Family 'desperate' to find missing South Yorkshire pensioner

South Yorkshire Police are continuing their search for 77-year-old Barry Jones, who was last seen in Sheffield

He was reported missing just before 4pm on Tuesday February 28 after he left his home in Aston, Rotherham at around 10.20am that morning saying he was going for a walk.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Hogg, who is leading the investigation, said: “We have been able to trace Barry’s steps to a certain point, and we know after he boarded the X5 bus at Sheffield Interchange, on Tuesday, 28 February. He got off opposite the Princess Royal pub on Retford Road at the Woodhouse Mill stop, between Woodhouse Mill and Swallownest at around 1.20pm.”

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "His family, who are desperate to find him and incredibly anxious as to his whereabouts."

“Were you in this area at the time? Do you remember seeing Barry? He would have been wearing blue jeans, a thermal vest and a green coat with a leather collar, and is about 5ft 8ins tall and of a slim build with a shaved head.

“PCSOs have been conducting door to door enquiries along Retford Road and all the adjoining streets, handing out flyers and speaking to people in a bid to gain any further insight into where Barry may be.

“We have also had the assistance of Mountain Rescue who have been searching surrounding areas on the ground, and the National Police Air Service helicopter providing an aerial view of the vast amount of land that surrounds where he was last seen.

“We are deeply concerned for Barry’s welfare and his family are understandably very worried and distressed following his disappearance last week. I would urge anyone who has any information at all to please come forward as we urgently need to trace where he may be.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident number 628 of 28 February 2017.