Rum lovers, rum workers and rum’uns alike are advised to come with open taste buds, and to expect wacky and wonderful flavours...
Well into their sixth year, the team behind the rum festivals were keen to bring it back to Exeter for year two. However, this year, Exeter Rum Festival is being held in The Great Hall at the University of Exeter on Saturday the 1st of September, so no chance of the rain getting in the way of your perfectly mixed cocktails.
White rum, dark rum, gold rum, spiced rum and flavoured rum you’ve never heard of, this day-long festival will allow you to...
The Devon Fire and Spice Festival comes to Powderham Castle on 18th & 19th August for a celebration of barbecuing, chillies and spice. This fiery weekend takes place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August, set between the castle ramparts and the Exe estuary, and this themed food festival will focus on hot sauces, spice rubs and mixes, chilli plants, barbecues, smokers and barbecue sauces, with plenty for the non-chilli lover too.
For those with a competitive nature, the organisers are encouraging entries into the barbecue competition on the Saturday, where teams compete...
Rum lovers, rum workers and rum’uns alike are advised to come with open taste buds, and to expect wacky and wonderful flavours...
Well into their sixth year, the team behind the rum festivals were keen to bring it back to Exeter for year two. However, this year, Exeter Rum Festival is being held in The Great Hall at the University of Exeter on Saturday the 1st of September, so no chance of the rain getting in the way of your perfectly mixed cocktails.
White rum, dark rum, gold rum, spiced rum and flavoured rum you’ve never heard of, this day-long festival will allow you to...
The county of Devon is providing a chance to start life afresh free from fear for children who have arrived on their own in the UK having fled conflict in their native countries.
Devon has welcomed unaccompanied children seeking asylum since 2015 when under a Home Office programme up to 70 children, displaced from refugee camps outside Calais, were transferred to Devon.
Most moved quickly through the county to be reunited with relatives across the UK. A few remained and have since settled well to life in Devon.
Since then a further 41 children have arrived as part...
Harry Williams insists Exeter Chiefs can ill afford to dwell on the disappointment of defeat in May’s Premiership Final against Saracens.
Instead, the England international believes he and his team-mates must instead use that loss as ‘fuel to the fire’ as the Devon club look ahead to the new 2018/19 campaign.
The new season kicks-off in less than a month on September 1 against Leicester Tigers at Sandy Park and the 26-year-old is aiming to be part and parcel of Rob Baxter’s mix as they look to wrestle back their title crown from the Londoners.
BOYZLIFE (Keith Duffy of Boyzone and Brian McFadden of Westlife) are back on tour and coming to play Exeter Lemon Grove in October.
Boyzlife brings together members of two of the biggest boybands in history, Boyzone and Westlife, to perform a whole host of their biggest chart hits.
Brian McFadden enjoyed 12 UK and Ireland number ones as a member of Westlife, including a record breaking seven top spots in a row. The band also boast four number 1 albums and over 30 million record sales in total. Since Westlife, Brian has enjoyed international solo success, including a UK...
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today (10th August 2018) confirmed the continuation for 2019 Summer of its four summer sun routes from Exeter Airport with multi-frequency weekly services to Alicante, Faro, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca. This is in addition to four flights a week to Norwich.
These will become available for booking from Thursday 16th August, 2018. These routes will operate for the entire period of the summer schedule between 31st March and Saturday 26th October 2019 but are currently only available for travel through to 16th June 2019. In total, Flybe’s...
On the evening of the 22 September, InExeter and Sancho's will be hosting a night celebrating slow fashion at Exeter Cathedral, highlighting Autumn/Winter lines from selected independent businesses. We will also be showcasing designers and brands from the South West and providing a space for community groups to present their projects through fashion. Sancho’s will also launch of the South West Sustainable Design Award , celebrating the many sustainably minded designers, makers and community projects in the South west.
The evening will start with a drinks reception underneath the...
Join Sancho's and Plastic Free Exeter on Sunday 2 September.
Meet outside Sancho's on 117 Fore Street at 11am to stroll down to the Quay, picking up litter along the way.*
After an hour of litter picking along the Quay, we will be encouraging people to bring along their own plastic free picnic, with items that didn't come out of plastic wrapping, e.g. homemade hummus and pitta bread.
Sancho's owner, Kalkidan, is secretly hoping that everyone will be wearing their dungarees, so make a girls dream come true and wear your Yaks won't ya :)
If you were to pop into any Hospiscare shop now, you will be met by a new addition the team. Kim, in cardboard cut-out form, is updated each week with a new number - the hours of Hospiscare Community Nurse Specialist visits that are funded by the Weekly Prize Draw tickets sold in Hospiscare shops.
The real Kim Thomas is an Assistant Practitioner and familiar face at the Day Hospice at Searle House. Chris Routley, the Lottery Manager, says: “It was important to me that we showed a real Hospiscare care provider and not just a stock image, so I am delighted Kim has allowed us to use...
