Sir Cliff Richard is without a doubt one of our greatest musical treasures. With a staggering 103 album releases, a record breaking 123 single hits and the equivalent of 20 years spent in the UK charts, voted Britain’s “Ultimate Pop Star”, 2018 sees Sir Cliff celebrate his 60th anniversary in the music business. Now for the very first time, Cliff will bring his enthralling live show direct to cinemas across the UK and Ireland, live from Manchester Bridgewater Hall on Friday 12th October. Encore screenings will run on Sunday 14th October at 3pm in celebration of Sir Cliff’s 78th birthday....
The East Devon District Council Countryside team and friends will be walking 22 miles along the South West Coast Path from Exe to Axe as part of South West Coast Path Challenge month.
The South West Coast Path covers 630 miles from Minehead in Somerset to Poole Harbour in Dorset. The East Devon section of the coast path spans 26 miles from Exmouth to Lyme Regis and forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. This section of the path is managed by the National Trust and the East Devon Countryside team, on behalf of Devon County Council.
Exeter City continued their positive start to the season as they beat Morecambe 2-0 at the Globe Arena.
In what was a tough test for Matt Taylor’s side, they had to defend bravely and take their chances when presented.
And they did just that when Pierce Sweeney comfortably converted a penalty on the stroke of half-time before Jayden Stockley doubled City’s lead with an excellent header just after the hour mark.
City manager Matt Taylor named an unchanged team from the side that beat Carlisle United on the opening day of the season.
Two pupils from Cranbrook Education Campus joined around 60 other Year 7 and 8 students from across the country at a five-day residential course provided by E.ON and designed to inspire tomorrow’s bright sparks to consider a career in a field of STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. All the pupils at the educational event attend schools which have previously taken part in an E.ON Creative Conductors workshop, which is designed to help pupils’ understanding of electricity, conduction and circuits. A group of Year 7 pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus participated in the...
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...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (10-12 August):
THEATRE
The League of Gentlemen Live Again! Friday, Exeter Northcott The League of Gentlemen return to the stage for their first UK tour in over 12 years with their brand new live show. See BAFTA Award winning comedy legends Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson bring their dark and unhinged fictional village of Royston Vasey to theatres and arenas across the country. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/
Handbagged Saturday, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Paul Taylor...
Local independent house builder Devonshire Homes has raised an incredible £7,295.67 for its charity partner, Children’s Hospice South West.
Devonshire Homes welcomed over 120 guests from across the housing and construction sector to its first Charity Golf Day at Downes Crediton Golf Club. Teams of four enjoyed a day on the greens which included 18-holes and a variety of competitions such as the longest drive, challenge the Pro and closest to the pin. The Devonshire Homes team came out on top, winning the prestigious Devonshire Homes Annual Charity Golf Day Trophy.
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.
Two-year-old Elodie Clark has helped to raise an incredible £800 for the Cystic Fibrosis team at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where she is treated for the condition.
Elodie, who sat on the back of her dad’s bike and sang the entire route, cycled for 18 miles alongside family and friends from Dawlish to Exeter and back to raise money for the department where she has been treated since birth.
The money raised will be used to support educational and research activities in the team. As well as this it will help to fund the purchase of equipment that helps support both...
Although Ukraine is still at the dawn of its tech revolution, it’s on the way to global success. Already now it’s becoming a mecca for outsourcing, with 13 Ukrainian companies on the 2017 IAOP Top 100 list of the best outsourcing providers . But Ukraine isn’t only interesting to the international market by outsourcing its IT specialists. Young Ukrainian entrepreneurs are launching their own companies with global ambitions. According to ‘ The Dealbook of Ukraine ’ startups from Ukraine, or founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs, raised $265 million in 2017. Let's have a look at some successful...
