'Scores of people' in touch with police in search for missing Josh Cotton

Josh Cotton lives on a narrowboat at Sawley Marina Credit: Leicestershire Police

Police searching for a man missing from a marina in Nottinghamshire say they are following up on a number of lines of inquiry after receiving information from the public.

Josh Cotton has been missing for more than two weeks. He was last seen at Sawley Marina near Long Eaton on Friday 11 March.

Scores of people have been in touch with detectives from Leicestershire Police, who are leading the search, after a number of appeals have been made for help to find the 22-year-old.

Police have spent time searching in the water at Sawley Marina looking for Josh Cotton Credit: ITV News Central

Mr Cotton is described as being five feet four inches tall, and is if skinny build. He was last seen wearing black jogging bottoms, dark grey high top trainers, and a short brown hooded coat with fur along the seams and above the pockets.