Exeter

Topsham Rugby Club Fireworks Display

Event Date: 
02/11/2019 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Bonfire Field, Topsham, Exeter

Topsham RFC host one of our stand out events of the season. This year's event will be held on November 2nd 2019 Please come down to experience a fantastic show along with great food, drink and entertainment - Gates open at 4pm, firework at 7pm.

Live music, bar, hot food, soft drinks. Entry: Adults - £5, Under 12 - £3, Family (2 adults & 2 kids) £15

https://www.facebook.com/events/2457734711000075/

Exeter Saracens annual fireworks display 2019

Event Date: 
02/11/2019 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Exhibition Fields, Summer Lane, Exeter

Gates open at 5pm, fireworks start at 7pm Live music by The Loose Cannons Band and Jacob Housego Licenced bar, food stall and fair rides Pre-purchased tickets: Adult - £6 Child - £4 Family of four - £16 Email saracensfireworks@gmail.com with your requirements and we will request payment via Paypal On the gate tickets: Adult - £7 Child - £5 Family of four - £20

Gates open 5pm, fireworks at 7pm.

Fireworks Night

Event Date: 
01/11/2019 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Golf and Country Club, Topsham Road, Exeter

The biggest night of the year!

Spectacular fireworks, family fancy dress disco, barbecue, hog roast, pizza stall, bars and children’s rides!

TICKETS

BEFORE 10PM, 30TH OCTOBER: CHILD £5 | ADULT £7.50 | FAMILY £23

TICKETS FROM 31ST OCTOBER: CHILD £7.50 | ADULT £10 | FAMILY £28

Ticket price includes entry only. Additional costs apply for food, drink, rides and stalls – please bring cash.

www.exetergcc.co.uk/events/fireworks/

Exeter Round Table annual fireworks display

Event Date: 
03/11/2019 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Westpoint, Exeter

The largest pyro-musical charity firework display in Exeter, possibly Devon!

This will be Exeter Round Table's 37th fireworks display, with every year being bigger and better than the last! They will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing. There is also a large fair with many thrilling rides and a range of food and drink stalls and licensed bar. If you are arriving by car, please plan to arrive on site by 7pm at the latest, to allow time to park and pass through the ticket gates before the fireworks go off between 7.30pm and 7.45pm.

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Recycle Devon launches new online recipe book to help reduce food waste

Recycle Devon has launched a new online recipe book to help Devon residents waste less food and save up to £800 a year.

The free book “ Have Your Food And Eat It ” shares tips on buying, storing and preparing food and contains recipes for using up leftovers to help make food stretch further.

In the UK, we throw away 6.7m tonnes of food a year which is a third of the food we buy. Nearly half of that is fresh fruit and vegetables, bread, dairy, rice and pasta.

Research also shows that we throw away more food than we think we do, with common reasons including buying...

Exeter builders merchant giving away wood

The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies is offering excess wood to the local community and groups at no cost.

The branch has spare pallets and wood from packaging that people are invited to pick up and make use of for projects, or to help with local bonfire night celebrations.

Paul West, Branch Manager at RGB Exeter, commented: “The wood is perfect for community organisations who are organising firework displays, or for people looking to complete small projects in their homes. The items generally go into a skip to be destroyed, but as the wood is perfectly usable, we...

South West skills shortages highlighted by the region’s businesses

A recent survey of regional businesses, undertaken by South West recruitment specialists King Recruit, uncovers concerns about future skills shortages and the dissolution of current workplace roles.

Intrigued by the changing demands of our new digital age, Specialist Recruitment and Search Agency King Recruit decided to conduct a survey with South West clients to find out if they are prepared for this so called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution.’

Helen Plumridge, Managing Director of King Recruit, comments: “We are increasingly reminded by the media and industry experts that...

Dartmoor Rural Crime Initiative

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/27/2019 - 11:30pm

Devon & Cornwall Police and Dartmoor National Park Authority are working closely with partners through the Dartmoor Rural Crime Initiative, an arrangement which was formally adopted on 25 October 2019.

A working group brought together by the partnership arrangement is focussing on issues that have been identified as areas of concern by local communities.

These are reducing antisocial behaviour and increasing safety around illegal raves, reducing incidents of speeding where animals are injured or killed, general road safety on the moor and fly tipping.

Rural...

Edward Marsh Wins 2019 South West Chef of the Year

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 10/26/2019 - 10:43am

The winner of this year’s South West Chef of the Year competition has been announced at a special awards ceremony at Exeter Golf and Country Club. Finalists faced their biggest challenge to date by designing and cooking a menu for some of the South West’s most notorious chef judges at Exeter College.

The 2019 overall winner of South West Chef of the Year was awarded to Edward Marsh, Sous Chef at the Manor House Hotel, Castle Combe. To compete for the title, finalists had to cook a three-course menu using a surprise box of ingredients presented to them just 30 minutes before and a...

Hogg happy to be thrown in at the deep end

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Thu, 10/24/2019 - 10:04pm

Stuart Hogg says he’s relishing being thrown in at the deep end ahead of his Exeter Chiefs debut against Bath in the Gallagher Premiership tomorrow night (7:45pm).

Rob Baxter will thrust the Scottish international straight into the fray for his new club at The Rec, less than two weeks after he arrived in Devon from his exertions with the national side at the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Having watched on from the sidelines as last season’s beaten Premiership finalists kicked off their season with a hard-fought win over Harlequins, the 27-year-old is one of five changes Baxter...

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