Four women who rowed 8,000 miles from the San Francisco in the United States to Cairns in Australia unsupported will share their remarkable story at a film screening and question and answer session at the University of Exeter on Wednesday May 17 2017.
The Coxless Crew ( http://coxlesscrew.com/ ), as they are collectively known, spent nine months – or 281 days – at sea in a 29 foot rowing boat called Doris, facing extreme mental and physical challenges. They raised over £65,000 for Walking With the Wounded and Breast Cancer Care.
The integration of Devon company Bandvulc, the UK’s largest truck tyre retreader, and innovative brand leader Continental less than a year ago is already delivering results, according to Managing Director Patrick O’Connell.
Bandvulc began as a small independent company in 1971 when the O’Connell family started recycling truck tyres at a Kingsbridge base using rubber imported from Malaysia. The business has grown to producing 4,000 tyres a week and developed into fleet maintenance work which includes 24/7 support for 70% of the supermarket fleets on our roads, including many...
250 cinemas are hosting dedicated autism friendly cinema screenings this month right across the UK in partnership with Dimensions, a national not-for-profit support provider for people with learning disabilities and autism. The complete listing of locations is in ‘notes to the editor’ below for ease of reference.
Cineworld cinemas show their autism friendly screening on the first Sunday of every month. Their next showing is Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 on Sunday 7th May at 11am.
Showcase cinemas show their autism friendly screening on the second Sunday of every month....
Funnier than the black death! Spamalot is back in a brand-new production from Selladoor Productions and Mercury Theatre Colchester that will tour to the Exeter Northcott Theatre this October. Lovingly ripped off from the hugely successful 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this spammier than ever production is a riotous comedy full of misfit knights, killer rabbits, dancing nuns and ferocious Frenchmen. Join King Arthur as he travels with his hapless Knights of the Round Table on a divine mission to locate the illusive Holy Grail – with uproarious consequences. Spamalot was the...
Exeter School is delighted to be in receipt of a Steinway piano. The beautiful model B piano is on loan to Exeter School for use by the school and local community.
Director of Music Peter Tamblyn said the piano was like the Rolls Royce of pianos and he was very grateful for the opportunity to hire such an instrument.
"This concert-hall standard grand piano is often called 'the perfect piano' and is a wonderfully balanced and versatile instrument," he said.
"Already our pupils are having lessons and performing on the Steinway and we intend for it to be available...
Olly Woodburn described being crowned as the Exeter Chiefs Player of the Year as his “proudest moment” in rugby following the club’s annual awards night on Thursday.
The talented winger, who last weekend was crowned the Supporters’ Player of the Year, scooped the top award in front of a record-breaking crowd of 641 people at Sandy Park.
The 25-year-old has enjoyed a stellar season for the Chiefs, producing not only a number of eye-catching displays, but also helping himself to 11 tries in 24 appearances.
The award, which was selected by Woodburn’s fellow peers, was...
The Conservatives have won control of Devon County Council for the third time in a row.
The Conservatives won 42 of the 60 seats on the new authority with Labour and the Liberal Democrats winning seven seats apiece and three Independents and a Green being elected.
There was an overall turnout of 40.2 per cent of the 601,797 eligible voters.
Council leader John Hart said: “I am very humbled that the people of Devon have placed their trust in us and given us a sweeping mandate to continue our work.
“We’ve had to make some tough decisions over the past eight...
Councillors elected for 11 Devon County Council seats in East Devon, 2 East Devon District Council seats (Broadclyst and Whimple wards), Axminster Town Council Weycroft ward and West Hill Parish Council (uncontested)
Following a count administered by East Devon District Council at Knowle, Sidmouth, the results for the East Devon local elections were declared today (Friday 5 May 2017) by the East Devon Returning Officer Mark Williams.
Councillors have now been elected for 11 county council seats in East Devon, two East Devon District Council seats for Broadclyst and Whimple...
Nigel Lyons, a contentious regulatory partner at law firm Browne Jacobson LLP, has been appointed as the new Deputy Vice President of the Devon and Somerset Law Society (DASLS) for 2017-18.
Nigel joins the team with Vice President Stephen Mahoney, Partner and Head of Residential Property at law firm Porter Dodson in Wellington and President Sue Aggett, Business Lead – Environment, Health and Wellbeing at Teignbridge District Council.
Nigel specialises in all types of criminal regulatory advocacy with a particular emphasis on representing the south west business and...
Thousands of young people will set off on the 2017 Ten Tors challenge this weekend, spending two days in small self-sufficient teams walking through some of the most stunning scenery Dartmoor has to offer.
Alongside the Ten Tors Challenge, hundreds of young people with special needs will take part in the Jubilee Challenge.
Participants enter the Challenge as a member of a team or as an individual. Just like the Ten Tors Challenge, they are required to trek and navigate across northern Dartmoor to specified checkpoints.
