Two more Chiefs sign extended deals

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Sun, 03/12/2017 - 12:59pm

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter hopes Don Armand (pictured) will see out the rest of his career at Sandy Park.

The influential back-row forward, together with lock Jonny Hill, have both been handed new two-year contracts by the Premiership club that will extend their stay in Devon until at least the summer of 2019.

Baxter has spoken in recent weeks about his desire to tie down the long-term futures of a number of players within his first-team squad - and this latest news will be warmly welcomed not only by those in power at Sandy Park, but also by the wider Chiefs...

Exeter City 0 Accrington Stanley 2: Match report

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 03/11/2017 - 6:20pm

Exeter City fell to their first home defeat since November 2016 as goals from Seamus McCartan and Matty Pearson gave Accrington Stanley a 2-0 win at St James Park.

The visitors had the better of the opening half-hour of the match and played well on the counter-attack in the second half. However, the Grecians could take heart from a battling performance that saw them create numerous chances to get back into the match in the final half hour.

City made three changes to the starting line-up from last Saturday’s match at Hartlepool United. In came Luke Croll, Pierce Sweeney and...

Be Moor aware of new life on Dartmoor

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 03/11/2017 - 2:59pm

The breeding season for moorland birds on Dartmoor coincides with the lambing season and, with the arrival of spring, the moorland will be full of new life, so it is particularly important for all of us to be Moor aware.

Many visitors and local people exercise their dogs when enjoying Dartmoor. Although a dog may not be actively chasing livestock, its presence can still cause disturbance. During the lambing and calving season, expecting ewes or cows are particularly vulnerable. A frightened animal may abort or abandon its young – a tragedy for the animal and a financial loss to the...

Bampton Library announces official opening date

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 03/11/2017 - 1:15pm

Bampton Library has confirmed it will open the doors to its new library, based in the Library and Resource Centre in the Old Schoolroom, on Monday 20th March.

Libraries Unlimited, the charity responsible for the running of all Devon’s libraries, has also confirmed there will also be an official opening on the morning of Thursday 6th April from 10am, with all local residents’ welcome.

The Library will close temporarily on Thursday 16th and Saturday 18th March in order to allow for the much-anticipated relocation, opening again on Monday 20th at 3pm when visitors will be able...

4,199 children in Exeter join WWF’s Earth Hour

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 03/11/2017 - 12:22pm

4,199 pupils across 14 schools in the Exeter area have already signed up to support WWF’s Earth Hour.

In fact, in the last five years alone, over two million pupils aged 7 to 14 across the UK have taken part in the world’s largest demonstration of support for action on climate change.

With more schools than ever before getting involved this year, including St Sidwell's CE Primary School & Nursery, The Maynard School and Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education, the 10th anniversary of Earth Hour is set to be the biggest yet.

Each year, millions of people around...

Leaving

Event Date: 
15/03/2017 - 7:30pm to 18/03/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Leaving home for the first time is a step into the dark. If you’re leaving the care system, the reality hits even harder.

Leaving is a new play by Paddy Campbell (writer of Wet House, one of The Guardian’s Top Ten plays 2013) and created with Amy Golding who was recently at The Bike Shed Theatre with Preggers.

It tells the real stories of care leavers and their experiences at the pivotal moment when they leave care. It also gives voice to those working within the system from staff in children’s homes to MPs and policy makers.

Using the young people’s own words, an...

Curious Monkey bring new show Leaving to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/10/2017 - 11:11pm

Curious Monkey return to Exeter this month with their new show Leaving.

Leaving home for the first time is a step into the dark. If you’re leaving the care system, the reality hits even harder.

Caroline’s dad was an alcoholic. She shared a caravan with three adults and five kids. Keira didn’t go to school. She was constantly in trouble. Tom was physically and mentally abused. Simon was moved from pillar to post. And Sadeed. Sadeed was 15 when he arrived from Afghanistan to seek asylum. He had mental health problems. All had their own issues and all had chaotic lives before...

Brit Award Winners Blake bring new show to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/10/2017 - 9:28pm

Blake will be bringing their tour, ‘Songs of Stage & Screen’ to Exeter Corn Exchange in May.

Fresh from their recent BBC One appearance, airing Christmas Eve, on ‘David Walliams celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey’, British harmony trio BLAKE are back with a brand-new tour featuring the finest songs from stage and screen, with projections & lighting that bring the cinematic magic to life.

Linked together with the boys’ famous improvised banter, the show features music from Hanz Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leonard Cohen, The Beach Boys...

Rathbones Spring Concert Series returns to RAMM

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/10/2017 - 9:19pm

The Rathbones Spring Concert Series returns to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum on 22 March 2017 with a recital by the former Royal Harpist to HRH Prince Charles, Catrin Finch.

Now in its fourth year, the charity concerts, in aid of the RAMM Development Trust, offer music lovers the chance to enjoy first-class musicians playing in the intimacy of the museum’s art gallery.

Award-winning musicians Emily Sun, violin, and Sam Armstrong, piano, perform on 19 April followed by the rising stars in the Alauda String Quartet on 16 May.

Sponsored by Rathbones, the series...

Young Epilepsy urges Brits to dress in their pyjamas for Purple Day

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/10/2017 - 9:01pm

Young Epilepsy appeals to Britons up-and-down the country to get behind ‘PJs for Purple Day’

Purple Day, commonly known as International Epilepsy Day, takes place on Sunday, 26 March 2017

More than 112,000 young people in the UK have the neurological condition

National charity Young Epilepsy is appealing to everyone across the UK to back Purple Day on Sunday, 26 March 2017. In doing so, they’re asking the British public to dress in their finest pyjamas during any day of March.

Donations for ‘PJs for Purple Day’ will go to Young Epilepsy. The charity acts as...

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