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Two randomly selected Devon teachers attending this year’s Farmwise Devon event at Westpoint, Exeter, have won free places to take part in the campaign's first teacher training programme on food and farming.

1,400 children from 32 schools attended this week's event, sponsored by Mole Valley Farmers. Children were taken on a journey from field to fork, enjoying practical and hands on tasks through 12 educational zones including Beef, Fruit, Forestry, Dairy and Arable.

Farmwise Devon educates primary school children about where good food comes from. Now in its fifth year, the...

An Exeter-based accountancy firm is continuing to build international links after helping to organise a successful trade mission to China.

Two partners from PKF Francis Clark, which has eight offices across the South and South West, gave presentations on doing business in the UK to an audience of 140 Chinese businesses.

Andrew Killick, Head of Corporate Finance, and Martin Aldridge, Business Services Partner, were accompanied by Yanwen Huang from PKF Francis Clark’s Poole office who helped with language and cultural translation.

They were joined by teams from across...

A report suggesting new areas for nature was published on Friday 13 October. The areas aim to balance tourism, business and leisure needs with the role of the Exe Estuary as a sanctuary for internationally important wildlife and natural habitat.

Advice from conservation experts urge that new ‘Wildlife Refuges’ are implemented to make sure protected birds are undisturbed and have safe places to rest and feed. Estuary users are asked to voluntarily avoid the areas – all year round at Dawlish Warren’s refuge and from mid-September to end of December at Exmouth’s refuge.

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Rob Baxter had called for his Exeter Chiefs side to “stand and deliver” and they did just that as they kicked off their European Champions Cup campaign with a hard fought victory over Glasgow Warriors at Sandy Park.

Tries from forwards Harry Williams, Jonny Hill and Sam Simmonds paved the way for Exeter’s success in this Pool 3 opener, while Gareth Steenson completed the job by adding a further nine points with the boot.

Exeter’s win - only their second-ever in the first round of the Champions Cup - was certainly a notable scalp against a Warriors side, who arrived in Devon...