The Bike Shed Theatre has launched a new website, a newsletter, a trailer and a whole new look.
With more behind-the-scenes information, interviews with artists and specialist cocktail recipes, the subterranean venue offers an an enticing glimpse inside for anyone who’s curious.
A new season of work kicks off with a festival of the finest Devon-based theatre companies. From Devon with Love is a celebration of fresh new work from homegrown voices, taking place this January. Hot on its heels, The Laugh Out Loud festival brings acclaimed comedians to Exeter, including The...
Businesses in Devon are being urged to do more to reduce the hundreds of millions of pounds lost to fraud in the county each year. With procurement fraud now recognised as the second most frequently reported form of economic crime, analysis of figures from the National Fraud Authority carried out by Devon-based blur Group, reveals that £126m a year is lost to fraud by businesses in the county, including £52.6m to procurement fraud. The scale of the wasteful spend means firms are less profitable, have less money to invest in their business and are at risk of losing out to competitors who...
On Saturday 5 December naturalist and TV presenter Nick Baker attended an award ceremony for the first group of teenagers to complete the Dartmoor National Park Junior Ranger programme. Nick’s inspirational talk on his life’s journey with wildlife set the scene for the Awards in which all 12 Junior Rangers' achievements were celebrated.
Over the last 12 months of this pilot programme the Junior Rangers aged 13 -16 have been working towards achieving not one but three different Awards - The Dartmoor National Park Authority Junior Ranger Award, the John Muir Explorer 8 day award and...
A Devon hotel is celebrating having received national recognition for the quality of its ‘dog friendly’ accommodation.
Elizabeth and Steve Morey own the award-winning Blagdon Manor restaurant and hotel near Ashwater and have been welcoming dog owners from across the country for 15 years.
The hotel has been awarded a ‘certificate of excellence’ for its positive reviews on the world’s largest travel site, Trip Advisor and also named in the Independent and London Evening Standard as one of the ‘Top ten dog friendly hotels in the UK’.
Fire crews were called to a thatch blaze in East Devon in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday 15 December).
Three fire engines from Exeter and Ottery St Mary, along with the water carrier from Exeter, were sent to Cranbrook shortly after 1am.
On arrival crews confirmed that a thatched roof derelict farm house was well alight and got to work extinguishing the fire using two hose reel jets and one main jet.
The thatched roof and first floor were well alight. The building was showing signs of collapse so crews withdrew from the sectors to keep themselves at a safe...
Artwork produced by year 7 Exeter School pupils last summer is currently on display in the newly reopened Truffles Bistro and Pizzeria on Magdalen Road in Exeter.
The walls of the café are adorned with vibrant mixed media monoprints of Exeter Cathedral inspired by artist John Piper. Truffles Bistro is open Monday to Saturday from 8.30am to 4pm and the Pizzeria is open from 6.30 - 9.pm on Tuesday and Saturday evenings.
Head of Art at Exeter School, Alison Dyer, said "We are very grateful to the manager, Chris Sage, for the opportunity to display our pupils' artwork in a...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce members are being offered the opportunity to enjoy their regular networking lunch with a difference – on Wednesday 16th December 2015 the Chamber’s popular lunch meeting will include a Christmas charity auction for its charity members.
The annual Christmas lunch, held at Mercure Southgate Hotel in Exeter city centre, gives charity members the chance to auction a prize for their cause to the Chamber members in attendance.
Items for auction this year include a ‘money can’t buy’ experience to go behind the scenes at Paignton Zoo to meet their Black...
Members of Parliament and Lords are likely to live far longer than the UK average, according to research involving the University of Exeter.
A PhD student at the University of Exeter Medical School worked with Just Retirement insurance to examine the number of deaths in almost 5,000 members of the two UK Houses of Parliament compared with the general population over a 65-year period, from 1945-2011.
They compared the observed mortality – or death rates - in members with the expected mortality of the general population, matched to the same sex or age of the member in the...
Exeter’s brand new Welcome Team took to the city’s streets on Monday (14 December).
The initiative, which has proven successful in other cities across the UK has been launched and funded by Exeter Business Improvement District (Exeter BID), and brings to Exeter a skilled team of Welcome People to help shoppers and tourists make the most of their time in the city by assisting visitors, monitoring the city environment and working with the businesses across the BID area.
Similar teams can be found throughout London and in Manchester, Birmingham, Canterbury, Chester and...
This Wednesday (16th December) sees the beginning of Exeter Cathedral’s free lunchtime carol services for shoppers and city workers.
The popular events, which attract hundreds of people each year, give visitors the opportunity to take the place of the Cathedral Choir and sing their favourite Christmas carols accompanied by the mighty Cathedral Organ.
“Lunchtime Carols” begins at 13.00 on Wednesday 16th, Saturday 19th and Tuesday 22nd December. Each service lasts around an hour and admission is free with a retiring collection.
