A MAN who was reported as missing by Dorset Police has 'returned home safe and well.'

Police appealed for the public's help after Nicholas Earle, 43, was last seen riding away from his home in Solly Close on a mountain bike at 11.30pm last night. They put out a witness appeal at around 2.40pm on Sunday afternoon. 

A tweet from the Dorset Police twitter account posted just before 6.40pm that he had returned home safe and well. 

Inspector Anna Harvey of Dorset Police said that they were concerned for the man's welfare and wanted to reassure his family that he was safe.