Celebrate the arrival of Spring with Princesshay and be sure to join in with all the ‘fun of the fayre’ at our Family Funday in Princesshay Square on Saturday 15th April between 11am – 4pm.
Challenge the family to a round of Crazy Golf courtesy of The Fun Experts and test your skills with our Giant Jenga and Giant Connect 4 – perfect for all ages!
Get creative and leave your mark on the Pentagon; our wonderful wall of colour, bound to brighten up the square, and sign up to a FREE Easter Bunny Headband workshop with Macrame master Rachael Larsson-Carter. (Limited spaces...
A mum-of-three is running the 2023 TCS London Marathon in memory of her rugby player husband who died suddenly.
Jill Sims will be taking on the 26.2-mile challenge in memory of her husband, Dave, who died from a sudden heart attack in March last year just moments before he was due to meet up with his three sons.
Jill, aged 55 and from Bradninch, said: “Six months before he died, Dave had gone to his doctor. He’d woken up in the early hours of the morning with chest pains. He was perspiring too and I was worried there might have been something wrong with his heart.”...
Wales & West Utilities has linked with an Exeter charity to provide support to homeless and vulnerably housed people across the city.
The gas emergency and pipeline service has partnered with St Petrock’s to provide ‘Keep Warm’ packs for homeless individuals, whilst carbon monoxide safety alarms are being distributed to vulnerably housed people known to the charity.
Each ‘Keep Warm’ pack contains hand warmers, a thermos flask, hot water bottle, blanket, socks, hat and gloves and are usually given to vulnerable customers whose gas supplies are affected for a short...
Exeter-based, self-catering specialist, Luxury Coastal , celebrates its fourth anniversary on 31 March 2023 as one of the fastest-growing holiday providers in the south west, bringing 28,741 guests to the region in 2022, and achieving a year-on-year turnover growth of 28%. The Company remains committed to sharing its success within the local community, putting longevity before profit and is continuing to work towards B Corp accreditation over the next 12 months.
Managing Director, Phil Beattie, explains: “At our core is a commitment to support people, businesses and organisations...
Devon County Show is to play host to the qualifying rounds to find ‘Britain’s Fittest Farmer of 2023’.
Qualifying contestants from the South West region will be invited to attend the Devon County Show on the final day of the 3-day show, Saturday 20th May, to test their mettle in various heats and to see if they can successfully muscle in on the hotly contested Fittest Farmer Title as well as a cash prize of £1,000 for each category.
Nevena Redzic, Event Lead from Farmer’s Weekly who organise the initiative said: “This is now an established event and invites upwards of...
National housebuilder Bloor Homes has received the coveted five-star rating from the National New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey from the Home Builder Federation (HBF).
The five-star rating – the maximum a housebuilder can receive – is awarded when over 90 per cent of homeowners say they would recommend their new home to a friend.
Bloor Homes has now received the five-star rating for the fifth year in a row – marking the housebuilder as among the top and most respected housebuilders in the country.
The high ranking is testament to the hard work and...
Hobbycraft will be hosting a nationwide Easter egg hunt between Monday 3rdApril and Friday 7th April, offering customers the chance to win hundreds of egg-citing prizes including up to £250 to spend in-store and online.
Throughout the week, Hobbycraft will be hiding a bespoke Easter egg in EVERY one of its UK stores for customers to try and find, including its store located in Exeter. The hunt will be hosted on the retailer’s TikTok channel @hobbycrafthq , which will be sharing daily clues on where the egg has been concealed in-store, alongside a list of which stores have a...
A £10,000 donation from a healthcare charity will enable University of Exeter Medical School Students to take up clinical placements in hospitals and laboratories around the globe, to help shape their education.
The Hospital Saturday Fund has given fifteen final year Exeter medical students the opportunity to undertake training abroad through a bursary. The final year students will take off for countries in South America, Southeast Asia, Australia and more. Once there, the students will undertake a clinical placement, which diversifies their experience of how different health...
The multi award-winning songstress Gabrielle is the latest headline act confirmed for Sandy Park Stadium’s busy summer of music. Gabrielle rose to fame in 1993 with her distinctive soulful voice, releasing her debut single ‘Dreams’ which reached the top of the UK charts and earnt her a Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act. Joining her will be the British musical collective, Soul II Soul. Founded by Jazzy B, they rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their blend of soul, R&B and hip-hop, characterised by the smooth grooves, lush instrumentation and powerful...
Pioneering Pete Tong says Exeter's grass is a better dancefloor than Ibizan beaches as he chooses Powderham Castle for his Ibiza Classics show this summer
When it comes to the ultimate dance floor, global DJ, broadcaster and presenter, Pete Tong is swapping hot golden sands for the cool green grasses of Powderham Castle, because he feels our Brit soil is better to dance on than sand.
As the pioneering icon of house music brings his Ibiza Classics show to Exeter on 28 August, alongside Jules Buckley and the Essential Orchestra, Tongie explains that the green green grass of home,...
