Police in Exeter are appealing for information to help trace a missing man.

Lee Willingham, aged 39 years, was reported missing on Sunday 14 July having last been seen at around 6.30am at his home in Exeter on Thursday 11 July.

Willingham is described as a white man 5ft 8" in height and of medium build. He wears glasses and has dark brown and greying cropped hair and a dark brown goatee beard. He habitually wears shorts and a linen shirt.

He drives a Renault Megane vehicle, which police believe he parked in Strand Street Car Park, Plymouth on 11 or 12 July.

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The South West TUC is calling on employers to do the sensible thing and temporarily relax workplace dress codes.

Now the sun is out and the temperature has soared, many workplaces have become unbearably hot with many employees visibly wilting at their desks, says the TUC.

The TUC would also like to see the Health and Safety Executive amend the approved code of practice – which covers workplace conditions – so that it introduces a new maximum legal temperature at work.

Although workplace temperatures cannot legally fall below (16°C), there is no upper limit. The TUC...

Enjoy the stunning views of Lyme Bay while riding on the Beer Heights Light Railway. A mile-long miniature railway with its fleet of steam locomotives taking you through spectacular gardens with steep-sided cuttings and a dark tunnel!

There's plenty more to see and do at Pecorama too, with the Peco Model Railway Exhibition, the Millennium Celebration Gardens, children's activity areas and a variety of summer entertainment on offer undercover of the Peco Marquee.

Please visit our website www.pecorama.info for further details.

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall was in Exeter yesterday (Tuesday 16 July) visiting the children, young people and team at WESC Foundation, an Exeter-based charity offering learning, care and therapy to more than 100 children and young people with sight loss and complex needs.

The Duchess, who is also a patron for the charity, last visited the organisation in 2008.

She was formally welcomed by Tracy de Bernhardt Dunkin, Principal and CEO at WESC Foundation, and then met staff and students to learn more about Neuro Visual Technology (NVT) and the advancements being made in this...

Shipman Financial Planning launched their SFP Women at One network on Thursday 20 June with a lunch held at Southernhay House for local business women. Their guest speaker was the inspiring Deborah Clark, proprietor of Southernhay House and Burgh Island who sparked an interesting debate.

SFP Women at One is a network organised by Shipman Financial Planning for local business women to share their skills and build relationships with other professionals. The network will meet on a quarterly basis with guest speakers and exciting and varied events involving group members, all of which...

Businesses across Honition were invited to an open evening at Honiton Primary School last week (11 July) to learn more about the school and to have an opportunity to be a part of its future.

They were treated to a tour of the school and enjoyed a presentation on the journey the school has taken over the past five years as well as a view of what the future holds.

Honiton Primary has been on a drive to bring four iPads into every classroom of the school. The evening was part of this drive, which will decrease the pupil to tablet ratio.

After the school purchased one...

Detectives investigating the death of a mother and son at Haytor will be returning to Dartmoor one week after the tragic event to appeal for the public’s help to establish the pair’s last movements.

Katherine Hooper, 24, and her five-year-old son Joshua died after falling from rocks last Friday (12 July). Police later discovered the body of her two-year-old son Sam at her home in Dukes Close, Paignton.

Detectives are trying to establish the movements of Katherine and Joshua in the 24 hours prior to their death.

It has been established that they took a black private...