Exeter Chiefs duo Jack Nowell and Luke Cowan-Dickie both came off the bench as England beat the Wallabies for only the fourth time in Australia as they triumphed 39-28 in a mighty battle in the first Test in Brisbane.
The win looked unlikely when they fell 10-0 behind early on as Michael Hooper and Israel Folau scored for the hosts, but Eddie Jones’ side hit back through the boot of Owen Farrell and tries from Jonathan Joseph and Marland Yarde.
After the break Australia – who included Greg Holmes and Dean Mumm in their ranks – rallied as Hooper and Tevita Kuridrani crossed...
This year is the 400th anniversary of the death 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...
The volunteer committee which runs the outdoor swimming pool in Topsham was delighted to hear today that the pool will be receiving a grant of £25,000 from the Coastal Recycling Community Fund.
The grant will go a long way towards funding a new roof and solar heating for the community pool, which launched its campaign to raise £100,000 for much needed renovations at the beginning of this season.
Andrea Veale of Topsham Pool said: " We’re delighted and extremely grateful to the team at Coastal Recycling. Their grant will enable us to install renewable energy in the form of...
Saddle up for a rootin’ tootin’ day of fun when Sandy Park hosts the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s this summer.
Fans are invited to wear their best Wild West outfits and give the players a traditional Chiefs welcome, with a twist.
Exeter’s posse will be headed up by Chiefs head of commercial John (Toy Story) Woody Wood and his glamorous assistant Christine (The Kid) Bentos Bentley.
The event takes place at Sandy Park on the weekend of 9th/10th July 2016 with Saturday being designated Wild West Day! Doors open at 10am.
The Royal Marines Commando Challenge takes place on Saturday 8 October with the 4k and 10k, and Sunday 10 October with more 10ks and the 17k.
The endurance course is 4k in length, with additional runs for the 10k and 17k. This year there are also new routes.
So if you, your friends, club, pub, or work colleagues (for example) are looking for a new challenge, then this is just the event for you! Even better, you get to support two fantastic good causes; The Royal Marines Charity and Devon Air Ambulance. This unique event gives you the opportunity to test your grit and...
A packed audience of over 80 farmers and rural business owners from around the region assembled recently to listen to Minette Batters, the Vice President of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), discussing the challenges facing the industry. The event, organised by professional services firms PKF Francis Clark, Savills and Stephens Scown LLP, was held at Lifton Farm Shop, Lifton, Devon. Minette Batters underlined that while the industry is facing many challenges, farmers need to “take control of their own destiny” and work more closely together to deliver “a coordinated message to consumers...
Exquisite early 19th-century illustrations of Indian flora are the focus of the latest exhibition in the Naturally Inspired season of botanicals, gardens and landscapes at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM).
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the East India Company controlled much of the Indian subcontinent. Keen to exploit and export valuable natural commodities, the company set out to record the flora of India and commissioned Indian artists to create detailed botanical illustrations.
Many of the plants were known through their use in Ayurvedic medicine....
The principle of an integrated Exeter cycle network, linking up schools, new developments, the university, the Exeter and East Devon Growth point, and the city centre has been approved.
Devon County Council’s cabinet has given the greenlight to progressing plans for a series of high quality, multi-use routes around the city for use by residents, commuters, students and visitors.
Priority will be given to two multi-use trails - both linking Redhayes Bridge, which crosses the M5 near Junction 29, to the city centre, but serving different purposes.
The latest In a Nutshell video comes from Hannah Ackford, Consume Digital who shares her expert advice on how best to perfect your online content strategy.
She talks about how content plays a huge part in our online digital strategy and how it's impact should never be underestimated.
'Creating high quality content will help you to showcase your business as knowledge leaders and reinforce your brand values', says Hannah.
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A planned road closure which was due to take place on the A361 between Bolham roundabout and Station Road, South Molton, between 6am and 4pm from Monday 13 June to Wednesday 15 June for resurfacing work, has been postponed.
Due to poor weather conditions forecast for next week the work cannot take place. Instead the closure has been re-scheduled to take place from Tuesday 21 June to Thursday 23 June between 6am and 4pm.
Advance information signs on site will be amended to display the revised closure dates and information on Devon County Council’s roadworks website will be...
