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Exeter to Celebrate Best of Local Food and Drink at Gate to Plate Festival

Exeter is set to host a celebration of the region's finest food and drink producers when the Exeter Gate to Plate Food Festival comes to Sidwell Street on Sunday 4 October.

The free, family-friendly event will bring together more than 70 food and drink makers from across Devon and the surrounding area, with most producers based within a 30-mile radius of Exeter.

Visitors can expect a wide variety of local produce including artisan bakers, farmers, brewers, orchardists, coffee roasters, delicatessens, sweet treats and an array of street food vendors.

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City's new leisure plans go on show

A public exhibition at Exeter’s Guildhall will show progress on plans to deliver a new sustainable Leisure Centre to replace Pyramids in the heart of the city.

Exeter Active, the City Council’s leisure centre project, is taking shape, and initial designs for the complex will go on display at the Guildhall at the end of this month (November).

The project will see the current bus and coach park at Paris Street redeveloped to deliver two swimming pools, fitness suite, health spa, exercise studios, café and crèche contained within the UK’s first ultra-sustainable “Passivhaus”...

Exeter music project awarded community grant

Bluebird Care, an Exeter and East Devon based home care agency have awarded a grant of £500 to the Soundwaves Music Project to enable them to purchase new musical instruments so they can continue providing music activities and help unlock the creative potential for adults with and without learning difficulties.

Bluebird Care opened in Exeter in 2011 and has, ever since, been working hard to support other organisations across Exeter as well as providing a daily care service to local people.

The home care agency awarded the Community Grant to the Music Project after receiving...

Axhayes launches Santa Paws Appeal

Saturday 12th December 2015 sees the launch of this years Exeter Axhayes adoption centre annual Santa Paws Appeal.

The launch coincides at their ever popular Coffee morning. The coffee morning starts at 11am and goes on until 2pm and is being held at Axhayes adoption centre, Sidmouth Road, Exeter. opposite the Exeter AFC training ground.Come along, meet the many cats and kittens, chat to the staff and volunteers and have a cuppa and a cake.

The Santa Paws appeal was first held in 2013 and since proved to be a very big success. The centre are hoping that this years appeal...

Festival of Physics comes to Exeter

Some of the South West’s most exciting physicists are coming to the University of Exeter on Saturday 21 November to talk planets, astronomy, wind, rain and light for the Festival of Physics.

Ran by the South West regional branch of the Institute of Physics (IOP), the day will include a whole host of talks and activities ran by world-class physicists on topics including space and astronomy, climate change and meteorology. The Festival of Physics is free of charge to attend and is open to all individuals. To celebrate the International Year of Light, the festival will provide a...

Exeter Christmas lights switch on

Hundreds of people are expected to watch Exeter's Christmas lights being switched on this evening (Thursday 19 November 2015).

Heart Radio’s breakfast presenters Matt and Caroline will kick start the evening's activities at 4pm on stage in Princesshay with a festive programme of entertainment from local artists and performers.

The line-up includes the Exeter University Jazz Orchestra, pantomime performances from Wonder Productions and Pinhoe Pantomime cast and the gorgeous sounds of the Exeter Universities A-Capella groups. The Heart Angels will be on the ground greeting...

Plans to deter boy racers in E Devon

An ongoing problem of vehicle related anti-social behavior, including revving engines, loud music, litter and dangerous driving (often at high speeds) in Seaton’s Jurassic car park and Sidmouth’s Manor Road car park during the evenings, is to be discouraged.

Councilors agreed to the installation of lockable entry barriers and dragon’s teeth at exit points at a recent cabinet meeting.

East Devon District Council officers will now proceed with getting detailed quotes for the lockable barriers and dragon’s teeth devices, which councillors preferred to traffic calming humps -...

Grillstock set to turn up the heat in Exeter

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) announced today (18 November 2015) that American BBQ smokehouse, Grillstock will be the fifth restaurant to join Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter.

Grillstock signed contracts with Aviva Investors last week for their smokehouse restaurant which will face the newly remodeled Market Square, which with its amphitheatre-style seating areas, is set to become one of the main focus points of the whole £12m redevelopment.

Described as 'meat, music and mayhem', Grillstock began as an open air...

Pig out for the Devon Freewheelers

Ethical chef Robin Rea will be cooking up a storm in aid of the Devon Freewheelers blood bike charity at Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary on November 29.

The special event will raise funds for the charity, which provides a free out-of-hours service to the NHS to deliver blood and other medical requirements to hospitals across the county and beyond via motorbikes ridden by volunteer riders.

Robin said: “I’m incredibly impressed by the work carried out by Devon Freewheelers, which does an amazing job for the people of Devon. “The motorcycle couriers are out all hours delivering...

Did you witness racially aggravated assault?

Police in Exmouth are appealing for witnesses following a racially aggravated assault.

The incident occurred at around 1.30am on Sunday 25th October in Exmouth.

The victim, a man aged 23 years was walking in Imperial Road, near to the footpath that leads to Halsdon Road Exmouth (near the foot subway leading to the train station).

He was approached by a number of men who made racist comments and then commenced to assault him by punching him.

The victim ran off but was chased by the offenders who caught up with him in Hartopp Road, and continued to assault him...

Money and cards taken in distraction theft

Police are appealing for witnesses following a distraction theft in Exeter.

At around 3.10pm on Friday 13th November, a woman was sat in her blue Fiat 500 in the car park of Waitrose in Heavitree and was approached by a man who asked if she could get out of her car to help him with directions.

A short time later the woman discovered that her bank cards had been stolen from her bag which was on the front seat. These cards have been used and a large amount of money stolen from the victims account.

The man is described as in his 30’s, stocky build, short black hair and...

Local News

Exeter to Celebrate Best of Local Food and Drink at Gate to Plate Festival

City's new leisure plans go on show

Exeter music project awarded community grant

Axhayes launches Santa Paws Appeal

Festival of Physics comes to Exeter

Exeter Christmas lights switch on

Plans to deter boy racers in E Devon

Grillstock set to turn up the heat in Exeter

Pig out for the Devon Freewheelers

Did you witness racially aggravated assault?

Money and cards taken in distraction theft

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