THE dog that belonged to the former Enfield town Big Issue seller, Mark Davies, has gone missing while out on a walk with his new owner.

Tom, a black staffordshire bull terrier with some grey around his muzzle area and white on his chest and paws, ran off in Grovelands Park on Good Friday and did not come back.

Despite launching a search mission of the area with the help of three passers-by, his new owner Angela Hart could not track him down.

She said: "He was wearing a red scarf, a bandana. It was about 4pm, he was in the park with me and went into the wooded area. Normally he runs off and runs back to me to make sure I'm still there.

"He needs to be in an environment that he feels safe and really needs to be returned to me as soon as possible."

Tom's previous owner, Mark Davies, died in January. He was a well-known figure in Enfield Town where he worked selling the Big Issue for seven years.

Anybody with information about Tom should call 020 8807 6220 or 07957192079.