Singers wanted for Open Mic UK 2015

Open Mic UK’s 2015 auditions begin in two months.

The national music competition Open Mic UK is the biggest search for unsigned artists in the UK and it’s calling all singers, singer-songwriters, vocal groups, rappers and solo artists to get involved in their singing auditions which begin in August. With over 9,000 people entering last year, and a fifteen-date audition tour in place this year, 2015 is definitely the year to enter!

Open Mic UK focuses on developing acts with music industry feedback and live performance experience, and in addition there are thousands of...

Don't drive into Exeter say police!

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 12:55pm

Police are advising motorists not to drive into Exeter city centre today as officers and bomb disposal teams examine two suspicious packages

Devices were found at York Road and King William Street in Exeter City Centre earlier this morning.

Cordons have now been put on both areas meaning some people are being evacuated from their homes and being taken to rest centres at Exeter Bus Station and St James Park football ground.

A full multi-agency response to the incident is now in progress involving police, bomb disposal experts, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue...

Yazzy Crowned Future Music’s Songwriting Competition Winner!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 12:40pm

Earlier this year Future Music launched a brand new Songwriting Competition to find the best songwriters in the UK and it has found its first winners! Joining a long line of prestigious Future Music competition winners, Yazzy from Westwood Ho, Devon has been crowned the winner of the national Songwriting Competition at Dingwalls in London!

Yazzy, who is 16 years old, was crowned champion in front of a capacity crowd and a prestigious music industry judging panel at the world-renowned music venue Dingwalls in Camden, London on Sunday night. Her original song called “Someone Could Be...

Suspicious packages picture gallery

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 12:28pm

There were dramatic scene in Exeter city centre today after two suspicious packages were found in separate locations.

The first package was found in York Road, near Sidwell Street.

A second suspect package has been found at the King William Street Car Park in Exeter City Centre at around 9.15am today.

Exeter Daily reader Sam Richards captured the developments.

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BLOG: Exeter streets eerily quiet

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 12:21pm

Two of the busiest arteries into Exeter were eerily quiet this afternoon after bomb disposal teams examined two suspect packages.

Sidwell Street and Longbrook Street are normally bustling with traffic but they were occupied by just a few individual police officers.

Cordons stretched across the entrances to both roads from New North Road.

Businesses were evacuated and people turned away in their droves.

Amongst those waiting to return to their building were workers at Carden’s Estate Agents.

One told the Daily: “We were told to leave immediately. It...

Outdoor birthday celebration for Gill

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 11:34am

Gill Fisher celebrated her birthday with her lovely family in our lovely garden!

The family borrowed matches to light Gill’s birthday cake, hung balloons from trees and set up a party table in the hospice garden. But the fun didn’t stop there; the new Hospiscare Choir heard about the celebrations and came out into the garden to sing Happy Birthday to a thrilled Gill!

Our staff here at Hospiscare, who run the hospice in Exeter’s Dryden Road, were delighted to see the party. “It was so lovely seeing the family having fun in the garden and these pictures really sum up...

Second suspicious package found in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 10:37am

Investigations continue into the earlier suspicious package found in York Road, near Sidwell Street, Exeter, and a number of road closures remain in place.

St Sidwell’s School also remains evacuated at this time. Road closures at York Road on both the Sidwell Street and Longbrook Street entrances remain in place.

A second suspect package has been found at the King William Street Car Park in Exeter City Centre at around 9.15am today (Monday 29 June).

This has resulted in further road closures in the area and evacuation of a small number of local properties.

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Lyme Regis is ready to rock

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 10:23am

Glastonbury is over for another year, but Lyme Regis is preparing to go global on Saturday (4 July) as this year’s Big Mix family youth music festival welcomes a world of talent to the town from near and far.

Fresh from their appearance and having a massive impact at Glastonbury, dance band KOG and the Zongo Brigade will headline the festival. Fronted by the irrepressible Ghanaian-born songwriter and performer Kweku Of Ghana their blend of West African rhythms, soul, funk, reggae and Latin jazz has taken them all over Britain and Europe and they arrive in Lyme Regis on the back of...

Police launch identity fraud campaign

Devon and Cornwall Police has today launched a week long awareness campaign encouraging people to protect their personal information.

The ‘Not With My Name’ campaign, produced in partnership with the City of London Police (National Policing Lead for Fraud) is targeting identity crime in our communities.

Identity fraud is an offence that one in four UK adults – approximately 12million people - is believed to have fallen victim to losing on average £1,200 each. Total losses to the UK adult population are estimated to be £3.3 billion.*

In the first quarter of 2015...

Exeter school closed after suspicious package found

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2015 - 9:19am

Police have been informed of a suspicious package in York Road near St Sidwell Street, Exeter at a 6.55am this morning. Police are now in attendance.

The package was located on the Well Street / York Street junction.

St Sidwells School has been evacuated and closed as a precaution. The school has plans in place for this type of event.

Road closures at York Road at both the Sidwell Street and Longbrook Street entrances.

The school's website said: School is CLOSED today (Monday) due to unforseen circumstances--we hope to be open tomorrow

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