Be first over the line and your sponsorship money doubles! That’s the challenge Mike Kocziban has accepted when entering Hospiscare’s The FUGBY12 men’s walk.
Mike popped into the city’s hospice to meet Hospiscare patients, Ted Gordon and Tim Webb, pictured, who are both sponsoring him. Ted and Tim both regularly attend day care therapy sessions.
“It was a privilege to meet Ted and Tim and to see the great work that Hospiscare do,” said Mike. “I was completely out of shape for the first walk and set myself a personal challenge to complete it.
Chagstock Festival, which takes place on 17 and 18 July this year, is one of the Westcountry’s best-loved festivals.
Set in 70 acres of farmland on the edge of Dartmoor, Chagstock is renowned for its stunning location, diverse line-up of artists and non-corporate, family friendly atmosphere. Chagstock showcases the very best music, food and entertainment that the Westcountry and the UK have to offer.
The full Friday billing has been confirmed, and is without question the biggest single-day line up in the festival’s nine-year history.
New research has questioned dietary guidance about the consumption of fat designed to reduce the number of people affected by coronary heart disease.
People in the UK and US are advised to keep their overall fat consumption to 30 per cent of their daily energy intake and their saturated fat to 10 per cent.
The study looked at whether results of randomised control trials supported the introduction of guidance in the late seventies and early eighties. They concluded that there was insufficient evidence to do so. But the British Heart Foundation believes that only looking at...
The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter is THE first hotel in the UK to launch a Paleo package.
Unavailable anywhere else in the country, this unique break gives guests the chance to experience an entirely Paleo friendly escape.
A diet which has seen skyrocketing popularity in recent months, the Paleo plan is based on the diet of the Paleolithic era. Also known as the Hunter Gatherer, Caveman or Stone Age diet, Paleo is high in meat and low in complex carbohydrates from sources like grains. It is also entirely gluten free.
Hotel General Manager Fiona Moores said: “Here at...
The Princess Royal is visiting Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau on Monday 16 February to formally open the charity’s new offices on Dix’s Field.
The Princess Royal, who is patron of the national Citizens Advice charity, will be greeted by our Chair, Dennis Mardon and then shown round the bureau by Chief Executive Steve Barriball and will have the chance to observe the volunteers in action, as well as seeing new ways of ensuring clients get the advice they need.
During the visit she will meet paid staff, and volunteers. At the end of the visit HRH will unveil a plaque to mark...
First Great Western and award-winning seafood chef and restauranteur, Mitch Tonks, have today launched an all new lunch and dinner menu for the UK’s only daily fine dining rail service, the Pullman - available on ten services daily.
Mitch has created the menu using locally sourced produce, building on First Great Western’s 50:15 pledge to source products from near the railway line.
This includes fish from Mitch’s local Brixham market, burrata from Laverstoke Farms, fillet steak from Somerset, scallops from Devon, Westcountry cheese and Somerset quince jelly. The wines –...
Stagecoach are introducing additional morning and evening rush-hour buses to the 56 timetable.
The new timetable will benefit Exeter Airport bus services, and comes into effect on Monday 23 February 2015.
Monday to Friday morning and evening peak services will increase to up to every half an hour.
The additional morning rush-hour buses will now arrive at Exeter Airport Terminal at 06:55 (leaving Exeter St David’s at 06:25 and Exeter Bus station at 06:35) and 08:20 (leaving Exeter St David’s at 07:45 and Exeter Bus station at 07:55).
The three key detectives featuring in the Silverton Luvvie’s “The Secret of Willoughby Hall” (19-21st February in Silverton Village Hall) represent the 60 year time span of this murder mystery.
Sarah Lunch (or Lorraine Hopkinson) is a detective in the style of “The Killing”, DS Clinton (Peter Williams) is straight out of “The Sweeny” and the magnifying glass-toting Jane Featherstonehaugh (Heather Sheppard) is from the pages of Agatha Christie.
The play is suitable for the whole family (though it being murder mystery there will be murders and also some adult language), and...
According to a new poll by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), 17% of people in the South West have had a dating disaster on Valentine’s Day and, across the UK, bad restaurant experiences are responsible for a third (34%) of all nightmare nights out.
34% of daters in the South West report that getting food poisoning from a restaurant is the worst thing that could happen to them on Valentine’s Day – even ahead of being dumped (28%). Despite this, 37% don’t check the food hygiene rating of a restaurant before booking their Valentine’s meal.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service’s Ceremonial Unit is banging the drum for new members.
The Corps of Drums are looking for experienced drummers or buglers to join them to perform at displays, ceremonies, parades and concerts.
They also take part in the Firefighters Memorial parade in London and Armistice Day parades in Ypres, Belgium. The Ceremonial Unit has been performing nationally and internationally for 30 years.
Drum Major Dave Morley said: “The musicians within the unit are not only serving firefighters and support staff but also people with a...
