Family searching for missing son

Dominic's girlfriend took this picture of him before he left on Saturday

The parents of a teenager missing from a Dorset town for a week have spent "every waking hour" looking for him.

Dominic Maynard, 19, of Bridport, was last seen on 17 November when he dropped his girlfriend off at her home in the Wyke Regis area of Weymouth.

Later in the evening he phoned his parents from a payphone in Bournemouth.

Penny and Paul Maynard said they have been handing out pictures of their son in the town all week to try and find out what has happened to him.

Dorset Police have renewed their appeal for public help to find Dominic, who left home after a family argument.

Sgt Steve Hughes, of Bridport police, said: "Dominic used the phone box outside West Beach Cafe on the beach promenade near Bournemouth Pier at about 2330 GMT on Saturday evening, 17 November.

"He's not been heard from since by known family or friends."

Mr Maynard found his son's car in the Durley Road car park in Bournemouth on Monday afternoon.

Since then the couple have spent every day and evening walking the streets of Bournemouth.

"I just want him to come home because we love him. He's not done anything wrong," Mrs Maynard told BBC News.

"If somebody has seen him, let him know that we love him. We just want to know he is OK."

When he was last seen Dominic was wearing a grey hooded top, dark slim-fit jeans, a black and white belt and distinctive red and black chequered plimsolls.