Three Exeter women are to tackle one of the world’s toughest rowing events, the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, a 3,400-plus mile crossing from the Canary isle of La Gomera to Antigua, West Indies.
As ‘Row for the Ocean’, the trio are rowing to raise £60,000 for the Plastic Free Coastlines campaign run by Surfers Against Sewage. Plastic waste is polluting every ocean on Earth, crippling sea wildlife and ruining beaches and water quality. To further support SAS, Row For The Ocean are holding beach cleans, fundraising events and school talks; this Saturday they're...
A new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5 at Exeter has successfully been lifted into place over the weekend.
The 60-metre span Tithebarn Lane bridge was positioned alongside the existing overbridge, just north of Junction 29 of the motorway, overnight on Saturday (18 November) evening. It took 3.5 hours to fully rig the 750 tonne crane and the bridge lift started at 12:30am. The M5 was closed during the lifting operation, but re-opened three hours ahead of schedule on Sunday morning. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Development...
This winter, families are invited to join Quirk Theatre at Exeter Phoenix for an out-of-this-world live theatre experience.
Over the last fifteen years, Quirk Theatre have firmly established themselves as one of the South West’s most innovative children’s theatre companies, presenting a refreshing alternative to the usual Christmas panto for nearly four thousand people at Christmas time.
This year’s offering tells a magical story centred around the young Lucy, a curious girl with a scientific mind (and a fascination with superstar scientist Brian Cox).
Network at Sandy Park returns to the venue on Thursday, 18th January.
As well as plenty of time to network with key contacts from Exeter and Devon, the event will feature guest speaker Michael Caines MBE, one of the UK's most acclaimed chefs and patron of Lympstone Manor.
The event will also feature a Q&A with Exeter Chiefs player Thomas Waldrom.
Six of the South West's biggest sporting names will go head to head on Thursday, 25th January at Sandy Park's next Question of Sport event.
Exeter Chiefs' Jack Maunder and Jonny Hill will team up with Exeter City's Lee Holmes, Somerset Cricket's Dom Bess, jockey Nick Scholfield and a mystery guest to compete for the coveted Question of Sport title.
Tickets for the event are £10, or £15 to include a meal on the evening (chilli con carne or vegetarian alternative).
We are delighted to be performing our Neil Diamond show at the Barnfield Thetare on 11th Jan 2018
Throughout an illustrious and wide-ranging musical career the legend that is Neil Diamond is without doubt one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time.
A Beautiful Noise the Neil Diamond Story, performed by Fisher Stevens and his sensational band, is Europe’s leading Neil Diamond show, charting the story of Neil’s fantastic career and telling the story of the man behind the songs, taking the audience on an unforgettable journey through his life and music.
Since staff voted Macmillan Cancer Support as their first charity partner in January 2016, Inchcape Retail has raised an incredible £110,000 and counting. Over the last 18 months employees have taken part in a number of key fundraising activities including their latest activity – The Colla-bear-ator Challenge, which involved the relay of an Inchcape teddy bear from Inchcape’s most northerly site in Sunderland to Inchcape’s most southerly site in Exeter. Along the way, each site was asked to write a note for the next and give the bear a name, with the winning name being chosen on the bear’s...
A campaign to help the most vulnerable in our communities to stay warm and well this winter has launched.
The Surviving Winter appeal asks those who feel they can, to consider donating to those who desperately need extra support during the cold winter months. Many previous donors have donated their Winter Fuel payment if they don’t need it but want to make sure it is well used.
The figures tell a shocking story for older and vulnerable people in Devon living in fuel poverty. Over 1,000 older people are at risk of dying simply due to avoidable winter related illnesses and...
Exeter’s very own night at the proms was another fantastic success with nearly £20,000 raised for the city’s leading cancer support charity.
Classics Galore! has been staged every two years since 2007 and the 10th anniversary concert at the University of Exeter Great Hall had the audience of more than 1,000 on their feet.
The blend of popular classics and songs from some of the world’s most beloved musical theatre clearly struck the right note. Profits from the sixth Classics show will take the total raised for FORCE Cancer Charity to nearly £90,000.
UK’s leading zoos visit Dartmoor Zoo to develop new gold-standard guidance for zoo health and safety
Dartmoor Zoo, the family attraction on the fringes of Dartmoor National Park – renowned for its international conservation and education programmes – has played host to representatives from the UK’s leading zoos at a special Working Group to develop new ‘gold-standard’ health and safety guidance for zoos and wildlife parks across the UK.
Under the auspices of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) Health and Safety Working Group, the conference, held...
