The University of Exeter Men’s rugby team are making their final preparations ahead of defending their status as the best student team in the country.
Exeter’s 1st XV will travel to the iconic Twickenham stadium, home to the RFU and England Rugby, to take their place in the final of student sport’s most prestigious competition.
They will compete against Hartpury College in the prestigious British University and College Sports (BUCS) Rugby Union Championship Final on Thursday, March 30.
The players will be looking to secure a second successive victory in the...
An Exeter teenager has won a nationwide competition looking for the UK’s ‘perfect home’.
Amelia-Jane Clyde beat other entrants to the winning spot after impressing judges with her creativity and attention to detail.
Leading UK housebuilder Redrow ran the nationwide competition to find the ‘perfect home’, with young people across the country submitting drawings of their dream property, including which features they would incorporate.
Sixteen-year-old Amelia-Jane’s dream home included a ballet studio, trampoline park, library, kitchen, cinema, bedroom, slide, bathroom...
Mum2mum Market April 23rd 10.30 – 12.30 America Hall, Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 8PX Book a stall now at www.mum2mummarket.co.uk/book-a-stall.html Need to declutter? Why not have a clear out and sell all your outgrown baby and children’s toys, books, clothes and equipment like cots, pushchairs and mosses baskets at our award winning pop-up indoor market and keep 100% of the takings? Don’t worry if you haven’t sold before, we will guide you through the process with our sellers’ tips to help you get the pricing and presentation right so you maximise your sales on the day. Stalls must be booked in...
Moorish kebabs, goujons of plaice and Mediterranean mezze will sit on the menu side by side with local cheese, raspberries “from the village” and quintessentially British puddings when The Vineyard Kitchen opens at Sharpham in South Devon at Easter.
The alfresco café overlooking the River Dart at the 500-acre Sharpham estate near Totnes will be the “evocative” location for chef Chris Sherville who has peppered the menu with local produce, exotic flavours inspired by his travels and award-winning wine and cheese produced on the estate.
A team from Tiverton achieved great success at their first attempt playing in the world’s largest school rugby tournament. But, while the Blundell’s boys’ teams are a regular feature at Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens, it was the girls’ team that were runners-up - the first time that a girls’ team from the school has entered the competition. Many of the girls only took up the sport this term so the team have gone from beginners to prize winners in less than ten weeks.
The Blundell’s girls’ team were one of forty competing in the Under 18 National Sevens Girls’ competition. In...
Visit Exeter - a new brand for the city - is being launched today (29 March).
Exeter City Council’s tourism team will launch its new identity at the iconic Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
Formerly marketed as part of the Heart of Devon Tourism Partnership, a new brand has been developed for Exeter, celebrating the diversity of experiences on offer here, and helping Exeter on its journey as one of the South West’s best love cities. The launch will focus on eight fantastic experiences, celebrating not only the tradition and heritage the city is often best known for, but also...
A FOLK dance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer plus (LGBTQ+) people and friends will be held at Exeter Phoenix in Gandy Street, Exeter on Saturday, April 1.
The ceilidh, which will run from 8pm to 11pm, is being run by Gender Free Dance, an organisation that promotes folk dancing in a safe and non-discriminatory environment.
Gender Free Dance held its first such ceilidh, which was well-attended, in Exeter in November.
Jeremy Child, originator of the project and organiser of the ceilidh, said: “Gender Free Dance is not just about putting on safe dances...
The Thatched House pub in Exeter is to host its first ever real ale festival with a bumper two-day event including live music.
Starting at 5pm on Friday 31 March the ‘Alepril Fool’ beer festival will then run on into Saturday 1 April with local buskers providing entertainment on both evenings.
Owned by leading pub retailer and brewer Greene King, responsibility for the business lies with tenants, Paul Knott and his partner Nataliya.
Among the highlights of the festival will be a rare chance to sample a vintage beer seldom made available for sale, Greene King’s Old...
‘...A standout performer of his generation’ – The Guardian ‘Boden plays a vast variety of instruments as we veer from mysterious love songs to dark, poetic tales, amid hints of soul, electronic and thrilling guitar thrash’ - Mojo ****
In an exciting Festival first, folk star Jon Boden will take the role of Guest Curator of Cambridge Folk Festival 2017. Jon Boden is delighted to announce Painted Lady tour, Part Two, starting in May 2017.
Best known as the lead singer of the progressive folk big band Bellowhead, who split in May 2016, Jon launched his solo career in Autumn...
Organisers have hailed the latest ‘speed dating with funders’ event as a huge success.
More than 150 people attended the fifth annual Finance in the South West seminar at Exeter Raceourse, organised by chartered accountants and business advisers PKF Francis Clark.
A dozen sources of grant, debt and equity funding took part together with business support agencies.
The 24 speakers included Chris Garcia, Chief Executive of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
A key feature was ‘short and sharp’ five minute presentations allowing...
