A new fundraising activity aimed at getting schoolchildren more active has been launched for the New Year. Skipathon is aimed at schoolchildren across Devon and Cornwall and will take place 22-26 January. The fun, simple activity encourages schools from across the region to take part in sponsored skipping challenges to help raise funds for the South West Youth Games Trust. The Trust is striving to create a happier, healthier South West by delivering a broad range of innovative, inspirational and accessible sport and physical activity experiences for young people. Schools are being...
"Oh Monday, Monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)." It's about the lousy feeling that comes with the end of the weekend and beginning of another workweek.
But ... Monday evening ... "Cheaper than therapy and more fun ..."
We are cranking up the machines, TCP'ing the larynx and since early 2007, Forever Young Sing for Fun in Exeter. Mondays 7-9pm at St Sidwell's School EX4 6PG.
We raise the roof and sing to brilliant backing music with the words projected on the wall. Why? Possibly because we are not a choir ... there are no auditions ... no rehearsals ... no microphones ... no...
Exeter teenager Alexandra Daniels has raised over £800 to help fund respiratory research at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in memory of her grandfather.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung condition which causes scaring on the lungs and makes breathing increasingly difficult. It has no known cause or cure and the number of people affected by it is rising every year.
Seventeen year old Alex was inspired to start fundraising after her grandfather John Kerley sadly passed away from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2012. As a thank you for the care that he...
Road users are being warned that widespread ice could affect the county’s roads over the next three nights.
Freezing conditions are again forecast across the county and road surface temperatures are expected to plummet to as low -2C from tonight, Friday 5 January.
Devon County Council is advising people countywide to take extra care as icy patches may be a problem in areas of the county affected by water run-off, particularly on minor roads, following recent rainfall. The worst conditions will occur overnight and in remote areas such as the moors.
A retrospective of two eminent artists takes place in a Devon gallery from January 15 for 11 days only.
From January 15 to January 26 Artizan Gallery in Lucius Street, Torquay will be showing a “significant collection” of linocuts by Arthur Homeshaw RWA (1933–2011) and abstract architectural paintings by Richard Slater RI.
“We are fortunate to hold a significant collection from both artists including the largest commercial collection of Homeshaw's works,” reveals owner Julie Brandon. “For several years now it has been rewarding to see the recognition for these two talented...
Men! Join forces and tackle a 7 mile sponsored walk which returns to the Double Locks pub, supporting your local hospice charity, Hospiscare. Starting and finishing from The Double Locks pub, you will walk a new linear route along the picturesque Exe Valley Way and River Exe to the Millers Crossing Bridge and back, with live music and refreshments along the way. You will be welcomed back to Double Locks with a pint and a pasty while you enjoy the Six Nations England V Ireland match shown on 6 large LED screens, within our EXCLUSIVE & FURTHER EXTENDED Hospiscare Six Nations bar. In...
Rob Baxter is confident his Exeter Chiefs side can kick-off the New Year in much the same manner as they finished a memorable 2017 with victory away to Newcastle Falcons on Sunday (3pm).
The reigning Aviva Premiership champions brought the curtain down on a memorable 12 months on New Year’s Eve when they produced a powerful second half display - one which yielded four tries - to see off visiting Leicester Tigers 30-6 at Sandy Park.
That victory, Exeter’s 10th in 12 league starts this season, has meant they will start 2018 some ten points clear of next-best Saracens....
It was anything but the January blues for The Family Law Company’s Gemma Sparks, who was promoted to Senior Associate on the first day of the new year.
Gemma joined the company in 2009, specifically to concentrate on her preferred area of law. As well as being experienced in the wider elements of family law, she has particular expertise in acting on behalf of clients in areas of private law children and domestic abuse.
Business Development Director and Head of the Divorce and Finance Team, Rachel Buckley said: “Gemma has proved to be an invaluable member of our team and I...
A local digital marketing agency is celebrating another record breaking year of growth.
MiHi Digital, which was created from a one-bedroom flat on the Exeter Quayside by online marketing specialist Mark Worden in 2013, grew by more than 30% during 2017, winning 63 new clients and launching 46 websites.
Director of MiHi Digital, Mark Worden said “It’s been another great year for us as a business and the fourth in a row we’ve been able to hit a growth figure of 30%. The majority of our enquiries continue to come from word of mouth throughout Devon and Cornwall and this is...
