Our concert series this year will feature performances from our popular trio - virtuoso balalaika player Sergei Kosov (Gnesin Academy of Music, Russia), award winning violinist Yulia Northridge (Petrozavodsk Music Academy, Russia) and concert pianist Ekaterina Shetliffe (Dargomizsky College of Music, Tula, Russia) presenting a new programme by Sergei Rachmaninov, Modest Mussorgsky, Dmitry Shostakovich, Peter Tchaikovsky, as well as arrangements of popular Russian folk songs. We will be joined by a special guest performer mezzo-soprano Iryna Ilnytska at one of our events in Totnes on...
More than 11 million 2018/19 tax returns are due back with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by the end of January. Around 54% of taxpayers have already filed their returns with more than 5.6 million of those completed online (89% of the total returns filed).
Angela MacDonald, HMRC’s Director General for Customer Services, said: “The Self Assessment deadline on 31 January is fast approaching so customers have just under a month left to file their tax returns online to avoid any unnecessary penalties. Any tax due is also payable by 31 January. We know that can be a worry and not only...
Devon Created is a new and exciting festival organised by a new flower festival team at Crediton Parish Church. For over 40 years there has been a flower festival at the church. This year this exciting new venture will include local Devon crafts, each demonstrating and selling their own crafts, and including spectacular flower arrangements using flowers and materials to complement each craft. The Festival opens Saturday 30th May from 10am to 5pm, Sunday 31st May 11.30am to 5pm, Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd June 10am to 5pm and ends Thursday 4th June 10am to 3pm. Admission and Parking are...
Marks & Spencer Exebridges has donated truckloads of carrots and parsnips to hungry donkeys this Christmas. In the spirit of seasonal giving, M&S’ generous act was met with delight by staff and donkeys alike at The Donkey Sanctuary’s headquarters in Sidmouth, Devon.
Instead of letting sacks full of carrots and parsnips go to waste, Farm Groom Rosie Baker was thrilled to collect the food retailer’s donation in order to put it to better use: in the bellies of hundreds of rescued and relinquished donkeys and mules. The idea was the brainchild of Linda Noble, an administrator...
EXETER residents wishing to make a difference this year (2020) within the communities and neighbourhoods where they live are being invited to take up a role in care in the area.
Guardian Homecare has 100 well-paid, carer positions available that are vital to its service users’ quality of life. Each position offers benefits, training and career advancement.
Manager, Catherine Porter explains: “Our services and the care our carers provide are essential to anyone who is elderly and vulnerable who may be experiencing physical disabilities, learning difficulties, spinal injury,...
One of the South West’s leading tax experts is adding to the day job with a senior role in the armed forces. As of 01 January 2020 Jean-Paul Quertier, a Lt Col in the Army Reserves and partner at Exeter-based Chartered Accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards, will be taking command of Army Training Unit (West).
Overseeing more than 500 Army Reserve recruits passing through both Wyvern Barracks in Exeter, and Maindy Barracks in Cardiff, Lt Col Quertier will spend the next two and a half years working four days a week at Simpkins Edwards and one day per week within the Unit. Responsible...
The Recycled Candle Company is urging people not to throw away used candles from the festive season but to recycle them instead.
With many people in the process of taking down decorations and returning their homes to a pre-Christmas state, it’s a good time to remember that used candles can be recycled rather than added to landfill.
Candles are very popular during the festivities, gracing tables, sideboards, fireplaces and shelves around the home. But once they reach the end of their useful life, they are usually put into the bin.
Great Taste Award winning drinks producer Gusto Organic will be showcasing its range of adult focused premium soft drinks at The Source Trade Show on 5thFebruary 2020, the South West’s biggest trade show for the food & drink sector.
Founded by Craig Sams, (the entrepreneur behind Green & Blacks) and Will Fugard, CEO and alchemist in chief, Gusto Organic has harnessed both European and global markets with their organic, Fairtrade and refined sugar free soft drinks. Not only possessing a raft of Great Taste Awards, the Real Cola has been voted the No.1 Ethical Cola in the UK...
People in the South West are being challenged to kick start the New Year by taking steps to support Cancer Research UK.
The charity is encouraging everybody who feels they’ve had too many mince pies or helpings of Christmas pudding to sign up now to Walk All Over Cancer and get sponsored to walk 10,000 steps every day for a month.
In the South West, almost a quarter (22 per cent) of people are getting less than 30 minutes of physical activity a week.
Alison Birkett, Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson for the South West, said: “For many of us, the start of a new year...
Five people in Exeter are celebrating the new year a little early this week as they each scooped a £1,000 cash prize thanks to their lucky postcode.
The Broadway neighbours netted the windfall when EX2 9NT was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery on Monday 30th December 2019.
People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson sent his well-wished to the winners. He said: “Congratulations to our winners in Exeter. I’m sure this win will make their New Year celebrations even more special.”
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