Major search formissing man, 36

Police yesterday brought in mountain rescue teams and an RAF helicopter to help search for a Yorkshireman who disappeared in freezing temperatures.

Ian Simpkin, 36, right, of Wath, near Ripon, left home on foot on Sunday morning. A large-scale search was conducted yesterday by North Yorkshire Police, the Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team, RAF Mountain Rescue and an RAF helicopter.