The temporary suspension of birth services at Honiton and Okehampton birth centres is to be extended due to on-going staff vacancies and long-term sickness absence across the maternity service.
The extension means that women will not be able to give birth at either site for a further three months until safe staffing levels have been attained. The suspension will be reviewed again early in 2018.
We are however pleased to state that all antenatal and postnatal clinics, midwifery support and home birth services at Honiton and Okehampton are unaffected and running as normal....
Friday 27th October in the Cathedral, 11.00-14.00 Join us inside the Cathedral and visit the Craft Table. We have something for everyone to have a go at today. Some crafts are free; others are £1 or £2. Make a magic mirror or a bespoke badge to take home, try a bendy knight or a fluffy belfry bat. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Suitable for all ages, just drop in, crafts up to £2 each.
Admission to the Cathedral is FREE for children under 18 as part of a family group.
Wednesday 25th October in the Pearson Building 10.00-12.00 Knights and wizards are a clever sort, become one and take the Medieval Challenge to find the ingredients to make ‘ecto-slime’. Can you ward off dragons and demons with your homemade potion? Booking information 6yrs+, booking essential. £7. Book online or telephone 01392 285983.
Wednesday 25th October in the Pearson Building 10.00-12.00 Knights and wizards are a clever sort, become one and take the Medieval Challenge to find the ingredients to make ‘ecto-slime’. Can you ward off dragons and demons with your homemade potion? Booking information 6yrs+, booking essential. £7. Book online or telephone 01392 285983.
Wednesday 25th October in the Pearson Building 10.00-12.00 Knights and wizards are a clever sort, become one and take the Medieval Challenge to find the ingredients to make ‘ecto-slime’. Can you ward off dragons and demons with your homemade potion? Booking information 6yrs+, booking essential. £7. Book online or telephone 01392 285983.
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (29 Septmeber – 1 October).
THEATRE
Comedy at the Park Friday, 7pm, Sandy Park, Exeter An evening of comedy with Simon Feilder (MC),Diane Spencer, Alan Havey and James Sherwood. Tickets £10, £15 to include a meal on the evening. https://sandypark.shop.secutix.com/list/events
Rough Justice Friday & Saturday, The Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth A play that makes you think. Controversial? Yes. What would we do in such circumstances? In the dock, having admitted responsibility for the death of his...
Join us on this family friendly tour that shows you the best parts of the Cathedral with many stories to tell. Spot the very cheeky choirboy and the hungry croc. Someone will get the chance to dress as a bishop or a chorister. You will also be given trinkets to lay at Bishop Lacy’s Tomb, to bring good luck and fortune to all on the tour. Booking information 4yrs+, booking essential, £7 per child, £7.50 per adult including Cathedral admission. Book online or telephone 01392 285983
Monday 23rd October 2017, 10.00-12.00 (Pearson Education Centre) This popular workshop is appearing again. Be a cool scientist and launch your flying machines around the Cathedral. Make copters and planes whizz across the nave. Can a plane fly with circular wings? What is the biggest paper plane we can fly? Let’s find out! Booking information £7, suitable for children 6 years and over. Book online or telephone 01392 285983.
Thursday 12th October 2017 at 19.00 Put together a team of 6-8 and compete in the Nave of Exeter Cathedral (under the world's longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling). There'll be some prizes up for grabs on the night, plus bragging rights as the 2017 Great Big Cathedral Quiz Champions! Tickets are just £10 per person and include a delicious hog roast courtesy of Kenniford Farm. There's even a cash bar provided by The Oddfellows! We're sorry that Tony Hawks is unable to be with us as our quizmaster as previously advertised, but we're still looking forward to 'quizzing' on 12th...
Sustained economic growth and the fall in the Sterling exchange rate have put record pressure on businesses in the South West to increase the amount of money tied up in working capital, leaving them at risk if growth were to weaken in the months ahead, according to a new report from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Firms across the South of England now have around £120.6bn tied up in excess working capital – up six per cent from £113.7bn since the last report was released in May – meaning that firms could struggle to free up cash either to grow or to weather turbulent financial...
