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A free event to help communities across Devon prepare for incidents such as severe weather and flooding is being held near Exeter next week.

The interactive day, entitled 'Becoming Resilient', will include guest speakers, workshops, case studies and an expert question and answer panel. It's being held on Wednesday 9 November, from 10.30am to 4pm, at the Kenn Centre in Kennford. Aimed at those interested or involved in emergency and recovery planning in their community, the event will include sessions the role of community rest centres, the role of the emergency services, testing...

A local professor renowned as a leading global voice in the understanding and advancement of energy/spiritual Healing will take to the stage at a national health and wellbeing event to reveal latest scientific understanding around distant Healing. Paul Dieppe, Emeritus Professor of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Exeter Medical School, will present at the Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing Festival at Birmingham’s NEC on Friday 4 November a talk entitled: Is Distant Healing a Concept That’s Just Too Good To be True? Dieppe’s presentation will explain latest research on the placebo and...

The Mount Charles-owned Fed & Watered Café-Bar in Exeter Airport has been named the UK’s Contract Catering Café of the Year at the Café Quality Food Awards 2016, presented by former Pop Idol winner Gareth Gates. The event, which was held on 21st October in the Mariott Grosvenor Square in London, recognised the outstanding performance of Fed & Watered in the past 12 months in areas such as financial growth, innovation, commitment to its local area and environmental efforts. Earlier this year Mount Charles, one of the UK’s largest independently owned foodservice and business support...

Gareth Steenson insists he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates will pick themselves up despite suffering yet more late heartache during Sunday’s Aviva Premiership clash with rivals Bath.

Semesa Rokoduguni’s converted try – seven minutes into added on time – saw the Chiefs undone right at the death, eventually going down 13-10 in front of a capacity crowd at Sandy Park.

Not for the first time this season, Rob Baxter’s side were again left to wallow in yet another narrow reverse that has left them seventh in the current Premiership standings.

However, skipper Steenson...