Saints offered new contracts to youngsters Jonny Lomax, Paul Clough, Jamie Foster and Tom Armstrong earlier in the week.

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Tom Armstrong has been in Thailand since last April and had been living on the island of Koh Tao for a diving course.

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Tom Armstrong, from Kelsale, Suffolk, had been due to arrive at Heathrow from Bangkok on 9 January but did not catch the flight.

BBC: Tom Armstrong

Tom Armstrong, 22, from Kelsale near Saxmundham, had been due to arrive at Heathrow from Bangkok airport on 9 January but did not catch the flight.

BBC: Tom Armstrong

Tom Armstrong, 22, from Kelsale near Saxmundham, was due to fly home and arrive at Heathrow on 9 January, but he did not board his flight.

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Tom Armstrong, 22, from Kelsale near Saxmundham, was due to arrive at Heathrow Airport on 9 January, but he did not board his flight and he has not been in contact since.

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Saints wing Tom Armstrong scored the only points of the game just before the hour for a team that has finished top of the Super League table in the past four consecutive seasons.

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Helen Armstrong-Bland, Tom's mother, has set up a fund to help with the search, hoping any money raised could be used for flights for the family to Thailand.

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Helen Armstrong-Bland, Tom's mother, said in December she received an email from him to say that he had "ran into trouble in Bangkok", but he did not elaborate any further.

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Since the 1950s, Armstrong had been dealing with accusations of being an "Uncle Tom" - of subserviently providing entertainment for white America.

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