Your guide to What’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (15-17 March):
THEATRE
Ardal O’Hanlon: The Showing Off Must Go On
Friday, Exeter Northcott
Ardal O’Hanlon continues to tour his acclaimed stand-up shows worldwide. Because he loves it. And it’s a compulsion. And the world is a funny place. In an age of raging populism, MeToo, identity politics, the end of truth, the collapsing middle ground, peak avocado and £15 Gin and Tonics, and terrified of being on the wrong side of history, and desperate to prove that his gender, race, age and class don’t...
Exeter will strive to become a carbon-neutral city in just over a decade in an ambitious new vision adopted by the City Council.
Councillors recently backed a motion recognising the scale and urgency of the global challenge from climate change, and accepted that the City has a duty to act “quickly, collectively and concertedly” to avoid the worst of the predicted outcomes.
The bold commitment was made today (Friday 15 March) on a day of environmental protests across the country. Cllr Rachel Sutton, Lead Councillor with responsibility for the Low Carbon Task Force, met with...
When you ask a server in a restaurant where the scampi is from and you are given what amounts to a postcode, you know they know their stuff.
I was lucky enough to be invited to the launch of Rockfish in Exeter which, when it comes to the dining experience, (and here's the pun) is the plaice to be!
We were served with an array of delightful dishes including, spider crab croquettes, ceviche sardines, cuttlefish, oysters and scampi.
When the scampi tray came around, I was informed by the server that they would be the tastiest and juiciest I had ever experienced....
In some respects, the driverless vehicle revolution remains some way from realising its full potential and impacting on the consumer mainstream. At the heart of this is the relatively fledgling nature of the technology, with autonomous test vehicles and pioneers such as Uber having previously been involved in high profile fatalities .
However, given the level of investment that major tech brands have made in autonomous vehicle technology, it seems inevitable that driverless cars will eventually take over the global auto industry while also revolutionising the private vehicle hire...
Almost £3 million will be invested in greater flood protection next year as part of Devon County Council’s Flood Risk Management Action Plan.
Councillors have (Wednesday 13 March) approved plans to target essential flood improvements in high-risk areas across Devon and increase the resilience of several communities.
Many of the schemes detailed in the plan are already underway or due to start in 2019, including surface water improvements in Sidmouth, Exeter and Ivybridge as well as major flood management construction work in Modbury.
Today, the way in which you portray yourself online is a direct reflection of the services that you provide and, ultimately, the way you do business. It is incredibly important, then, that your online presence is optimised.
In order to perform this all-important task, you have to choose what you upload to the internet carefully. You have to be willing to accept helpfrom those who know what it takes to transform a business’s online fortunes, too. Below are some points on how you can optimiseyour business’ online presence.
Every year, more than 2 million people suffer from car accident related injuries . For this reason, car insurance and mandatory for all drivers because it protects you, your vehicle and everyone else on the road. However, choosing the right car insurance can be a difficult task. This review from MarketWatch can help you assess several things like the type of insurance coverage you need and how it could affect you. A little knowledge will take you a long way and help you in deciding what company and policies are best for you.
Keep reading this article for 5 tips on choosing the...
Exeter City Futures - an independent Community Interest Company that is bringing local government, citizens and the private sector together to tackle Exeter's biggest challenges - have announced a new 12-month campaign, ‘Everyone’s Exeter’, to tackle air pollution in the city following the launch of the 12 Goals for Exeter.
The announcement comes following recent research that found that air pollution is killing more people every year than smoking.
‘Everyone’s Exeter’– launching next month – aims to raise awareness and orchestrate change around transport and energy...
Food and drink brands across Devon need to move quickly to enter the prestigious Food Drink Devon Awards.
The county’s leading food and drink organisation, Food Drink Devon, has announced its last call for entries into the awards. The deadline for the esteemed awards, judged by leading industry experts, is Friday 19th April. Open to both Food Drink Devon’s members and non-members, the awards can be entered online at www.foodanddrinkdevon.co.uk/awards/entry-form.
This year’s black tie awards’ ceremony will be held on Monday 7th October at the magnificent 19th century...
