The actor Richard Griffiths has died following complications from heart surgery at the Univeristy Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire. He was 65.
An award winning character actor of stage, film and TV, Griffiths was perhaps best known for his roles in the Harry Potter films, 'The History Boys', 'Withnail and I' and 'Pie In The Sky'.
Born in Thornaby-on-Tees in the North Riding of Yorkshire, he studied drama at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama (now Manchester School of Theatre) before beginning his acting career in radio, then on stage in Manchester and for the...
The Diocese of Exeter has been tweeting the whole passion story, from Palm Sunday, and will continue until sunrise on Easter Sunday. The story has been rewritten for tweeting in the first person and from Jesus’s perspective and will be sent out in ‘real time’ throughout Holy Week. Canon Andrew Godsall said: “The idea with tweeting the passion is to help people relate to a familiar story in a contemporary way. Jesus used contemporary phrases all of the time. He wanted to make people sit up and listen so he used provocative words. Sometimes people got the wrong end of the stick – and maybe...
Residents in Kenton are being asked for their views on an on-going traffic experiment in the village.
Devon County Council has launched an online public consultation to gauge opinion on two alternative road layouts which are being trialled on the A379 through South Town at Kenton.
Following long-running concern over the narrow section of the A379 through the village, an experiment started in February to improve safety for pedestrians on the narrow pavements and also to reduce the number of buildings struck by vehicles.
Seven members of Exeter City FC’s running club are celebrating after completing their first event as a team. All the runners - some of whom have only been running a few months - completed the AgeUK Wrap Up and Run 10K race, which started in Princesshay and finished on the Quay on Sunday, in under 70 minutes, which surprised one member, Bernadette Coates.
“I was hoping for about 75 minutes,” she said. “It was great - much better than I expected. I first joined because it had been about 18 months since I had done any jogging or running and I wanted to get back into some structure and...
After months of dedication, work on the new Heathcoat Cricket Club Pavilion is on the verge of completion at the National Trust estate, Knightshayes, near Tiverton.
All the volunteers who helped with the project are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of former England cricket captain, Mike Gatting, who will be adding final touches to the ground on Saturday 6 April.
Established in the 1920s by John Heathcoat Amory for his Tiverton factory workers, the Heathcoat Cricket Club has always had a strong association with Knightshayes and the local community.
Local healthcare and protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly went to work in style on Thursday 28 March to raise money for Brain Tumour Research.
Staff members got into the spirit of ‘Wear a hat day’ by donning hats of all shapes and sizes, raising an impressive £250 in the process.
This comes just two weeks after they raised over £350 for Comic Relief; through a range of activities including quizzes, games and 80s style fancy dress.
Chief Executive of Exeter Family, Andy Chapman, said:
“The effort our employees put into fundraising events is fantastic....
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association ( CECA ) has called on government to elevate the status of key infrastructure projects in the South West to boost economic development.
Alan Taylor, Executive Director of CECA for the south west, says that while the £3bn extra capital investment announced in the Budget was to be welcomed, the delay until 2015 was a missed opportunity to help boost the regional economy.
“A ‘jam tomorrow’ approach does little to address the urgent need to harness the power of infrastructure investment to deliver real and sustainable economic...
Members of Djibouti's opposition coalition, Union pour le Salut National (USN), gathered on Thursday outside the courthouse in Djibouti to protest against February's parliamentary election results. The opposition claim that the election was fraudulent.
Since the parliamentary election late February, members and supporters of the opposition have been holding regular demonstration in protest of February's parliamentary election results, which saw the ruling party win a large majority.
The protesters also called for the release of prisoners arrested during previous...
If you're looking for ideas to keep the family entertained this Easter weekend, here is a selection of what's going on in and around Exeter:
THEATRE
Gabriela Munoz: Perhaps, Perhaps, Quizas... Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter If at first you don’t succeed, try again… and again… and again. A solo clown show about loneliness, waiting and hoping for the right man. Once a week Greta rehearses for the arrival of the “one”. Will she get lucky tonight? Perhaps, Perhaps… Quizás… Part of the Theatre Rush & Friends Residency. Single show £10/7, two shows...
Local charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau today publishes its latest advice trend statistics, which show that it helped 3,300 people directly with advice on 14,040 problems, an increase of 1.3%, so far this financial year.
This year, the charity is helping clients with a debt burden of £5.5m, up by 28.3% or £1.2m from last year.
There was a 12% increase in enquiries about welfare benefits and tax credits; such as employment and support allowance, disability living allowance and problems with housing benefit and council tax benefit. On average, each client receiving...
