For a Sunday with a difference - head over to watch the Devon Sabre Championships! Fencers from across the county are heading to Newton Abbot Leisure Centre to decide who takes the Men's and Women's titles of 2015 Devon Sabre Champion.
Sabre is fast, fun and dynamic... yet fencers can outwit an opponent with very subtle footwork and swordplay. You can score a hit with any part of the blade - the target is the whole upper body above the hips, including the head and arms. Fencers come on guard wearing steel masks and lamé jackets on top of protective clothing, linked up to...
A child was seriously injured in a collision in Crediton yesterday (Saturday 28 February).
The local 11-year-old is reported to be in a critical condition at the RD&E Hospital in Exeter.
Police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a white Vauxhall combo van being driven between Crediton and Morchard road along the A377 at around 1.30pm.
Anyone with information should contact 101 quoting log 397 of 28 February 2015.
Your guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend.
THEATRE
Ablutions Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter FellSwoop Theatre return with Ablutions, adapted from the novel by Patrick DeWitt. A dark, boozy tale from the sodden depths of the LA underworld, blending a live soundtrack, detailed mime and DeWitt's heart-wrenching humour. Tickets: £10/ £8 conc. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
The Mist in the Mirror Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Adapted from the novel by Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black, this tense and atmospheric...
Exeter Fairtrade City Steering Group are inviting the local community to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 and choose products that change lives.
Campaigners across Exeter are joining forces with the rest of the country to remind everyone of the dramatic difference Fairtrade makes around the world and why it is urgently needed.
Exeter City Councillor Ollie Pearson, Chair of the Exeter Fairtrade City Steering Group, said: "Devon has been a Fairtrade County for ten years , supporting Fairtrade to pave the way for fairer and ethical trading but there is still a long way to go...
Following the success of Winter Stories and Snow Crafts at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park with Devon Libraries, the second event in the partnership has been announced. Spring Stories and Mother’s Day Crafts will take place at Devon’s Crealy on Wednesday 11th March 2015.
Guests of all ages are invited to join Buddy Bear and story tellers from Exeter Library at Mamma Mia’s Restaurant at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park from 10am – 1pm for interactive spring time stories and creative Mother’s Day craft sessions.
Grace Ryder, Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park’s...
The Seaton Jurassic project team, including East Devon District Council and Devon Wildlife Trust, will be out and about during Grizfest tomorrow (Saturday 28 February) to hear views on the proposed new sculptures for Fisherman’s Gap.
The sculptures, if approved, will form one of four new information/meeting points to encourage visitors to Seaton Jurassic to explore the Seaton landscape and the Jurassic Coast. The other locations are Seaton Wetlands, Axmouth Harbour and Seaton Hole. The information/meeting points will provide a recognisable and memorable focal point for events and...
Woodland Adventure Club is THE most adventurous Holiday Club around!
Your kids will get up to all sorts, learning woodland skills, getting muddy and making new friends.
It's a Holiday Club with a difference, packed with fun and excitement in the woods. Based at our camp at Haldon Forest Park near Exeter and run by qualified, experienced staff, your children will play & explore the woods, build dens, light campfires, track mini-beasts, toast marshmallows and more.
Recommended by parents: "My 7 year old boy had a fabulous day at the Woodland Adventure Club,...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a seven-vehicle collision on the A38 at Haldon Hill, Exeter, in which an elderly man suffered serious injuries.
The collision happened on the descent of the hill on the Exeter-bound carriageway on Friday 20 February, shortly after 5.50pm.
A black BMW 318i was involved in the collision with a blue Ford Ka, blue Fiat Punto, white Ford Fiesta van, white Audi A3, green VW Golf and black Peugeot 3008.
The rear seat passenger of the Ford Ka, a 78-year-old man from the Dobwalls area, was trapped in the vehicle and cut free by the fire...
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...
As part of the follow up to the national inquiry into Jimmy Savile, Devon County Council was asked by the Government to investigate a specific allegation relating to a former council-run children’s home, Colleton Lodge, Exeter, in the early 1980s.
The information had been uncovered as part of a document review undertaken by the Metropolitan Police Service on behalf of the Department of Health.
The allegation of potential abuse was made by a former resident who described hearing screams of another young man in an adjacent room during a visit by Saville and another man to the...
