Celebrate James Scaysbrook’s long career in professional rugby, hosted by the former Bath & International prop David Flatman.
Also attending are international rugby players such as Lee Mears, Jack Nowell and more plus many big name Exeter Chiefs.
This is an evening full of entertainment including a drinks reception where you can rub shoulders with these great players followed by a 3 course sumptuous meal, excellent comedian, charity auction and raffle.
Rugby's greatest prize, the Webb Ellis Cup, will visit Exeter on 10 and 11 July during the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour.
Launching on June 10, 100 days to go to the opening match, the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour will travel through Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Wales and England before arriving at Twickenham Stadium on September 18 ahead of the Opening Ceremony.
Exeter will welcome the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour with a visit to Sandy Park and the historic Guildhall to celebrate Rugby World Cup 2015 coming to the city. Further details of the visit to...
The owner of a tyre waste business has been given a 15 month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and a two year supervision order after illegally storing almost 84,659 waste tyres at several sites in Devon. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. Andrew Mayhew pleaded guilty to five offences at Plymouth Crown Court of running a waste operation without the necessary permits, which involved dumping large numbers of tyres at several different sites including Hill Barton Business Park, Exeter; Moor Barton Farm in Tiverton, as well as Dawlish, North Tawton, and Hayedown...
Wayne Hemingway MBE, co-founder of fashion business, Red or Dead, and affordable and social design agency HemingwayDesign has been announced as the keynote speaker at Plymouth Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming Annual Business Dinner.
Taking place on 15th May at St Mellion International Resort, Plymouth Chamber’s Annual Business Dinner will bring together business leaders from across Plymouth and the South West region for an evening of black tie networking, including a three course dinner and a motivational key note speech from Mr Hemingway, a well-known and well respected name in the...
Got a new gadget but not sure how to make the most of it?
Exeter Library’s free ‘Gadget Club’ offers help to anyone wanting to learn about how to use their smart phone, laptop or tablet, or those thinking of getting one and who want to find out more about them.
The drop in sessions, which are being delivered in partnership with John Lewis, will take place on the first working Monday of every month between 9am and 12 noon. There’s no need to book, just turn up.
Library staff and John Lewis Partners will be on hand to demonstrate how to use a range of electronic...
Staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have raised £700 for Comic Relief by holding a Great Inter-Divisional Bake Off on Red Nose Day. Competition was fierce as staff from each division in the Trust – Specialist Services, Medicine and Surgery - put their culinary skills to the test and came up with all manner of baked confections for their divisional cake sales. Total proceeds from the cake sales have reached a fantastic £703. The teams were also asked to select their best looking and best tasting cakes to be presented to the executive tasting panel judges. The panel consisted of...
New statistics show the majority of parents in the South West believe stopping children being exposed to junk food adverts could cut childhood obesity, as the British Heart Foundation (BHF) delivered a 30,000 strong petition to ban the adverts before 9pm to Britain’s most famous street.
The BHF polled 2,000 UK parents and found 67% of parents in the South West believe that stopping children being exposed to junk food adverts could help towards tackling the obesity crisis in children.
Seven in ten (70%) parents polled in the region feel the UK Government should introduce...
A special Easter egg hunt inspired by Rugby World Cup 2015 kicks off along the Exe Estuary Trail this spring.
The Exe Egg Chase will run during the Easter holidays, starting on Saturday March 28 and running through to Sunday April 12.
People taking part have to find small, Rugby-ball shaped chocolate eggs which are hidden at a number of businesses along the estuary trail route including, Saddles & Paddles, Toby Buckland Plant Centre, Stuart Line Cruises, Darts Farm, the Salutation Inn and Double Locks.
The Rugby eggs can be found by following clues downloaded...
Lord and Lady Courtenay (Charlie and AJ) will be attending the Re-interment of King Richard III today (Thursday 26 March 2015) at Leicester Cathedral.
Charlie will be representing his father, the 18th Earl of Devon, who has been invited to attend as a ‘Bosworth Peer’ – one of 15 representatives from the Houses of York and Lancaster descended from the principal protagonists in the Wars of the Roses.
Organisers of the Re-interment, the Dean and Chapter of Leicester Cathedral, assisted by the Garter Principal King of Arms, have researched and invited families descended from...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision on the A380 near Newton Abbot left a motorcyclist with serious injuries.
Ambulance and police attended the collision, involving a white Ford Transit van and a silver Yamaha YZF motorcycle, which happened shortly before 1.20pm on Wednesday 25 March on Newton Road, Kingskerswell, outside the Texaco garage.
The 51-year-old male rider of the motorcycle, from Newton Abbot, was taken by ambulance to Torbay Hospital with potentially life changing injuries.
As a result of the collision the road was closed from the...
