A special screening of a landmark film will be held to mark the 20th anniversary of Exeter's Bill Douglas Cinema Museum this week.
First released 30 years ago in 1987, Comrades was made by director and collector Bill Douglas and is now regarded as a masterpiece, following years when it wasn’t seen by film-goers. This year also marks two decades since the museum, which holds the collection that Bill put together with his friend Peter Jewell, was opened to the public.
The film tells the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset farm labourers transported to Australia for...
Exeter chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is inviting businesses across Exeter to take part in its 14th annual Really Big Quiz. Last year the quiz raised more than £6,000 for the Lord Mayor’s charity and plans are well underway to make this year’s event bigger and better, all in the name of charity.
Taking place at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday 10 May from 6.00pm, the annual Really Big Quiz is an opportunity for local firms to compete for the title of Exeter’s brainiest business. The event also raises vital funds for the Lord Mayor’s nominated charity Devon Freewheelers,...
Sunday 14th May 2017 at 3.30 p.m. in St. Margaret's Church, Topsham.
Exeter Singers, directed by Tony Yates with Dorothy Raven at the piano, perform works from John Dowland (16C) to Bob Chilcott (a composition written in 2015), interspersed with poetry readings.
In aid of FORCE.
Tickets: £6 on the door or £5 in advance from The Topsham Bookshop 877895 or Tony Yates 875276.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault which took place at 3.30am on Sunday 9th April 2017, near the National Westminster bank on Rolle Street, Exmouth.
A 29-year-old man was assaulted by an unknown male leaving the victim with a serious head wound.
DC Rob Poole of Exmouth CID said: “We would like to reassure the public that we consider this to be an isolated incident. However, we are still keen to speak to anyone who saw this assault, which was serious.”
If you have information that could help with our investigation, please email 101@dc.police.uk...
Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Bridge House hospice near Barnstaple, would like to thank everyone who donated gifts for its children and families this Easter
The hospice has been inundated with lots of Easter goodies, including a chocolate bonanza donated by members of the Exeter Bike Club and Taw & Torridge Bike Club who visited the hospice at the Easter weekend to deliver their gifts.
Although many of our life-limited children cannot eat the chocolate themselves, as the hospice offers respite care for the whole family including brothers and sisters, the...
A celebration with a traditional Devonshire cream tea marked the opening of a popular East Devon holiday park’s new reception area.
The work at Oakdown Touring & Holiday Caravan Park, which is located outside Sidmouth, took five months to complete and employed 20 local tradespeople.
The new reception, which was officially opened by Neil Parish MP, is now ready to welcome guests to the park for the 2017 holiday season. The park’s café has also been refurbished as part of the improvement work.
Alastair Franks, who runs the park with this wife Andrianna and parents...
Exeter School is celebrating winning a prestigious national award at the F1 in Schools Final.
Exeter School's most successful F1 in Schools team, Vulcan, competed in the Development Class National Final at Silverstone on 29 March, where they were awarded the Innovative Thinking Award.
The F1 in Schools competition challenges pupils aged 9-19 to build, test and race a model car they have designed from scratch on a multitude of industry standard computer programs.
After seven weeks of preparation following the regional final in February, the team of Year 10 pupils...
Hustings for the County Council elections will be held on Thursday 27th April at Exeter Community Centre at 7 pm
Hilary Whyard will represent the Labour candidates, Anne Jobson the Conservatives, Diana Moore the Green Party and Vanessa Newcombe the Liberal Democrats.
Questions can be submitted in advance via Jess Nightly at fairandsustainable3@gmail.com and will have a better chance of being asked. However some questions will be taken from the audience.
County elections are on May 4th; in view of the General Election on June 8th national policy issues may also be...
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of MS specialist nursing in the UK and the appointment of the first new MS Trust funded nurses. However, the latest research commissioned by the MS Trust shows that MS is still a widely misunderstood condition.
A third of Brits know someone who has MS, yet 1 in 5 don't know what MS stands for and almost 70% admit to being unaware of the major symptoms.
Despite the UK’s lack of awareness, MS is the most common condition of the central nervous system affecting young adults. Over 100,000 people in the UK...
Exeter Chiefs can confirm that fly-half Will Hooley is to leave the club at the end of the season and will move to RFU Championship side Bedford Blues.
The 23-year-old back has spent the past two seasons at Sandy Park, signing during the summer of 2015 from Aviva Premiership rivals Northampton Saints.
Hooley made his Chiefs debut during the 2015/16 season, coming off the bench in Exeter’s European Champions Cup encounter against ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin.
During his maiden season in Devon, the Cambridge-born back featured in 15 match-day...
