Actor Daniel Page is loving being on stage at Exeter Corn Exchange and being hissed, booed and generally hated this Christmas, which isn’t the usual thing that professional actors hope for but in this case it’s perfectly normal as he plays Abanazer, the scheming and plotting baddie in Aladdin which runs from 15th December to 6th January.
Daniel has been all over the country as an actor and performer, but his first pantomime took place right here in Exeter. He says:
“I have only done one other professional panto before and that was last Christmas playing Friar Tuck in Robin...
The annual hangover season reaches its crescendo on New Year’s Day. But with resolutions to be kept, at least for a few hours anyway, you may have decided not to tarnish the first day of 2013 with a pounding head but to venture outdoors and see what’s on offer in the Westountry.
From bracing beach walks to horse racing on Haldon Hill and moorland ambles to icy plunges into the sea, if fresh air is your beginning of choice the Westcountry has oodles to offer.
Horse racing at Exeter Racecourse has been a tradition for more than 30 years, and when the first race comes under...
Exeter-based charity, St Petrock’s, as set up a home and garden maintenance project with a difference.
Project Petrock aims to help people who are or have been homeless into work or training by providing volunteering in ‘real work’ situations.
Project Petrock’s Training Supervisor, Mat Tandy explains said: “Our volunteers want to be busy but find it extremely difficult to find work and meaningful occupation. By volunteering with us, the volunteers know that their labours contribute to keeping the project going in more ways than merely raising funds.”
If you've indulged a little too much over Christmas, why not raise pounds by losing pounds?
The 2013 Dream-A-Weigh weightloss challenge was today launched by Exeter charity Dream-A-Way.
All you need to do is weigh in as soon as you can then complete the annual challenge by losing 10% of your start weight and raising more than £100 to support the charity's work.
The first 20 challengers to sign up will receive complimentary membership for the new gym at The Exeter Golf and Country Club, Topsham Road.
So why not get yourself in great shape for the spring and...
Tony Hogg, the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall is looking for a new Chief Constable. Whoever lands the job wil take home a salary of £151,215 plus car and health cover. Mr Hogg says that the policing area presents very different challenges – large cities of Exeter and Plymouth, the longest coastline in England, a vast rural population and a significant number of summer visitors due to a buoyant tourism industry. He adds that policing needs to be delivered against a backdrop of reducing budgets, an increase in the volume and complexity of demands and a changing police...
The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital has reminded visitors that it is experiencing an increase in patients admitted with diarrhoea and/or vomiting caused by the norovirus.
Norovirus is widespread in the local community at the moment. Norovirus spreads from person to person extremely easily and causes outbreaks in hospital which result in wards being closed to further admissions. There are now several wards affected.
In order to protect both patients and visitors, the hospital is restricting the number of people who visit patients.
The Environment Agency has warned South West residents to remain on alert for flooding this week.
Over the next three days a LOW flood risk is maintained across the region, with minor disruption likely, and some significant disruption possible, as a result of further outbreaks of rain and showers.
River levels remain high in places, and are likely to rise following further rain, and locally heavy downpours could lead to localised surface water flooding.
The Met Office today forecast yet more rain into the weekend.
Exeter City slipped to a 3-1 defeat on Boxing Day at home to a lively Oxford United side, who fared better in the wet weather.
James Constable broke the deadlock in the first half by capitalising on a bouncing ball, despite Exeter starting the brightest.
His second early after the interval was followed immediately by a strike from Peter Leven, putting the U’s in the driving seat.
Jamie Cureton netted a penalty midway through the second half to give Exeter a fighting chance, but defensive resolve by the visitors allowed them to hold onto their lead and subsequently...
Shops in Exeter were busy with shoppers today as bargain-hunters made the most of the traditional Boxing Day sales.
Dozens of eager shoppers were queing up before 6am in an effort to grab the best bargains but some stores started their sales early this year. M&S began its online sale at noon on Christmas Eve, John Lewis kicked off its sale at 5pm and Currys/PC World at 7pm. M&S has even bought the "Christmas Eve sales" search terms on Google in an attempt to attract shoppers.
Across the UK up to 7.1 million shoppers are expected in stores, with one in 10 venturing...
Owen Patterson, the Environment Secretary and the Cabinet’s leading supporter of hunting and other country sports has admitted there is little hope of the hunting ban being repealed.
Mr Patterson told today's Daily Telegraph that he accepts there is no prospect of winning a vote next year, saying only that the vote will come "at an appropriate moment."
Mr Paterson said: "There’s only a point having a vote if you’re going to win. "At the moment I, it would not be my proposal to bring forward a vote which we were going to lose. There needs to be more work done on members of...
