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A volunteer cook from Exeter who has dedicated the past 17 years of her life to catering for people affected by brain injury is to be honoured at a national awards ceremony.

Margaret Bird, 82, from Silverton village, on the outskirts of Exeter, will compete against only two other nominees from across the UK for The Stephen McAleese Outstanding Contribution to Headway Award, which will be presented at an annual awards ceremony organised by Headway – the brain injury association.

Margaret, 82, moved to Exeter from Cambridgeshire with hopes of retiring almost twenty years ago...

Companies across Devon took part in the county’s first Resilience Show in Exeter which was held on Thursday (23 October).

Free advice and insight into an array of sustainable ideas, products and services was on offer from experts at Resilience Show 2014, held at Southernhay Hall in the heart of Exeter.

The show was organised by Exeter firm Green My Business with all profits from the day going to the Southernhay Church Buildings Appeal.

Stuart Doderer, of greenmybusiness.co.uk, said: “We were busy throughout the day. People were there discussing all manner of topics...

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is just the trick and treat this Halloween Half Term with fun adventure for the whole family. Guests are invited to take a spooky trek through the Land of the Witches to meet the famous Crealy Witches in their haunted cavern. The Trick or Treat station is also a must visit where new terrors and goodies are lurking behind each door.

Pumpkins grown and harvested by the Crealy team will be given to all guests when visiting the Park. Guests can carve their pumpkins in the Animal Kingdom or take home to make a spook-tacular creation. Fancy dress is a...

A donkey-mad grandmother has knitted her 100th toy donkey in aid of The Donkey Sanctuary. Dorothy Harrison, from Beacon Heath, Exeter, started knitting the toys after picking up a knitting pattern on a visit to The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth in 2011 and enjoyed knitting the donkeys so much she set herself the challenge of knitting 100. She says: “I’m quite chuffed really to have done something for something worthwhile. I did the first one and after that I thought, I could do 100 easily.

“I’ve seen some others that other people have made but my granddaughter says that mine are the...