Exeter Cavern will play host to the first PetRocks! fundraiser gig to help people in the city who are homeless.
Organised by local businessman and guitarist Dan Pritchard, of Susannah and the Noise, the gig on Thursday February 20 at the Gandy Street venue will see proceeds go to local charity St Petrock’s, which is working to address the problems caused by homelessness in and around Exeter.
Susannah and the Noise will be joined by Lottie, Ghost Hands and Charlotte AP for the gig.
Last year, between 45 and 95 people were accessing the charity’s drop-in homelessness...
Businesses from across Devon attended the launch of a new magazine for the county at Sandy Park, the home of the Exeter Chiefs.
Business and Professional life is a quality, quarterly publication partnered by a daily digital platform.
The new initiative is the result of a link-up between Archant, the publishers of Devon Life, and The Daily UK, which owns two citizen journalism websites, The Exeter Daily and The Plymouth Daily.
It is a ground-breaking alliance and thought to be the first time in the UK that an independent digital publisher has joined forces with a...
Wikipedia the community generated online encyclopaedia has named and shamed a Texas PR agency that created over 300 fake accounts used to edit entries on the site.
The Wikimedia foundation a not-for profit organisation responsible of the site has served the PR company with a ‘cease and desist’ letter to stop manipulating articles and discussions.
The PR Company ‘Wiki-PR’ was caught practicing ‘meatpuppetry’ as a result of an investigation by the company in October.
‘Meatpuppetry’ is an online practice where fake identities are used to create consensus around a...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has challenged his side to "back up" last weekend's Aviva Premiership win over London Wasps by inflicting a similar outcome on tomorrow's hosts London Irish. Having come unstuck at Northampton Saints on the opening day, the Chiefs responded in fine fashion by seeing off Wasps 30-26 on their own Sandy Park turf thanks to tries from Tom James (2) and James Scaysbrook, as well as the boot of fly-half Gareth Steenson. A week on from that triumph, Baxter has been preparing his troops for their latest top flight battle at the Madejski Stadium - and has warned...
Devon finalists in NatWest Venus Awards, dubbed ‘The Working Women’s Oscars’, have been treated to afternoon tea at the luxurious Magdalen Chapter Hotel in Exeter. The event, which was also attended by several members of the local media, was held to give to give the finalists an opportunity to meet each other and their sponsors.
The awards were launched in March and the finalists where whittled down, by the judges and in some cases, public vote, from thousands of nominations to just 42 finalists – 12 of whom will be announced as winners at the grand awards ceremony at Exeter...
The team behind The Exeter Daily, founded by former Northcliffe editor Marc Astley, has launched its first franchise in Plymouth.
The Exeter Daily was launched last October and claims to have clocked up 300,000 page impressions and 60,000 unique visitors in total since then.
It has also been shortlisted in the Digital News Service of the Year category of the Newspaper Awards.
Marc Astley was the editor of the Exeter Express & Echo for six years before leaving the paper in December 2011 – three months after it switched from a daily to a weekly.
The Exeter Daily is very pleased to announce that the winner in our £250 prize giveaway is Rev Mike Partridge from Pinhoe. Mike is Team Rector for Pinhoe, Broadclyst, Clyst Honiton, Rockbeare and Sowton Churches.
When asked what he will do with the money he said that he had not yet decided, but it would be something special, as his wife Rachel had been under going treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He also told us that his favourite place in Exeter is Cathedral Green "It's so peaceful there but at the same time you are surrounded by other people. There's nothing quite...
If you haven't been through the Guildhall Shopping Centre, make sure you do. Not only are the Christmas lights making the centre look magical, but there's a lot going on for families right through the festive period, not to metion the chance to visit Santa in his grotto. Here are a few dates to put in your diary.
Thursday December 6th - Christmas Market, Uncle Bobby and Carol Singing
Visit the Christmas Market if you haven't already for great stalls and tasty treats, and meet Uncle Bobby with his balloon modelling from 5.30pm until 8.30pm. The Big Noise Chorus will also be visiting...
