The family of a five-year-old Leicester girl is trying to find a man who came to her rescue when she slipped and fell into a freezing canal.

Millie Chapman was walking along the Grand Union Canal in Aylestone on Monday with her grandfather when she slipped and fell into the water.

Her grandfather, Peter Chapman, had managed to grab hold of Millie but could not pull her out of the water.

A man who was passing at the time of the accident, pulled Millie to safety and carried her half a mile home.

But he left before the family could find out his name and thank him properly.