Mum pleads for safe return of missing York teenager Jordan Sullivan

In a fresh appeal to locate Jordan Sullivan, his mother, Nicola Jobling, spoke to reporters close to the scene of his last sighting a week ago.

She said: “I am desperately begging for you, my gorgeous, gorgeous boy Jord, to get in touch and please let me know you are safe.

“I am appealing, as a mum, to anyone and everyone to come forward, if you have any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, about where Jordan is now.

“If you have seen Jordan in this area on other occasions, please contact the police. It’s not an area I was aware he knew or visited.”

Search teams and family members have continued to scour the city following the teenager’s mysterious disappearance.

However, police have scaled back the hunt and underwater searches of the River Ouse, which were carried out over four days by a specialist team from West Yorkshire Police, concluded on Friday.

Officers have maintained they are keeping an “open mind” over the teenager’s fate.

Mr Sullivan is white, around 5ft 9in, with a slim build and short dark hair.

He also has a tattoo of a crucifix running between his shoulder blades.

Anyone with information is being urged to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101