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An expert on the psychology of political crisis is to receive this year’s Presidents’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge from the British Psychological Society.

The winner is Professor Alex Haslam, Professor of Psychology at the University of Exeter and Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland .

Working with Professor Michelle Ryan at Exeter, Professor Haslam developed the concept of the ‘glass cliff’ – the tendency for women to be promoted to high-level jobs at times of...

Rural crime cost the South West £6.1m in 2015, up from £5.9m in 2014 – despite remaining broadly static at a national level. The figures form part of NFU Mutual’s annual Rural Crime Report, published today, revealing that the cost of rural crime to the UK economy has now reached £42.5 million a year.

According to the leading rural insurer, the items most commonly targeted by thieves across the South West over the last 12 months were tools from farms and businesses, quad bikes (ATVs) and garden equipment. The South West also saw the second largest increase in the cost of livestock...

Work has finished on £46,850 of eagerly awaited improvements to East Devon District Council’s Bowling Green/Millers Way and Langford Avenue play areas in Honiton and the two play areas are now open and ready for action.

Earlier this year local children at Honiton Primary School and Honiton Littletown Primary School chose the designs for the improvements to the council’s play areas in Honiton, which have now been implemented to a high standard.

East Devon District Council and Honiton Town Council have been working closely together to spend a total of £46,850 on improvements...

The fiancée of a former Royal Marine who died in a climbing accident in the French Alps has posted a heartfelt message celebrating their love on facebook.

Duncan Potts died on Wednesday as he climbed the Dent du Geant mountain in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix.

The 28-year-old, who recently became engaged, was with a friend when a rock came loose in his hands and he fell around ten feet, the Telegraph reported.

The rock hit him on the head and shoulders and despite a mountain rescue team reaching him, he died at the scene.

Mr Potts, from Coldridge, near...