Exeter Round Table’s annual firework extravaganza returns for its 40th anniversary, in support of Devon Air Ambulance.
This year, the spectacular pyrotechnical display will be synchronised to the music from the Greatest Showman when it returns to Westpoint Arena on Saturday 4th November.
The display, hosted by Radio Exe, will feature fireworks set to the popular musical by Sonic Fireworks, the 2022 British Champions! Not only that, but the spectacle also promises fun for the whole family with funfair rides, various catering outlets, and licensed bars.
Maybe it’s because of the Guy Fawkes season, but I sense this time of year is one of compelling challenge and radical change – a chance to talk of reforming the structures we have created; a time ( kairos ) to believe differently…. Recently, one of the local Baptist churches hosted a showing of ‘The Divide’. Based on Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson’s book ‘The Spirit Level’, through personal stories this film illustrates the chasms which now face our broken society. There are the lives of the very rich – the ‘have-a-lots’, contrasted to ‘the haves’ but especially to ‘the ‘have-nots’....
The annual Ottery Tar Barrels event is due to take place on Monday 5th November and is likely to attract thousands of visitors to the town. Police are working closely with other agencies, including fire and ambulance services to monitor the event.
The Tar Barrels Committee is reminding visitors to be mindful of their own safety and follow the advice given by marshals on the night.
In the event of a safety issue police will also be using Twitter to update visitors who have access via their mobile phones. To follow regular updates on Twitter please follow @...
Roll up, roll up! It’s autumn once again! While our summer started rather damply, one of the greatest fireshows in the country will surely warm your cockles at the infamous Sticklepath Fireshow, Okehampton and District’s Guy Fawkes Night.
Set in the stunning amphitheatre of Finch Foundry garden this year’s show aims to be bigger, better and probably more quirky and off the wall than ever before, and is sure to put many others into the shade. So whatever you may have arranged or are considering then please change course this year, set sail for Sticklepath and discover a Fireshow...
