Urgent search for Briton who went missing on solo hike in Italy

Matthew Hall sent this picture to his friend of himself in the Italian mountains on the day he went missing - (Facebook)

A 33-year-old British man has gone missing after going on a solo hiking trip to Italy.

Matthew Hall, from Hull, disappeared from Chiavenna, Lombardy, on 9 July. He was declared missing after he failed to check out of his accommodation, the B&B Ploncher hotel, on 11 July.