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Zumba & Swagga dance craze sweeping Exeter & Exmouth

With the cold, dark nights drawing in, there is nothing I like more than a good party and the feel good factor! And this autumn, Vibes Dance Fitness classes are packed with fun songs to strut your stuff to!

Zumba and Swagga have just launched new dance sensation Gangnam Style! Absolutely hilarious, we've got everyone doing it!

With Swagga hitting Exeter & Exmouth, more and more people are catching on, you have never known anything like it! A whole hour of music videos and crazy dancing! Baseball hats with the Backstreet Boys, sunglasses with...

Luxury spa opens at The Magdalen Chapter

The Spa at The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter officially opened its doors to the public last month.

The new spa at The Madgalen Chapter has adopted Devon-based REN as its signature spa brand for treatments and products. Described by The Sunday Times as ‘the hip British range that is natural, celebrity endorsed and reassuringly green’ , REN Skincare is an internationally loved brand that was founded just outside of Exeter.

Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios , The Spa at The Magdalen Chapter is filled with natural light and clad in pale European oak by British furniture...

Exeter Osteopaths support National Back Care Awareness Week

British Osteopathic Association Supports National Back Care Awareness Week

The British Osteopathic Association (BOA) is giving its full support to this year’s National Back Care Awareness Week, which takes place from 8th to 12th October. The theme, this year, is “Builder’s Back Pain”.

Daniel Hayward from Exeter Osteopaths commented: ‘The BOA is delighted to give its support to National Back Care Awareness Week which aims to raise awareness of the causes and treatments of this debilitating condition. Back pain accounts for half of all chronic pain people suffer and is the...

Maynard School hosts 'Jobs for the Girls!’ Careers Fair

Today, g irls aged 12 – 15 years from all Exeter secondary schools will be visiting the Maynard School for a Careers Fair with a difference.

Jobs for the Girls will bring together inspirational women with careers as diverse as Aircraft Engineering and Genetics to encourage girls to pursue careers in traditionally male-dominated fields such as science, technology and engineering.

After hearing about the rich and varied experiences of these professional women, the girls will then meet experts who will guide them through the different options for post-16...

Big Wave Media recognised by Recommended Agency Register

An Exeter-based marketing agency has achieved Recommended Agency status with national body the Recommended Agency Register (RAR) .

The clients of Big Wave Media have rated the agency so highly that it now appears on the online Register; which collates client recommended marketing agencies from across the UK.

General Manager of Big Wave Media , Tom Gozna, said: “We’re really pleased to be included in the register. Our business would be nothing without our clients so it means a huge amount to be so highly rated by them.”

Each agency on the register has received at...

What’s On at Exeter’s Timepiece Nightclub and Wine Bar

Event Date: 
25/10/2012 - 10:00pm to 31/10/2012 - 2:00am
Venue: 
Timepiece Nightclub and Wine Bar, Little Castle Street, Exeter

Every Monday - The Monday Mash Up with resident DJs Victory Rd. The number one student night, 10pm-late

Every Tuesday – Café Sobroso. Salsa, Samba and Merengue with DJ Ricardo. Come along to one of Exeter's longest running salsa nights and see how they party on the continent, 7.30pm-1.30am, free entry all night.

Every Wednesday – Legends. The Timepiece is taken over by the students of Exeter University. Legendary tunes from any era in the main room; get down to the very latest R&B flavas with DJ JSR, 9pm-1.30am.

Every Thursday – Scandalous. Exeter's longest...

Creating effective online video for business - Workshop

Event Date: 
11/10/2012 - 5:45pm to 7:45pm
Venue: 
Bishop Fleming, Stratus House, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park, EX1 3QS

The "Camera skills, lighting and sound" workshop is designed to help you get the most out of your video equipment to create good looking and good sounding business videos. This session includes advice and demonstrations suitable for dedicated video cameras and mobile devices.

Exeter Uni has acquired Ronald Duncan archive

Authored by Babs Walker
Posted: Sun, 10/07/2012 - 11:34pm

Dr Christine Faunch, Head of Heritage Collections at the University of Exeter, said: “I am delighted that we are taking the Ronald Duncan papers on deposit. This contributes greatly to our established archive and library collections of Westcountry writers, including Henry Williamson, who knew Ronald Duncan; Ted Hughes; Charles Causley; John Betjeman; and Daphne du Maurier.’

The collection is a record of the life of Ronald Duncan who came to Welcombe in North Devon in the 1930s and farmed pigs and horses until his death in 1982.

He was a pacifist who...

Stagecoach makes shortlist in top industry awards

Stagecoach South West has been shortlisted for two top honours at the 2012 UK Bus Awards, as well as being in the running to be named Britain’s best bus operator at the London awards ceremony to be held in November.

Stagecoach South West is shortlisted for the Top Shire Operator Award - the award for operators in the shire areas of the UK, covering all areas outside the major cities - the winner of which will go head to head against the winners of the Top City and Top Independent categories for the prestigious UK Bus Operator of the Year Award, which will be announced at the...

Theatre company’s bumper cheque for Hospiscare

The New Ottregians, a theatre company based in Ottery St Mary, have presented a cheque for £5,300 to Hospiscare, which provides end-of-life care for local patients and their families, following their incredibly successful production of Me and My Girl at the King’s School, in July.

Helena and Toni Williams-Pugh, who run the theatre company, made the presentation to Margery Whittington, from the local Hospiscare volunteer group, and Nick Agg-Manning, a trustee of the charity, which provides end-of-life care for local patients and their families.

“The amount of money raised...

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