Crediton Parish Church Christmas Tree Festival 2017

Event Date: 
07/12/2017 - 11:00am to 10/12/2017 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Crediton Parish Church

Make a date in your diaries for the Crediton Parish Church Christmas Tree Festival between Thursday 7th and Sunday 10th December 2017. This year’s Festival will open from 11am to 6pm on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th Dec, 10.30am to 7pm Saturday 9th Dec and on Sunday 10th Dec from 11am to 5pm.

Admission is FREE, there is disabled access and free car parking.

Refreshments will be available in the Boniface Centre Christmas Cracker Cafe from 10am to 4pm on Thursday and Friday, 10am to 5pm on Saturday and on Sunday 2pm to 5pm

Crediton Parish Church is a Grade 1 listed...

Family desperate to find missing chihuahua

Authored by loujones
Posted: Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:32am

UPDATE: Pedro has been found safe and well. His family would like to thank everyone for their support.

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A family are desperately trying to find a much-loved pet who has been missing in the Whipton area since last week.

'Pedro', a small chocolate brown chihuahua with tan markings, ran off from Sweetbriar Lane (EX1) at around 3pm on Wednesday 18 October.

There has been one possible sighting on Honiton Road.

The three-year old dog is microchipped and neutered, and has not been separated from his brother since birth...

Have your say in designs for new skate park

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 7:02pm

Skate fans are to get a new skate park in Exeter.

A new facility is to be built at Arena Park and skaters are being asked to help choose the design by taking part in an online survey.

The old facility was recently broken up and removed after it had become rotten and dangerous. The Council had been hoping to prolong the life of the old facility but it proved beyond repair.

Cllr Stephen Brimble, Lead Councillor for Place, said: “The old equipment was incredibly well used by skaters from across Exeter and beyond for ten years and proved immensely popular.

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Medea

Event Date: 
01/11/2017 - 7:00pm to 04/11/2017 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Beer Quarry Caves

Medea to be performed in Beer Quarry Caves this Autumn.

Beer Quarry Caves are set to be home to a spectacular Ancient Greek production this autumn, courtesy of innovative and immersive Exeter theatre company, Four of Swords.

Medea will performed in the spectacular Beer Quarry Caves from Wednesday 1 – Saturday 4 November 2017.

Freely adapted from the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea is the ultimate heroine, villain and victim, all rolled into one! The dark and dastardly Medea is suitable for audiences over the age of 11, and will enchant and terrify through gut-...

Step out in spooky Exeter this Halloween!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 11:31am

On Tuesday (31 October), Exeter’s Red Coat Guides will be running their annual Spooks & Broomsticks tour of the city.

Discover more about the most haunted parts of Exeter, with fascinating, spooky tales suitable for all the family.

Tours start from 6.15pm and will be running regularly until 7pm. They are completely free of charge with no need to book, just turn up at the Richard Hooker statue on Cathedral Green and join a tour. Fancy dress is very welcome!

Normally an annual tradition, these popular Halloween tours were unable to run in 2016 due to the...

CEDA Charity launch new Mini Bus

Authored by CEDA Exeter
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 11:09am

Members of Devon based disability charity CEDA gathered at the charities base in Exeter to celebrate the arrival of their new accessible minibus. CEDA users, charity supporters, fundraisers and members of the staff team gathered to witness the parents of former CEDA user Greg Hurford cut the ribbon to mark the official launch of the new minibus. CEDA CEO Renata Colley said: “We are all thrilled with the new minibus – it’s going to make enabling our users to access our many services easier and more reliable. It will give us much more freedom.”

The new minibus has been made possible...

NPS South West celebrates 10 years

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:39am

Property design and management consultants, NPS South West Ltd., held an event at Exeter Castle to celebrate 10 years of working in the South West. Part of the NPS Group, the South West Office based in Exeter, employs over 70 staff and offers a multi-discipline property consultancy service, tailored to meet the needs of both public and private sector clients. Services include; architecture, design and maintenance, engineering, surveying and asset management.

Over 150 members of the construction industry and NPS staff, came together to recognise this milestone anniversary with fizz...

Sponsorship deal is just the ticket for Exeter letting agents

Authored by Philippa2
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:37am

Exeter City Football Club has begun the season brightly, with success both on and off the pitch.

They’ve achieved some great results in their early matches, and are also benefiting from the new branding and sponsorship of their ticket booth with the Exeter Lettings and Property Management agents Kirkham Gould.

Marketing and football are all about formation and positioning. When Saturday comes, the Grecians’ fans can’t miss the logo and corporate branding of the Exeter Lettings and Property Management agents: it’s placed on the busy ticket office near the main entrance to...

Family-run holiday park in Devon Tourism Award finals

Oakdown Touring and Holiday Caravan Park on the East Devon coast is celebrating reaching the top three in the ‘Holiday Park of the Year’ category of the Devon Tourism Awards.

The awards, which are now in their eighth year, celebrate the best of Devon Tourism.

And the announcement comes at the end of a very busy period for Oakdown, which this year has seen the introduction of shepherd’s huts and a brand new reception area and a redesigned café.

Alastair Franks, whose family have developed Oakdown since the 1970s, said: ‘To be recognised in these awards is such a...

Yarcombe Young Farmers support Exeter’s Neonatal Unit

The Yarcombe and District Young Farmers Club (YFC) have donated £1,000 to the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to help support their work caring for poorly babies and their families.

The club selected the unit as one of their chosen charities for the year because of the specialist support it provides for people from their local community. They also chose to support the Neonatal Unit at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and children’s charity Over the Wall - raising £3,000 in total for their three charities, to be divided equally between them.

Throughout...

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