A magical Christmas for Devon!

If you are looking to visit Santa and want to enjoy a festive family day out with the lead up to Christmas, then look no further than a visit to one of Devon’s Top Attractions.

Devon is offering a whole variety of special seasonal treats and meet Santa experiences and they are all wrapped up to fill you with some good old Christmas cheer and give the whole family an unforgettable Christmas!

Chris Murray, Chairman of Devon Association of Tourist Attractions, said “Devon’s Top Attractions have once again put together some wonderful festive days out and lots of delightful meet...

Exeter Birth Centre celebrates 5th Birthday

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 12/01/2017 - 11:59pm

Midwives, mums and babies celebrated five years of the Exeter Birth Centre with a special celebration at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital last month.

The midwife-led unit, based in the RD&E’s Centre for Womens’ Health, supports women who have had a low risk pregnancy and who want a birth with minimal medical intervention.

Since it first opened its doors as a full time service on 18th November 2012, over 3,000 babies have been born at the Exeter Birth Centre, the very first arriving in the early hours of Monday 19th.

Five years later, midwives at the birth...

Proud to be supporting another year of thought leadership in Exeter

Bishop Fleming are proud to announce their sponsorship of TEDxExeter for another year, as tickets for the 2018 event go on sale.

Exeter's leading ideas festival is an all-day conference taking place on April 20th 2018 at the Exeter Northcott Theatre. With an anticipated ‘exceptional line up of speakers who are changing the world through their ground-breaking work and ideas'.

Top 30 advisory firm, Bishop Fleming are thrilled to once again be sponsoring this thought leadership event which showcases brilliant ideas and talks from inspirational people on a multitude of topics...

Volunteers knit 1,500 cupcakes for Exeter panto

Back in July, the Northcott Theatre in Exeter appealed for volunteers to knit 1,000 cupcakes to be used in performances of our pantomime Dick Whittington.

The show, co-written by leading panto director Tony Lidington with Steve Bennett, who plays Dame Sarah Suet, marks a return to panto for the first time in eight years at the Northcott.

Knitters across Devon answered the call and surpassed expectations by downloading the Dick Knittington pattern and producing an amazing 1,456 of the woolly fancies.

Individuals and knitting groups took to the task with enthusiasm,...

Chiefs side to face Bath

It’s a result that still irks one or two at Sandy Park, but it was to prove a pivotal moment in Exeter’s title-winning campaign last season.

Having controlled large parts of their home encounter with Bath last October, the Chiefs were subsequently floored by a crafty sucker punch from their Westcountry rivals, when Fijian flyer Semesa Rokoduguni strolled over for a winning try deep into added on time.

It was a bitter pill to swallow for Rob Baxter’s side in the immediate aftermath. However, it would be the last time he and his side would taste defeat on home soil in the...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (1-3 December):

THEATRE

Dick Whittington From Saturday, Exeter Northcott Theatre With his faithful Puss by his side Dick leaves his Exeter home for the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune. Follow his adventures as he reaches the big city and travels the high seas. Will Dick find his fortune? Can he and Puss defeat the evil villain King Rat and return home triumphant? Expect plenty of audience participation, live music, magic, mayhem and lots of laughter – the perfect recipe for a family...

Overnight closures at Junction 30 of the M5 next week

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/01/2017 - 2:38pm

Overnight closures will be needed at Junction 30 of the M5 next week in order to safely complete surfacing at Sandygate roundabout.

Devon County Council has been carrying out extensive work at the roundabout over the past couple of weeks. From Monday (4 December) until Friday 8 December, the motorway junction will need to be closed for a further five nights, rather than overnight lane closures as originally planned. This is primarily to create a safer work environment due to the high volumes of HGVs having to be escorted through the site. This has the additional benefits of...

Exeter pupils win prizes for road safety project

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/01/2017 - 11:05am

Every class at Stoke Hill Junior School worked hard and had fun learning about road safety during this year’s Road Safety Week campaign (November 20-26, 2017).

Their challenge was to think about how to make the roads around their school safer, and to create a poster promoting road safety.

The national awareness week is the flagship event of Brake, the road safety charity, and has been running for 20 years. The theme, Speed Down Save Lives, was chosen because speeding remains a huge problem in the UK; the risk of injury increases massively with impact speed, and speeding is...

Kristina Rihanoff and Christopher Maloney 'Dance to the Music' in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/01/2017 - 10:45am

Kristina Rihanoff and Christopher Maloney are to team up in a new smash hit dance show that promises to transport audiences on a musical journey through time.

The pair became close pals during their time in Celebrity Big Brother – and now they are to appear together in a nationwide tour of glittering stage show Dance to the Music.

The new production, which arrives in Exmouth on 29 January, will showcase every genre of dance, from the roaring twenties to the present day, with plenty of sequins and surprises along the way! The production is the creation of professional dancer...

Danny Seaborne signs for City

Danny Seaborne has rejoined Exeter City.

The defender, who helped the Grecians achieve back-to-back promotions from the Conference to League One between 2007 and 2009, has been without a club since leaving Scottish Premier League side Hamilton Academicals in the summer.

The 30-year-old Barnstaple-born player is a popular figure with the St James Park faifthul as he is a product of the club’s youth academy and went on to captain the side in one of their finest moments as they achieved promotion back to the Football League in 2008 with a Conference play-off final victory over...

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