Exeter Library is gearing up for an action-packed weekend full of fun and frolics, with the annual Fun Palaces celebrations. Fun Palaces is a free, nationwide campaign taking place on 6th and 7th October 2018.
Libraries Unlimited, the charity responsible for running Devon and Torbay Libraries is committed to providing culture for all, and this year 31 of the charities 54 libraries will be holding their own free Fun Palaces for all to enjoy.
Fun Palaces promote community at the heart of culture and culture at the heart of community, through an annual weekend of action...
Let's Rock Exeter returns to Powderham Castle for a fifth year on Saturday 29 June 2019.
With a fabulous line-up of artists bringing you the very best of the 80s and an action-packed day of retro madness, there is plenty to do for everyone at this family friendly festival.
Billy Ocean will be headlining, with another big act to be announced before Christmas.
The line-up also includes Belinda Carlisle, Nik Kershaw, Go West, Hot Chocolate, Snap! Thomas Dolby, The Real Thing, Betty Boo, Johnny Hates Jazz and China Crisis. More acts are to be announced in December....
A charity beer has raised an elephantine sum for wildlife conservation. Bays Brewery helped generate £3,282 by selling a special beer – Trunk Ale - on behalf of wildlife charity Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.
Paignton Zoo supports environmental education in the Omo Forest of south-western Nigeria, where the elusive forest elephant still survives. The Zoo has been funding work there since 2008.
The Paignton micro-brewery is a long-time supporter of Paignton Zoo and its conservation projects. Pete Salmon, from Bays, said: “Since 2013, our partnership with Paignton Zoo has...
Your essential guide to What’s On in around Exeter this weekend (28-30 September).
THEATRE
Eros and Psyche Friday, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter From raunchy to poetic, sacred to profane, pioneering performance storyteller Sally-Pomme Clayton recreates the myth of Eros and Psyche in spoken word and living sound. Tickets £10. https://cygnettheatre.co.uk
Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians & Terrible Tudors Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Exeter Northcott We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for two...
Worth The Weight Vintage Kilo Sale will be making its debut in Exeter on Sunday 30th September at Exeter Corn Exchange. The event is an all-day shopping experience, selling top quality vintage clothing at trade prices that are not normally available to the public.
Visitors will be able to rummage through ten tonnes of handpicked, men’s and women’s vintage clothing and accessories, from the ‘60s to the ‘90s, including many designer and branded items.
Like a vintage pick and mix shop, customers grab a bag, fill it up and pay by the weight. Clothing costs just £15 per kilo,...
Ali Hepher insists Exeter Chiefs have been duly warned of the threat posed by visiting Worcester Warriors in tomorrow's Gallagher Premiership clash at Sandy Park (3pm). Worcester's impressive 44-37 win at Leicester Tigers last weekend certainly lifted heads across the division, not just in the fact that it elevated the Warriors off the foot of the table with their first win of the campaign, but the fact they were able to pick off their more illustrious rivals in their own lair. Now, they will head West looking to not only build on that success, but at the same time claim the scalp of the...
Devon-based Lightfoot, the driver rewards technology frequently described as “the Fitbit for cars”, has increased its headcount to in excess of 60 following the appointment of Tiffany Bale as Relationships Manager. Tiffany, former account manager at Global Media, is the latest of nearly three dozen new employees in the business this year.
Bale joins the company after 3 years at Global Media, where she was responsible for developing and implementing marketing solutions for clients across Exeter, East Devon, and Mid Devon. Her expertise will be used to develop and manage sponsorships...
Last weekend, East Devon’s fastest growing traditional Karate club marked its 2 year anniversary with a prestigious Seminar and grading event at LED’s Ottery St. Mary Leisure Centre.
More than twenty (Japanese-graded) black-belt Karate Instructors from across the UK and Europe for a special celebration event in honour of the late Shihan Leo Lipinski (8th Dan), who passed away this year. SYTL (Say Yes To Life) Karate was launched by Sensei Paul Batters (Japanese graded black-belt) in September 2016 with the aim of providing the highest standards of Martial Arts, to the widest range...
Devon smokers will get extra help and support to quit their habit this month (October) as the national Stoptober campaign returns for its sixth year. Since the campaign first started in 2012, Stoptober has prompted over 1.7 million quit attempts. Research shows that if you can stop smoking for 28-days, you are five times more likely to kick the habit for good.
This year, the stop smoking campaign from Public Health England, aims to make it easier than ever for individuals to become smoke free. Rather than smokers ‘going cold turkey’, Stoptober encourages smokers to ‘quit with...
Police officers, members of staff and volunteers from Exeter, East and Mid Devon have received awards for their professionalism and diligence to help keep the area safe.
Police constable Zane McCormack and student officer Mike Lippett attended a tragic suicide of a 14 year old boy who had gone missing the previous evening. Understandably the family were extremely distraught and traumatised. The officers demonstrated compassion, sensitivity and professionalism. They were deeply affected by the nature of the incident, in particular through the grief the family were experiencing. They...
