Police are appealing for information about a 56-year-old missing man who it is thought could be in the Ripon area.
Ian Kowalczyk was last seen near his home in Stanningley, near Pudsey, just before 10am on Friday.
Mr Kowalczyk has links to North Stainley and it is thought he could have travelled there.
West Yorkshire Police described him as white, 5ft 11ins tall, slim build, with short brown hair that is starting to go grey.
He was last seen wearing a padded camouflage coat, blue jeans, and brown Sketchers trainers.
The man was driving a silver Kia Ceed, registration RJ12 HNK.
Ian Kowalczyk’s car
In an update released yesterday, Michael Herbert, of Leeds District CID said:
“Ian has been missing for five days now and we remain very concerned for his welfare and urgently need to find him.
“His family believe he could have travelled to the village of North Stainley where he has past connections. We would like to hear from anyone who may have seen him in that area or the silver Kia Ceed he is driving.
“We have no information to confirm that he is there and would still like to hear from anyone who has seen him or his car anywhere else since he went missing.”
Anyone with information can call Leeds District CID on 101 and quote reference number 2069 of March 26. Or use this online live chat.
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The Harrogate district’s top five covid hotspots
There have been 633 covid infections recorded in the Harrogate district in the last seven days, according to government statistics.
The infection rate has rocketed over the last month and the current seven-day average rate is now 494 people per 100,000.
But there are considerable variations within the district.
The government breaks each district into smaller areas known as middle super output areas, each with a population of about 7,200 people.
According to the latest figures, the middle super output areas with the most current infections are central Harrogate and central Knaresborough.
The more rural Pateley Bridge and Nidd Valley, which has been consistently less affected throughout the pandemic, has the fewest current infections.
Most infections
1 Central Harrogate 76
2 Knaresborough Central 61
3 Harrogate West and Pannal 59
4 Killinghall and Hampsthwaite 53
5 Starbeck 47
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Fewest Infections
1 Pateley Bridge and Nidd Valley 13
2 Hookstone 17
3= Dishthorpe, Baldersby and Markington
3= Spofforth, Burn Bridge and Huby 19
5 Masham, Kirkby Malzeard and North Stainley 21