The brother of a Briton missing in New York hopes he may still be found alive.

Matt Campbell, of Woodslands Road, Hassocks, was planning to fly out to the US as soon as possible in an bid to discover what had happened to his brother Geoff.

His voice choked with emotion, father-of-four Mr Campbell spoke of his hopes that 31-year-old Geoff could have survived the catastrophe despite having been scheduled to be on the 106th floor of the World Trade Centre when disaster struck.

Matt Campbell was on a beach in Lanzarote at the time of Tuesday's terrorist outrage but heard about the attack within half an hour.

At first he had thought Geoff, who lived in London before going to the US, would be all right because he normally worked in Times Square.

But that day he had discovered Geoff, a risk specialist with Reuters, had been due to attend a meeting in the centre's north tower.

Mr Campbell said: "There is no information on him. His girlfriend has been going round the hospitals trying to get information. There are a lot of dead people whose names are not known.

"We are still hopeful - we have got to be."

Geoff Campbell moved to New York more than two years ago and lives with his long-term girlfriend, Caroline. The couple have no children.

The brothers' parents live in Northampton, the family's home town.

Mr Campbell said he and another brother were hopeful of flying to the US today.