Fans will have further opportunities to buy tickets for Rugby World Cup 2015 matches from Tuesday April 28, via tickets.rugbyworldcup.com , from 10am.
25,000 tickets will go on sale for an additional 12 matches at Sandy Park (Exeter), Kingsholm Stadium (Gloucester), Brighton Community Stadium (Brighton), Elland Road (Leeds) and Villa Park (Birmingham). This is in addition to the 16 matches currently on sale at tickets.rugbyworldcup.com
Tickets for additional matches on sale from April 28 include:
Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton South Africa v Japan, September...
Hijacked Festival 2015 | Exeter takes an adventure into electronic music’s rich history in the grounds of the city’s beautiful Powderham Castle, with artist displays and even a hot air balloon.
The picturesque grounds of Powderham Castle, the 600-year old home of the Earl and Countess of Devon, which stands in a beautiful deer park on the banks of the Exe estuary, plays host to the city’s second visit from Hijacked Festival – the nomadic electronic music and creativity-embracing experience that ‘hijacks’ idyllic city locations. Enjoy a bird's eye view of Powderham Castle and the...
As two stalwarts of the Devon County Agricultural Association bow out after many years of distinguished service, the appointment of their successors signals both the ambition for a wider role for the DCAA and a firm resolve to reinforce the success of its flagship event, the Devon County Show.
At the last meeting of the DCAA Council, John Lee OBE stepped down as Chairman, with David Parish (Honorary Show Director and this year’s DCAA President) calling it a day as Vice-Chairman, both having served the maximum seven year term. Into their seats move two of Devon’s best known and most...
Easter was the busiest period of the year so far for Exeter Airport with over sixteen and a half thousand inbound and outbound passengers using the airport over the holiday period; a figure which was helped by the re-introduction of the Flybe ‘sun routes’ to Alicante, Malaga and Faro.
A high level of bookings on the other Flybe services, together with those of Skybus and Thomson flights which operated to as far away as Sharm El Sheikh, meant that the airport was over fifteen percent busier than Easter last year.
Exeter Airport managing director Matt Roach said: “The Easter...
Gemfest is back for its third year of festival fundraising, having raised over £11,000 for Hospiscare and The Brain Tumour Charity at the last two events.
Organised by local Brain Tumour ‘survivor’ Gemma and her friends, Gemfest promises a day packed with free family activities topped off with a variety of live music and entertainment in the evening from 6pm. Something for everyone – guaranteed.
Powderham Castle, the 600 year old home of the Earl and Countess of Devon near Exeter, opens its doors this Friday for the start of the new 2015 season.
After months of preparation, the Castle & grounds will be open again to visitors from Friday 27th March to Friday 30th October 2015, and provides a perfect history-laden family day out. The Castle is open from Sunday to Friday from 11am to 4.30 pm.
This Saturday, Powderham Castle with be holding a Spring Open Day to celebrate the start of the 2015 season from 11am to 4.30 pm.
Four in ten (40%) HR directors in the South West of the UK plan to expand hiring, with their companies set to add new positions, in the first six months of 2015 according to the latest Professional Hiring Index1 (‘the Index’) from Robert Half UK.
Two points higher than six months prior, the research highlights that the labour market has firmly shifted into a post-recessionary cycle, where professionals with marketable skills hold the advantage as candidate demand outweighs supply.
The Index reveals that just 3% of HR executives believe their company will reduce their...
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays and 2015 will be the Year of the Goat.
In China, it is known as the "Spring Festival" and marks the end of the winter season.
The University of Exeter will be celebrating the Chinese New Year on Saturday 21 February in Exeter city centre and on the Streatham Campus. At 1pm the Dragon and Lion dancers will parade through the city, starting in Buffet City, ending in Royal Albert Museum (RAMM).
The parade continues at The Forum, Streatham Campus at 3pm, where there is also a Chinese Market, food...
Hot on the heels of its Gold award for Large Hotel of the Year at the Devon Tourism Awards (which were hosted in its own brand new events venue The Palazzo) in November 2014, Highbullen Hotel is pleased to announce it has taken the silver for the same category at the prestigious South West Tourism Awards which took place on 12 February in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. Highbullen, a 37 room hotel which sits in its own 125 acre estate, was up against some exceptionally strong competition in the Large Hotels category, with hotels represented from across the region.
A rich crop of local and national artists will headline at the 38th Dartmoor Folk Festival, which will be held at South Zeal, near Okehampton, on August 7, 8 and 9.
Artists booked, to date, are Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, Huw Williams and Maartin Allcock, Alistair Anderson, Jeff Warner (USA), The Dovetail Trio, Liam Robinson Dance Band and Kestor Stringband.
Other artists attending include The Dartmoor Pixie Band (Friday and Sunday night), Tony Beard, Entertainingly Different, Dave Wills, various morris and dance teams, plus more to be...
