POLICE searching for a Shropshire man missing from home for nearly a month believe he may have been in Taunton at the beginning of May.

Anthony Masters, aged 65, from Harlescott, Shrewsbury failed to return home after leaving for Gloucester on April 18.

Mr Masters is described as white, about 5ft 6ins tall, of heavy build, usually clean shaven with brown collar length receding hair.

He wears reading glasses and has a tattoo of a swallow on the back of one hand and a number of faded tattoos on both forearms.

Police said there was no picture of Mr Masters available.