Exeter City Football Club has confirmed that the EFL Cup first round fixture against Brentford will be played on Tuesday 9 August at St James Park (7.45pm kick-off).

City face a busy opening schedule with this fixture the first of three home games within eight days.

Admission has therefore been reduced throughout the ground to ensure that the match is accessible to all.

Adult entry is available from £10, Seniors (over 62) from £6 and Students/U18s from £3. There are no advance discounts.

This match is the start of a number of initiatives that will run...

Cygnet Theatre in Exeter is running its annual Summer School August 1st – 5th

Open to anyone interested in performing (aged 16+) the 5 day course will use Shakespeare and Contemporary texts to explore approaches to acting and characterisation. Voice, movement and improvisation are key focusses as participants work towards an informal showing of work in progress at the end of the week guided by a range of tutors including Alistair Ganley (Artistic Director of Cygnet), Stephen Copp (Actor and Voice specialist) and Steve Bennett (Actor Broadchurch, Peep Show , Panto Dame and...

Exeter City Football Club will once again celebrate local diversity by holding a community football tournament on Sunday 3 July. Both male and female teams will compete for trophies. The 6 a side competition has been organised by Exeter City Supporters Trust’s One Game One Community Group and Exeter City’s Football in the Community team.

It will take place at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Sports Complex. The tournament, now in its 12th year, encourages participation from local community teams and especially black and minority ethnic players. The event attracts players from...

A Devon man has died in a cycling accident in America.

Adam Pritchard, 35, from Torquay, had been visiting family in the Des Moines area.

Reports say he was identified after his 12-year-old sister, who had been riding along a trail with him, approached officers attending the scene of the incident.

Police were called to the scene at around 2.15pm local time on Thursday and found a man in cycling clothes and helmet face down in the creek.

A statement from the police department said: “All indications point to this incident being a single bicycle accident with...

Chilcotts Auctioneers has recently invested in a new set of stylish corporate clothing for the auction house team.

The updated workwear range includes quilted and fleece gilets and jackets, shirts, blouses and polos. All are in the established blue colours of the Honiton business, and branded with embroidered logos.

Auctioneer Duncan Chilcott said: “During the last year we have taken on several new members of staff, and we wanted our customers to be able to quickly identify them - in our business it is important to know that you are dealing with the right person.

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With recent headlines discussing the issue of what’s acceptable to wear in the office, workplace provider Regus surveyed senior business people from across Exeter to find out what’s hot and what’s not when it comes to workplace attire.

Results reveal that established ideas are being well and truly challenged by local professionals. In a finding that will cause old-school traditionalists to splutter into their morning papers, 68% of Exeter professionals believe that a suit and tie is too formal for the modern workplace. In a further blow for more traditional types, more than half (...

New powers to crack down on fly tippers who blight areas of East Devon have been approved by the district council’s Cabinet.

It means that offenders who irresponsibly fly tip their waste, can be issued with a fixed penalty notice of £400. The new controls will be used by council officers to deal with small, medium and large fly tipping offences by householders or unauthorised “man and a van” operations. Offenders issued with fixed penalties will be given the option to pay a reduced fine of £200 within ten days of receiving the notice. All offenders will also be charged the costs of...

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) is proud to support Armed Forces Day (25 June). The day is a chance to show support for the British Armed Forces community.

Staff at the Trust have been getting involved with the national #SaluteOurForces campaign, by sharing pictures of themselves saluting the armed forces on social media. The best will be featured on the Trust website. The Trust is also ‘flying’ the British flag on posters and TV screens as a mark of respect for our troops.

The Trust has already been recognised nationally for its commitment to supporting the...

Work on road safety improvements on Blundell’s Road in Tiverton will get underway on Monday 4 July.

The £1.1 million scheme will introduce a series of traffic-calming measures to reduce speeds and make it easier for pedestrians to cross the road.

The first phase of the scheme will establish a 20mph limit in the area around Blundell's Road, extending into Tidcombe Lane. Raised table traffic-calming will be introduced on Blundell's Road, and the road will be narrowed outside of the school and in the areas where the raised tables are located. A new puffin crossing will also be...

This year is the 400th anniversary of the nation’s (arguably the world’s) greatest playwright, William Shakespeare, and The Festival Players Theatre Company is proud to present his most famous play, Hamlet. This theatre company from Gloucestershire, which has been touring professional outdoor Shakespeare productions for over 30 years, is taking the play across the UK and into Europe from May 13th – August 31st.

Presented in full costume, an all-male company brings the excitement of this great thriller: intrigue, ghostly visitations, passion, a play-within-a-play, a gripping duel,...