Exeter College - the city’s largest provider of Apprenticeships - is thanking employers and partners for playing a key part in the city’s brilliant Apprenticeship growth, bucking a national trend.

The city of Exeter topped the table as only one of a small handful of cities that bucked a national decline in Apprenticeship starts, according to a report published by the Centre for Cities, a leading think tank.

Exeter College has played a significant part in this success story with more than a thousand starts in year. The next biggest provider contributed 100 starts to the...

Established in 2006, Exeter Contemporary Open has come to be recognised as one of the UK’s most prominent regional contemporary arts competitions, culminating in an annual exhibition at Exeter Phoenix. Exeter Contemporary Open provides an important national platform for contemporary visual art, with an emphasis on supporting emerging talent alongside more established artists many of whom have gone on to receive significant national and international acclaim.

Applications are now open for 2019’s exhibition, which will run from 20th September – 10th November. This opportunity is open...

Maybe you are used to working out in the evening due to your 9-5 job, or you just detest the idea of waking up early to go work out. You may need to consider trying exercising in the morning and see if you can switch to that. Early morning workouts have several benefits to your body and to your day’s schedule. At first, it may seem difficult, but with practice and discipline, you will get accustomed.

Below are some benefits of working out in the morning:

1. Enables you to achieve your fitness goal sooner

Waking up early to work out puts a high priority on...

Tesco Extra shoppers in Exeter have bagged £4,000 for a charity helping families affected by the suicide of a loved-one.

Customers at the Exeter Vale store voted for the cash to go to Pete’s Dragons as part of the supermarket’s Bags of Help scheme.

The vital funding – from the sale of plastic carrier bags - will aid the Exmouth-based charity in continuing its work supporting hundreds of suicide-bereaved people across Devon.

John Smith, of Tesco’s Combined Community Team, said staff at the superstore were ‘delighted’ to hand over the funds, adding: “It is always...

The Easter holidays can prove a challenge when it comes to finding fun activities for the children. Pets at Home has the answer, with its free interactive ‘My Pet Pals’ workshops, held in store between 6th April – 28th April 2019.

The workshops will focus on caring for small furries, such as guinea pigs, gerbils and rabbits, teaching children the responsibilities of owning them but also how rewarding these pets can be and how to care for them. Children will also learn how to interact with them safely too.

Taking place every day in stores across Devon at 11.30am, the...

Smartphones are all around us, with the majority of all UK residents now owning a smartphone.

Once simply a device to make calls and texts from, the humble smartphone has become an all-in-one personal entertainment hub for people everywhere.

Smartphones can be used for so many useful things - online banking, emergency calls and Skype business conferences to name a few, but sometimes, you simply want apps that are going to entertain you.

This is where the smartphones of the current era are excelling. There are millions of apps all vying for your attention – simply to...

The 2019 Wild East Devon Events Guide is now available at www.wildeastdevon.co.uk

The guide features an exciting range of things to do between April and October. Pick up your free copy from local libraries, tourist information centres and attractions across East Devon.

Hundreds of outdoor events are on offer from East Devon District Council and its many partners.

Activities include a wide range of fun for families including wild food forages, trails and bushcraft activities, as well as exciting experiences for adults, including boat trips, canoe safaris, guided...

For 25 years Stage by Stage theatre arts school has been presenting large-scale shows at such city venues as the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Corn Exchange and Exeter Northcott, as well as further afield across the county and even at the Edinburgh Festival.

The multi-award winning training school is based at its own studios in South Street, and to celebrate its silver anniversary over 100 senior students are performing CHILDREN OF EDEN this Easter at the Exeter Corn Exchange. The epic musical is written by Stephen Schwartz, famed for his music in 'Wicked' and tells the story of Adam...