Medea to be performed in Beer Quarry Caves this Autumn.

B eer Quarry Caves are set to be home to a spectacular Ancient Greek production this autumn, courtesy of innovative and immersive Exeter theatre company, Four of Swords.

Medea will performed in the spectacular Beer Quarry Caves from Wednesday 1 – Saturday 4 November 2017.

Freely adapted from the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea is the ultimate heroine, villain and victim, all rolled into one! The dark and dastardly Medea is suitable for audiences over the age of 11, and will enchant and terrify through...

Jack Yeandle says he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates will need to “rise to the challenge” when they tackle Montpellier in Sunday’s European Champions Cup fixture.

Having kicked off their campaign with a 24-15 victory over Glasgow Warriors last Saturday, the Chiefs will now make their way across the English Channel for an equally testing assignment against the star-studded French outfit at the Altrad Stadium (2pm).

Unlike the Chiefs, Montpellier suffered defeat in their opening fixture, going down 24-17 at Leinster, but they did manage to claim an all-important losing bonus...

Exeter author Graham Sclater will tomorrow (Friday 20th) launch his latest book Cowboys and Angels.

The launch takes place at St Thomas Library from 7.30pm and refreshments will be available.

This is Graham’s seventh book since his first novel “Ticket to Ride” set in musical world of Hamburg during the 1960’s, was published in 2006 by Flame Books.

It features Harry Clark, a soldier stationed in Cyprus where he met and married Greek Cypriot, Xanthi. Within weeks of the birth of their daughter he left to join the Special Forces. His precarious life was cut short when...

As part of Devon Hedge Week (Saturday 21 October to Sunday 29 October 2017), East Devon District Council’s Countryside team is running a hands-on hedge laying course at Knapp Copse Local Nature Reserve, on Wednesday 25 October from 10am to 4pm.

Participants will learn the traditional art of laying a Devon hedge from the Countryside rangers and will help restore a section of hedge in the reserve. Spaces can be booked for £25 per person online at www.wildeastdevon.co.uk

Devon Hedge Week is run by the Devon Hedges Group and its aim is to raise awareness of the important role...

Exeter City slipped to a 4-1 defeat at home to Luton Town at St James Park in Sky Bet League Two.Goals from James Collins, Dan Potts, Danny Hylton and Harry Cornick did the damage for the visitors who were ruthless as they struck three quick-fire goals just after half-time when the scores were level at 1-1, after Jake Taylor levelled the match with an excellent finish.

The Grecians, who had access for the first time to the new changing room facilities in the IP Office stand, made one change from the side that earned a hard-fought point away to Wycombe Wanderers last weekend, as the...

The number of divorces in 2016 was the highest seen since 2009 with an increase of 5.8% from the previous year according to official figures just released.

Director, Rachel Buckley from The Family Law Company said: “The figures tell us there were 106,959 divorces within opposite-sex couples, and another 112 for same-sex couples.

“Although there is no clear steer on the reasons behind this, it could well be attributed to additional stress of households during an uncertain economic period and stagnating wages. It would be interesting to know what income brackets the majority...

Noise can be a major blight in modern society and one Plymouth Science Park based company is helping to ensure housebuilders, developers, industrial sites and local businesses stay on the right side of the law.

HA Acoustics is an environmental consultancy firm which provides noise monitoring and acoustic assessments for councils, planners and architects to reduce the impact of unwanted sound.

Their specialist equipment helps ensure building façades are constructed to reduce noise, that construction sites meet local authority requirements and that musical concerts operate...

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (20-22 October)

THEATRE

The Weir Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter In a small Irish town, the locals exchange stories round the crackling fire of Brendan’s pub to while away the hours one stormy night. As the beer and whisky flows, the arrival of a young stranger, haunted by a secret from her past, turns the tales of folklore into something more unsettling. One story, however, is more chilling and more real than any of them could have ever imagined. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/calendar/the...

Plymouth based cyber security specialists have identified potentially serious attacks and vulnerabilities in commercial computer networks across the south west.

Protected by state of the art firewalls, and based at one of the most technologically advanced civilian technological hubs in the UK, the team has been able to monitor more than 1000 devices for more than a month.

BIT Security, with its HQ at Plymouth Science Park, will release its findings on Thursday (19 October) at the Derriford site. They trialled the state of the art security monitoring system with a number of...