Bicton Arena will be hosting the British Dressage Area Festival Semi Finals for the next three years with the first on October 20 – 22, 2017.
The allocation is a welcome addition to the arena which has seen the popularity of both affiliated and unaffiliated dressage grow rapidly in recent years. It currently hosts an average of three dressage competition days a month with competitors in the affiliated classes travelling from across the country.
At the helm is Gemma Cooke who has been running the arena’s dressage schedule for five years building up a comprehensive calendar...
Double Bill - Folk Music An exciting new co-promotion from Cygnet working with Wren Music
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll "A joyful collision of English traditional music and contemporary bowed strings" These amazing fiddle players will take you on a journey from the darker side of folk ballad to toe-tapping tunes and songs. "Innovative and exceptional" - Folkworld
With Trev Munkenbeck Trev sings from a varied repertoire of songs taking inspiration from many genres of music. His fingerstyle guitar accompaniments add the harmonoes and rythyms to reflect the mood of the...
The number of Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon fell slightly during October, representing the lowest claimant rate on record for the seventh consecutive month.
The total claimant count now stands at 2,847 - a 24% fall when compared to the same time last year.
Three of Devon’s eight districts experienced falls in JSA - Exeter experiencing the greatest fall of 31 claimants. There were also falls in North and Mid Devon of 12 and 15 respectively.
South Hams experienced the greatest increase, with a rise of 14 claimants.
Harry Williams says he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates will use the heartache of their last-gasp defeat to Bath as a positive ahead of their return to Aviva Premiership action tomorrow night at Newcastle Falcons (8pm).
The Devon club will make their longest domestic trek of the season looking to banish the 13-10 loss to their local rivals to the history books.
Semesa Rokoduguni’s converted try, seven minutes into added on time, condemned the Chiefs to a fourth league loss of the season – and has left them in seventh place ahead of their trip to Kingston Park.
Clinicians, doctors and medical experts from around the region are being invited to take part in a conference at Plymouth Science Park which will see presentations and discussions being beamed into the city from America.
Christian Jenkins, Director of Operations at Plymouth Science Park, said: "This is the second year that we have been hosting the TEDEx event, bringing together some of the region's top health experts to discuss some of the developments in Medical Technology.
"We are using communication technology to reach an international audience of like-minded...
An elderly woman has died following a two-car collision in Axminster on Tuesday (15 November).
Emergency services were called to Lyme Road around 4pm following the collision between a Ford Mondeo and a Mitsubishi Space Star near the Symonds Lane junction.
The Mondeo was heading uphill from Axminster when it collided with the nearside verge before being in collision with the Mitsubishi which was travelling in the opposite direction.
The Mitsubishi left the road and dropped three metres down a bank before coming to rest against trees.
The nights are getting darker but Devon theatre goers can get a taste of the summer when one of the most popular shows in the Canary Islands visits for one night only.
The Music Hall Tavern theatre show comes to Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre on Thursday 24 November and a limited number of seats are still available.
Billed as The Funniest Night Out of the Year, the popular family themed musical drag review has been playing in the Canary Islands for more than 20 years and has established itself as a firm favourite with UK visitors.
Talented Exeter locals will be gracing our TV screens this festive season in Princesshay’s Christmas 2016 TV advert. The feel-good advert features 15 local people including school children, musicians, dancers, two Exeter Chiefs players and a number of staff that work in Princesshay’s stores and restaurants.
The advert is set in Princesshay and captures the cast dancing care free in locations all over Princesshay including stores, restaurants, the alm houses and around the glass pebbles in the main square. The popular festive polar bears also make an appearance too!
Exeter Cookery School, the new culinary hotspot that opened on the city’s picturesque quayside this summer, is opening its doors to the public on Sunday 20th November for a free event to herald the start of British Game Week (21st-27th November).
The Game Awareness Day, which runs from 10am to 4pm, is aimed at promoting the use of game such as wild rabbit, pheasant, partridge and duck on the menus of local restaurants and equally with home cooks.
Hosted in collaboration with Taste of Game, the event will feature an exciting line up of cookery demonstrations and tasters as...
Exeter head coach, Jo John, has been selected to take part in an exciting new programme aimed at creating the next generation of top class coaches. The World Masters silver medallist from Hemyock is one of 15 coaches selected from across the country to take part in Coach 2024. The 14-month programme has been created by the ASA’s talent development team, England Programmes Swimming, to support the best coaches in the country develop their abilities even further. It will cover all aspects of coaching, from enhancing their technical skills to developing a greater awareness of themselves that...
