Cornwall and Devon vie for top place on solar

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 04/04/2016 - 7:44am

A new renewable energy league table reveals which counties have the most solar panels installed across England and Wales. The South West comes out top, with Cornwall taking first place and Devon hot on its heels. The renewables industry is an important source of jobs, with more than 10,000 in the South West, including 2,800 in the solar sector. There are 120,000 people employed in the industry across England and Wales. The league table is published just after Plymouth’s largest solar array went online. Constructed on a former landfill site in Ernesettle, energy generated from the 4.1MW...

12 arrested during Exeter v Plymouth derby

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 04/04/2016 - 7:24am

Devon and Cornwall Police arrested twelve people for a variety of offences connected to the Exeter City versus Plymouth Argyle football match this weekend (Saturday 2nd April).

One man has been charged with breaching the public order act, two men received cautions and a further nine men have been bailed pending further enquiries and will be attending Heavitree Station at a later date.

Chief Inspector Richard Hooper-Bennett said: “For a crowd of around 8,000 people, to report than we had just 12 arrests reflects well on the day as this is a very small number.

“It was...

Exeter Chiefs 50 Worcester Warriors 12

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Sun, 04/03/2016 - 11:43pm

Ruthless in it’s extreme, Exeter Chiefs fired an ominous warning shot to their Aviva Premiership rivals as they edged ever closer to a first-ever appearance in the end of season play-offs.

Rob Baxter’s produced arguably their best display in weeks to run in eight tries against in-form Worcester Warriors at Sandy Park.

The free-scoring Thomas Waldrom extended his lead at the top of the division’s try pile with his second treble of the season, while winger Olly Woodburn added three of his own alongside further scores from James Short and Ollie Atkins.

Fly-half Gareth...

Exeter City do the double!

That Ollie Watkins, he's one of our own!

OLLIE WATKINS’ brace in the final ten minutes secured Exeter City a league double over Plymouth Argyle at St James Park.

After an uneventful first half Jamille Matt had opened the scoring for the visitors. But it was academy graduate Watkins who had the final say, scoring two magnificent goals late-on in front of the Big Bank.

There were two changes to the City side for the eighty-third Devon derby between these two sides. Matt Oakley returned from injury to anchor the Grecians’ midfield in a 4-3-3 formation, and David...

Eighteen injured in Plymouth train crash

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 04/03/2016 - 8:28pm

Eighteen people have been injured after two trains collided at Plymouth station on Sunday afternoon (3 April).

Emergency services were called to the scene just after 3.30pm.

All 18 casualties are reported to be in a stable condition. The majority were reported as walking wounded and eight of those were taken to Derriford Hospital.

A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "At 15.35 today, Sunday, 3 April, we were called to Plymouth railway station following reports that two passenger trains had been involved in a low speed collision at the station.

“A...

The Joke

Event Date: 
27/04/2016 - 7:00pm to 30/04/2016 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

An Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman got trapped in a joke…

‘How do we get out?’ Said the Englishman.

‘Just stop telling it’ said the Irishman.

‘But we’re too far in!’ said the Scotsman.

All three checked their phones for reception.

The Joke is a new play from comedy award winner Will Adamsdale – and company – exploring jokes and why we tell them, countries and why we need (and despair of) them, and life and why we bother. And tic tacs.

Tickets: £12 (£8)

www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me

Event Date: 
19/04/2016 - 7:00pm to 23/04/2016 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A woman takes to the stage. A man watches from the wings. They both wonder if their love will survive what’s about to happen.

Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me is an arresting physical endurance act that crashes headfirst into an impossibly true love story – and out the other side. It exposes how we perform our relationships amidst a reality that just won’t live up to what the movies promised.

Disarmingly honest and comically imagined, Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me pierces the bloody heart of our obsession with outlasting hardship. Intimate and startlingly immediate, it...

Shake!

Event Date: 
16/04/2016 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Calling all you hip-shakin’ soul freaks and smokin’ hot moochers! This time every month you can cut loose and bathe in the disco-light fantastique. Expect sounds from last century to last week; Louis to Kanye by the way of Stevie, Tina and David… Anything you can shake a tail-feather at! Requests always taken.

£1 on the door

Rock the Bike Shed!

Event Date: 
15/04/2016 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

The Bike Shed is very excited to have the return of the heavy grooves of Bella Figura, on their 2nd EP Tour. And if that’s not enough for you, local talent Potts Music will also be filling your ears with beautiful beats. Followed up by a suitably funky DJ, for what more could you ask?

£5 on the door

https://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/shows/rock-the-bike-shed/

Glorilla

Event Date: 
13/04/2016 - 7:00pm to 16/04/2016 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Acclaimed French Actress and International Animal Communicator Gloria Delaneuf returns to the UK to talk her life-changing experience with the gorillas of the Kungalunga Jungle.

Assisted by her UK tour manager Josephine Cunningham, she is determined to show that man and gorilla can live “sans frontieres”. Part lecture, part dramatic-reconstruction, part live-demonstration, it will be an evening that will stay with you forever.

Following on from the award-winning “Gloriator”, “Glorilla” is the hilarious new show from French/English comedy duo Spitz & Co. It has been...

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