Police are hunting for an escaped prisoner who may be in Oxfordshire.

Gary Hopes escaped from HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire on Wednesday (October 11).

He has links to Banbury and Aylesbury.

Hopes is 5ft 8in tall and was last seen wearing black tracksuit trousers, white trainers with red or orange toe caps and a hi viz jacket.

He may have boarded a bus outside Leyhill prison.

Thames Valley Police said anyone who sees Hopes should call Avon and Somerset Police on 101.