DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of Bromsgrove teenager Thomas Jones have identified two men they wanted to speak to.

Earlier today, West Mercia Police released CCTV images of the two Worcester clubbers seen in the early hours of Wednesday, September 19.

But the officers have now confirmed that the two men have been identified. No-one has heard from Tom since Wednesday and the search continues.

He had only moved to the city last weekend as he started university.

Detective Inspector Mark Bellamy from West Mercia Police said: "Firstly, I want to thank everyone who has come forward with information and possible sightings of Tom, the level of support that we have received from the local community is overwhelming.

"Our detectives are working around the clock to try and determine what happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and have spent hours studying CCTV footage. As such we have been pursuing a number of lines of enquiry, and we are now currently treating this a criminal investigation.

"I would also appeal again to any members of the public who may have seen Tom in that area or out towards Hylton Road. We believe that he crossed the Sabrina footbridge and then walked onto the footpath that runs along the top of the flood defences on Hylton Road out of town generally in the direction of Hallow, just before 3.50am.

"Tom's family is being supported by specially trained officers. I would like to thank them as well as his friends and hundreds of volunteers who have been supporting the investigation. It's a fairly unprecedented response.

"I have met with the volunteer team this morning to talk through the investigation and agree how we could best work together moving forwards. We now kindly ask that the public stay away from the search area, so that our highly trained search divers and officers can work without distraction and continue to conduct a full and thorough search."

Anyone with any information is asked to call West Mercia Police on 101 quoting incident number 431s of 19 September. Alternatively, you can contact independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.