Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 June):

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Flashdance – The Musical Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Flashdance tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex, a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night, who dreams of going to the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy and becoming a professional dancer. When a romance with Nick Hurley complicates her ambitions, she harnesses it to drive her dream. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

An Audience with Ian Waite and Oti Mabuse Friday, Exmouth Pavilion Rhythm of the Night...

Citizens Advice Exeter thanks volunteers for making a huge difference to people’s lives

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is celebrating its volunteers who dedicate their time to solving people’s problems and making a difference to their lives.

Volunteers Week, which runs from 1-7 June, recognises the contribution that volunteers across the UK make, and the charity is highlighting the work of its own team, which helps people in the community struggling with debt, housing, benefit and employment issues among other issues.

With over 100 volunteers, giving up 674 hours each week, Citizens Advice Exeter was able to help 25641 people with 41058...

RGB will be turning people blue for charity

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/01/2018 - 12:31pm

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to be supporting Children’s Hospice South West’s charity Rainbow Run by sponsoring its blue paint station.

Taking place on Saturday 9th June at Exeter’s Westpoint, 2,000 runners are expected to take part in the fundraising event and run, walk or jog their way around the 5k course, meeting various coloured paint stations along the way.

Additionally, participants will be able to enjoy the event village where there will also be face painters, music and entertainment, and RGB will be hosting games .

Kevin Fenlon, CEO at RGB Building...

Royal Marines Cadet attends prestigious Beat the Retreat ceremony

First Sea Lord Cadet Corporal William Darnbrough, a year 9 pupil at St Peters CofE School in Exeter attended his 1st official engagement this week, travelling to London to take part in the prestigious and historic biennial Beat the Retreat ceremony at Horseguards, followed by a reception at Admiralty House.

William and his fellow ten First Sea Lord Cadets hold the position for one year, their next engagement is at Whitehall on June 13th.

Inspiring story for Business Breakfast

TURNING your family home in to a boutique hotel within the space of a year would be daunting enough to even some of the most experienced business leaders. To do all of this as a mere 26-year old, with little experience and very little financial support is even more impressive.

Attendees at the next Southernhay Breakfast Club will find out all about the story behind Paschoe House, a new luxurious boutique hotel, when they meet next month.

The networking group which meets quarterly with the aim of getting to know other business colleagues in the area of Southernhay in Exeter...

Honiton gymnasts 24-hour cycle for international trips

Gymnasts and supporters from Honiton Gymnastics Club are undertaking a sponsored 24-hour cycling marathon to help raise funds for two international acrobatics competitions - in Lisbon and Turin.

They will be attempting to cycle 910 miles – the approximate distance from Honiton to Turin – in a 24 hour period on static turbo trainer bikes. The bikes are provided by Dereck Cutler, who owns Dc Cycleworks (bicycle training, servicing and guiding).

Five gymnasts from the club are competing at the Lisbon International Acro Cup in Portugal at the end of June, and 24 gymnasts are...

Stephen George + Partners completes first phase of sustainable Exeter Business Park

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 05/31/2018 - 11:06pm

Stephen George + Partners LLP has achieved practical completion of Number One Tiger Moth Road, a 1,790m2 speculative Grade A office building and the first phase of the £210m Exeter Skypark development. Working with client St. Modwen, Stephen George + Partners (SGP) has created three storeys of energy efficient office space, designed to be divided into three sub let units, one of which is already let. Exeter Skypark is a cutting-edge Business Park Development and the cornerstone of the Exeter and East Devon New Growth Point and one of the South West's most significant business park...

University and NHS team up to launch pioneering Academy of Nursing

A new Academy of Nursing has launched to combine academic rigour with NHS expertise to raise standards of care.

The University of Exeter has joined forces with patients and local NHS organisations as part of a collaboration that will support existing nurses, ensuring they are in close contact with the science of nursing and the latest approaches through seminars, mentoring systems and conferences.

It will develop nurses so they are at the forefront of regional, national and global advances in care. Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, the Royal...

Honiton gymnasts take medals at national finals

Eight gymnasts from Honiton Gymnastics Club represented the south west region at the National Development Plan (NDP) Finals at the weekend, and each one of the returned with medals after finishing in podium places.

The NDP Finals saw area champions from 13 UK regions meeting at Fenton Manor in Stoke-on-Trent to battle it out for top honours.

All three partnerships from Honiton Gymnastics Club qualified for the finals after winning their categories at the South West Acrobatic Prelims in Bristol in February.

The first medals of the weekend were won by the club’s Grade...

Pupils' work shortlisted for national award

The artwork of two Exeter School pupils has received recognition in a prestigious national award.

William Dean and Lydia Brookes-Ferrari's biological specimen drawings made the shortlist of the Nancy Rothwell Competition.

The national competition is an opportunity for pupils to combine their artistic talents with detailed observations and anatomical knowledge.

Exeter School's Art and Biology departments encouraged pupils to enter the national competition run by the Society of Biology.

Twelve-year-old William sketched a black and yellow beetle.

He...

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