a washing machine at a house in Coniston Road, Grangetown, near Middlesbrough.

CHRISTMAS FAIR: Christmas decorations and Oriental kites will be on offer at a craft fair at Ian Ramsey School, Green's Lane, Stockton, on Saturday, from 10am to 4pm.

SHOPPERS STUCK: Fire crews released ten people trapped in a lift in the Binns store in Middlesbrough, on Saturday.