Half Term: Cathedral Family Tour

Event Date: 
16/02/2016 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Monday 15th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00) Tuesday 16th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00)

Come and explore the Cathedral as a family this half-term.

Join our child-friendly tour full of stories, amazing facts, and spooky tales. Find out more about this wonderful building, and discover how and why it was built.

Along the way, see if you can spot: a mermaid, a green man, an elephant, a boy sticking his tongue out, and a clock that may have inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’. Afterwards, why not get dressed up and take a Medieval...

Half Term: Cathedral Family Tour

Event Date: 
15/02/2016 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Monday 15th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00) Tuesday 16th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00) Come and explore the Cathedral as a family this half-term.

Join our child-friendly tour full of stories, amazing facts, and spooky tales. Find out more about this wonderful building, and discover how and why it was built. Along the way, see if you can spot: a mermaid, a green man, an elephant, a boy sticking his tongue out, and a clock that may have inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’.

Afterwards, why not get dressed up and take a Medieval family ‘...

Half Term: Cathedral Family Tour

Event Date: 
16/02/2016 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Monday 15th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00) Tuesday 16th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00) Come and explore the Cathedral as a family this half-term.

Join our child-friendly tour full of stories, amazing facts, and spooky tales. Find out more about this wonderful building, and discover how and why it was built.

Along the way, see if you can spot: a mermaid, a green man, an elephant, a boy sticking his tongue out, and a clock that may have inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’.

Afterwards, why not get dressed up and take a Medieval...

Half Term: Cathedral Family Tour

Event Date: 
15/02/2016 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Monday 15th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00) Tuesday 16th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00)

Come and explore the Cathedral as a family this half-term. Join our child-friendly tour full of stories, amazing facts, and spooky tales.

Find out more about this wonderful building, and discover how and why it was built. Along the way, see if you can spot: a mermaid, a green man, an elephant, a boy sticking his tongue out, and a clock that may have inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’.

Afterwards, why not get dressed up and take a Medieval...

Newton Faulkner to star in American Idiot at Exeter Northcott

Double Platinum selling artist Newton Faulkner has joined the cast of Green Day’s explosive Tony Award ® winning musical, American Idiot, and will appear at the Exeter Northcott Theatre in May.

One of the UK’s finest contemporary singer-songwriters, Newton’s unique style of guitar playing and soaring vocals have made him a worldwide success since he burst onto the music scene back in 2007. Newton will join the previously announced X Factor finalist Amelia Lily (Whatsername), Alexis Gerred (Tunny), Llandyll Gove (Gerard), Lucas Rush (St Jimmy) and Steve Rushton (Will), who will all...

Home town gig for Show of Hands

Steve Knightley, one of the British folk roots scene’s biggest names, brings his “All At Sea” UK tour back to his Devon home town this month when he appears at Topsham’s Matthew Hall (Saturday, February 20). Show of Hands’ acclaimed BBC award-winning frontman has been rated “one of England greatest singer songwriters”. His song Walk With Me (When the Sun Goes Down) on the brand new Show of Hands album, The Long Way Home (released January 15), is currently playlisted on BBC Radio 2. www.bbc.co.uk/music/records/n3f39j He set out on a mission in 2014 - to play as many village halls and “...

Comedian Tommy Tiernan heads for Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/04/2016 - 10:41pm

Tommy Tiernan brings his new show ‘Out of the Whirlwind’ to Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 12 February.

Tommy Tiernan is now in his 20th year as a stand-up comedian having won every award going, including stand-up comedy’s big prize the Perrier Award at Edinburgh Festival, and is still as passionate as ever about story-telling and comedy.

He has been voted ‘Ireland’s Funniest Living Person’, he appeared on Father Ted as well as the Late Show with David Letterman in the USA and set the Guinness World Record for a stand-up show with a staggering 36 hours and 15 minutes....

Jewellery stolen in Dawlish burglary

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 02/04/2016 - 9:25pm

Police in Dawlish are appealing for information following a house burglary in the Town.

The incident occurred between 12.30pm and 1pm on Wednesday 3 February at a property in Plantation Terrace, Dawlish.

Entry to the property was gained via a rear conservatory window and once inside and following a search, jewellery was stolen from a bedroom.

A witness recalls seeing a man on the driveway of the attacked property at the material time.

He is described as being a white man, aged in his 20s – 30s, 5ft 9in tall, medium / stocky build, with short dark grade one...

Exeter Cathedral’s 300,000 piece LEGO® re-build

The first bricks in Exeter Cathedral’s Big LEGO® Build will be laid next week at a special ceremony to launch the project.

The Bishop of Exeter Robert Atwell will be joined by the winners of a Devon-wide schools’ competition to get the epic LEGO build underway, just in time for half term.

The final model, made up of 300,000 LEGO bricks, will be an impressive 3.6m long, 2m wide and 1m high.

Everyone is invited to get involved in the build and for every £1 donated people can add a brick to the model. February half term will be the first opportunity for members of the...

Totally Tina comes to Devon

Having headlined the 2015 Glastonbudget Festival last year (the biggest tribute festival of the year), Totally TINA comes to TORQUAY – Princess Theatre on Saturday 20th February 2016!

Totally TINA is an award-winning tribute to the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner, being given the “Official UK number one” honour by the Agents Association of Great Britain.

Currently touring the UK theatres in a full production version with live band, dancers and our leading lady Justine Riddoch. Rather than being a biography, this show focuses on Tina's live concert career, replicating...

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