Two North East men escape from prison in Doncaster

Police are appealing for help after two north-east men escaped from a prison in Doncaster.

Barry John Henry Lynn, who is 35-years-old and from the Scotswood area of Newcastle and Michael Forster, who is 41, and from the Gateshead area, were reported to Northumbria Police as having escaped from Hatfield Prison, near Doncaster, at 1:06pm on Wednesday November 25.

Officers in both the South Yorkshire and Northumbria force areas are currently looking for the men, who are thought to be in a new shape blue Vauxhall Astra.

There is a possibility that the men may be in the region.

The public are urged not to approach the men but to contact police on 101 with any information as to there whereabouts.

Anyone who sees the men is asked to contact officers using 999.