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The Yarcombe and District Young Farmers Club (YFC) have donated £1,000 to the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to help support their work caring for poorly babies and their families.

The club selected the unit as one of their chosen charities for the year because of the specialist support it provides for people from their local community. They also chose to support the Neonatal Unit at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and children’s charity Over the Wall - raising £3,000 in total for their three charities, to be divided equally between them.

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Jack Yeandle says he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates will need to “rise to the challenge” when they tackle Montpellier in Sunday’s European Champions Cup fixture.

Having kicked off their campaign with a 24-15 victory over Glasgow Warriors last Saturday, the Chiefs will now make their way across the English Channel for an equally testing assignment against the star-studded French outfit at the Altrad Stadium (2pm).

Unlike the Chiefs, Montpellier suffered defeat in their opening fixture, going down 24-17 at Leinster, but they did manage to claim an all-important losing bonus...

Noise can be a major blight in modern society and one Plymouth Science Park based company is helping to ensure housebuilders, developers, industrial sites and local businesses stay on the right side of the law.

HA Acoustics is an environmental consultancy firm which provides noise monitoring and acoustic assessments for councils, planners and architects to reduce the impact of unwanted sound.

Their specialist equipment helps ensure building façades are constructed to reduce noise, that construction sites meet local authority requirements and that musical concerts operate...

Exeter’s economy is in a very strong position with the possibility to grow even further thanks to significant planned retail and economic developments and the increased availability of employment land. Research conducted by the BBC and published during March 2012 listed Exeter in the Top 10 local authority districts in England for business entities that show a high growth potential. Out of the 7,345 businesses in the area, nearly 1000 showed a good potential for growth making Exeter as a business location one of the best for new companies.

More than £500m has been invested in the...