Cinema chain Cineworld Group has acquired independent cinema operator Picturehouse, which includes cinemas in Bath and Exeter, for £47.3m.
Picturehouse is to operate as a separate entity within the Cineworld Group and will continue to be run by its existing management team.
Founder director Lyn Goleby is to continue in her role as managing director. Cineworld is to fund the transaction from existing undrawn bank debt facilities, assumed debt and the cash proceeds from a proposed issue of up to 6.85 million new ordinary shares.
It’s official, I’ve got Christmas envy. Everywhere I go lights are twinkling and festive songs are ringing out. But, we have yet to put a single decoration up at home yet.
Now, everyone has a different opinion on when you should ‘deck the halls’ and get festive with it…but normally we will make our annual trip to a local farm, where they have mulled wine and reindeer to keep everyone happy, and pick out our Christmas tree in early December – I think if you’re splashing out on a Norwegian Fir tree you might as well get your money’s worth!
Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the M5 at Cullompton yesterday (5 December) which left one woman seriously injured.
At 13.35pm a red Volkswagen Transporter van and a silver Vauxhall Tigra collided on the southbound carriageway of the M5 two miles south of junction 28. The van had been travelling on the northbound carriageway when it struck the central reservation, crossing into the opposite carriageway where it was in collision with the other vehicle. The female driver of the Tigra sustained serious internal injuries and was airlifted to Derriford Hospital...
The man killed in the M5 fatal road accident on 5th December has now been formally identified as Alan Keith Clements, born on 24th September 1965, from Hengoed, just north of Oswestry in Shropshire.
Mr Clements was driving a black Ford Focus and other vehicles involved included a white Scania HGV, a black Honda Accord, a black Honda Jazz and a black Vauxhall Astra.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “The vehicles were involved in a shunt-type collision at the end of a tailback caused by an earlier collision on the same stretch of carriageway.
Local retailer Clive Sheppard of Exeter has this week been crowned the winner of a national competition, launched by Wrigley in August this year, to find a convenience store retailer most worthy of a ‘Trash Team’ visit.
As well as winning £500 worth of free stock, Clive’s prize saw Wrigley’s ‘Trash Team’ of devoted litter pickers descend on his Magdalen Road Spar store on Tuesday 4th December to clean up his local area.
From litter picking outside his shop front to making sure the surrounding area looks spic and span, the ‘Trash Team’ included staff from the local...
Devon County Council has been praised by local residents in a national survey on highways and transport.
Positive feedback from local residents has seen Devon County Council maintain its rank as the second best performing County Council of the 22 that participated in the 2012 National Highways and Transport Public Satisfaction Survey (NHT Survey). Devon has also maintained its overall year-on-year levels of satisfaction in spite of challenging financial circumstances.
The NHT Survey is the most comprehensive public satisfaction survey for highways and transport and Devon...
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Superintendent Chris Eastwood has been appointed as the new police commander to lead policing in Exeter, Mid and East Devon.
Supt Eastwood has assumed responsibility for crime and community policing across the geographic area, which takes in towns such as Axminster, Tiverton and Honiton plus Exeter city centre. He is supported by a 10-strong team of senior officers including one chief inspector and nine inspectors. Supt Eastwood joined Devon and Cornwall Police in 1986 and has served in Plymouth, Cornwall and Devon in various roles. He was the head of Call Management and...
Exeter has taken on its festive cloak for Christmas, shop windows aglow with enticing displays, the Christmas market on Cathedral Green, amazing street lights, late-night shopping and a host of events to increase the growing excitement of the season. But without the birth of that so special manger-bedded baby, whose coming gifted us Christmas, we lose the reason for the season and so we celebrate the real meaning of Christmas as an opportunity for joy. One of those opportunities is the annual Exeter and District Mencap Society’s Carol service to be held at South Street Baptist Church South...
Exeter’s busiest arts venue has just announced hundreds of new music, art, performance and film events, which will take place between January and March next year.
Highlights this season include several annual festivals including: Laugh Out Loud, a comedy festival taking place at venues throughout the city showcasing hilarious stand up from familiar faces; Animated Exeter in which you can experience animation in all its forms via workshops, talks and screenings; and Vibraphonic , now in its ninth year, celebrating urban music of black origin.
