Claudia internet Christmas plea

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The father of Claudia Lawrence has left a direct message to her in a Christmas appeal on the internet.

In the video message, which has been posted on YouTube, Peter Lawrence tells the missing chef: "All we want is for you to be back with us."

He added: "Claudia, if you are out there and able to see this but for some reason not able to contact any of us, we love you dearly."

Miss Lawrence, 35, was last seen near her home in Heworth, York, on 18 March.

Mr Lawrence, 63, also tells his daughter: "We miss you so very, very much and all we want is for you to be back with us."

'Great loss'

The solicitor made a further appeal for anyone with information about Miss Lawrence's disappearance to come forward.

He said: "Nine months now the family have suffered this loss greatly, and it's very hard to keep this message coming but I will keep the message coming until such time that we have a resolution to this.

"So if you are the person who has this piece of information, it may not be important at all to you but for everyone's sake, for our sake, please give that information to the police or to Crimestoppers."

North Yorkshire Police are treating Miss Lawrence's disappearance as suspected murder.