Rural East Devon Police say that Sally Stephens from Sidmouth who was missing has been safely located by officers.

We would like to thank the public for their assistance on this matter.

The police said this morning, (June 25), that they 'urgently need help from the public' to find Sally Stephens who is missing from Sidmouth.

Sally is 72 years old and is described as 5FT4, medium build, fair hair and last seen wearing a turquoise t-shirt, spotty shorts, purple sun hat, flip-flops/sandals and carrying a red over the shoulder handbag.

We are carrying out searches and enquiries in the Sidmouth area in order to locate her and are asking for the public to look out for Sally and report any sightings of her via 999 quoting log number 997 24/06/23.