The moment everyone in Exeter has been waiting for, the highly anticipated BierKeller is now open and the pre-launch party well and truly set the pace!
The invite-only event saw hundreds of Exeter locals come together for an exclusive first look at Exeter’s first Bavarian bar.
The drinks were flowing and the resident Oompah band, the Bavarian Strollers helped to create a fun-filled atmosphere.
The band entertained the crowd, encouraging revellers to take their dancing up on to the thick wooden tables and dishing out free drinks to those willing to get involved! As...
The creation of a brand new natural recreational area and haven for wildlife in Teignbridge has begun, after the first spade was put in the ground on a £250k project to create the new Dawlish Countryside Park.
Last year, on Thursday 24th November 2016, Teignbridge Planning Committee approved plans for the creation of a new Countryside Park in Dawlish. The 26.4 hectare (65 acre) site (around the size of 26 rugby pitches) was purchased with money from developers, known as Section 106 payments and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), on new developments across three council areas of...
The second Comedy at the Park of 2017 will take place on Friday, 28th April from 7.00pm.
MC for the evening is Barry Castagnola, who's described as ‘a confident, likeable comic’. The first comic up is Steve Day, a ‘warm, witty and engaging’ stand-up, who'll be followed by 'brilliant and clever' Karen Bayley. Headlining the evening will be Andy Wilky: ‘a rock-solid act guaranteed to entertain’.
Doors open from 7.00pm, with food available immediately and the acts beginning at 8.00pm. The evening will conclude at approximately 10.30pm.
An innovative Exeter-based waste management company has secured a brand new contract worth circa £80,000 with Pathfinder Homes Ltd of Newton Abbot.
Devon Contract Waste is now providing a full waste management service for Pathfinder Homes, a pioneering manufacturer of luxurious residential park homes and holiday lodges since 1958.
The new contract has already seen Pathfinder Homes make an impressive start on its journey to becoming a Zero to Landfill business with the help of Devon Contract Waste, diverting 76% of its waste from landfill in the first two months. Devon...
Following on from their triumphant fundraiser to celebrate 20 years of business and raise money for local charity Force Cancer, Organic Colour Systems Salon, Ragamuffins Hair in Kenton are now celebrating a more personal achievement!
Bec Vowdon has been with Ragamuffins since the very beginning, and is celebrating her own achievement of 20 years service.
Fully qualified with a wealth of knowledge and extensive training behind her, Bec has developed and grown with the business and become a pillar in the day to day running of the salon providing outstanding support for salon...
Stroke patients in Eastern Devon will benefit from more joined up services this spring when a rehabilitation unit relocates to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
This move is the final stage in completing recommendations from a 2013 consultation led by Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the Stroke Association.
In April, inpatient stroke rehabilitation facilities at Ottery St Mary Community Hospital will be transferred to Yealm Ward at the RD&E, next to the Trust’s acute stroke care inpatient facilities on Clyst Ward. Stroke...
The winter habits of Britain’s basking sharks have been revealed for the first time.
Scientists from the University of Exeter have discovered some spend their winters off Portugal and North Africa, some head to the Bay of Biscay and others choose a staycation around the UK and Ireland.
Little was known about basking sharks’ winter behaviour as they spend little time at the surface and are often far from land, so the researchers used cutting-edge satellite tracking to carry out the most detailed ever study of their migrations in the north-east Atlantic.
On Sunday 26 February, the Exeter branch of Families need Fathers are screening a revolutionary documentary about the so-called ‘Men’s Rights Movement’ at The Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre.
Labelled ‘a backlash to feminism’, film-maker Cassie Jaye sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Activists, or MRAs. After a year filming the leaders and followers within the movement, she learns the various ways men are disadvantaged and discriminated against.
The issues range from male victims of domestic violence, suicide and depression to the right...
An outstanding mezzo-soprano will be taking centre stage at the second of Concerts in the West's 2017 concert series tour.
Clare McCaldin has a powerful creative influence and tremendous presence both on the opera stage and concert platform, which she will be demonstrating in full at performances in Lower Pulworthy (Devon), Bridport and Ilminster in March 2017.
Clare's diverse career encompasses a busy concert schedule and she has worked with pianists such as Libby Burgess, Iain Burnside, Andrew West and Paul Turner. She is committed to chamber music collaborations and has...
Motorists considering a new car this year are being urged to act now to avoid higher Vehicle Excise Duty which is due to affect many new cars from April this year.
The advice comes from Hendy Group in Exeter which says that an alarming number of motorists visiting its dealerships are unaware of the impending changes to the road tax system.
“We operate 12 motor franchises at 25 locations and feedback from those visiting the showrooms is a good barometer of the car buying public,” said operations director Mark Busby. “We’re finding that awareness of the overhaul of the system...
