Concern is growing a missing 39-year-old man who was last seen on Church Street, Broxburn between 10am and 11am on Monday morning.

Shawn Watson, also known as Shawn Payne is described as white, between 5 ft. 8 and 5 ft. 10 inches in height, with a medium build, and dark hair which may have been dyed a different colour.

When last seen he was wearing cream coloured shorts, a white t-shirt, a black body warmer and cream or white training shoes.

He was also carrying a black rucksack – although he may now be wearing something different.

Officers said that he tends to “keep himself to himself” and say concern for him is growing.

Officers are checking CCTV footage for any sightings of Shawn or any information which could assist in locating him.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0996 of 4 August, 2020.

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.