Steeno delighted to be in 100 Club

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Tue, 12/29/2015 - 11:11am

Gareth Steenson admitted he was ‘delighted’ to cap another telling milestone in his playing career with a notable victory against Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership.

The Irishman marked his 100th Premiership appearance for the Devon club by playing a key role in his side’s 33-17 victory at a sold out Sandy Park.

Scrum-half Will Chudley helped himself to a brace of tries for Rob Baxter’s team, whilst there were also touchdowns for Thomas Waldrom, James Short and Tom Johnson.

Exeter’s win - their sixth in seven top flight starts this season - helped the Chiefs to...

Exeter City beaten at home

FIRST-HALF GOALS from Wimbledon’s Tom Elliot and Lyle Taylor handed Exeter City their third successive league defeat.

City’s Paul Tisdale made one change to the starting eleven who fell to a 3-0 defeat at Oxford, with Lee Holmes coming in for Ollie Watkins out wide. As for Wimbledon, Neil Ardley made a host of changes, but included defender Paul Robinson, whose red card at the weekend was overturned on a successful appeal.

It was City who created the first opening of the game when good interplay between Holmes and Woodman resulted in the latter striking a powerful right-...

Panto magic at Broadclyst

Authored by Liz Straw
Posted: Tue, 12/29/2015 - 10:42am

Broadclyst Theatre Group transports you to Old Peking for the most popular Arabian Nights magical tale of Aladdin.

There you’ll be met by the irascible widow Twanky and entertained by Peking’s giant Kung Fu Panda.

It will be a raucous evening full of your favourite daft jokes, catchy tunes, and loads of crazy dance moves. We've got amazing, colourful costumes, great scenery sets and it will be a fun night out for all the family.

Will Abanaza be thwarted in his attempts to kidnap the princess and steal the magic lamp?

Will our young hero Aladdin and his...

Exeter home severely damaged by fire

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/29/2015 - 10:21am

A house in the Beacon Heath area of Exeter was severely damaged by fire last night (Monday 28 December).

Fire crews were called to the property in Merlin Crescent at 6.36pm.

One crew from Danes Castle and one crew from Middlemoor attended.

A spokesperson for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said: “On arrival the crews confirmed that the first floor bedroom was well alight.

“They got to work using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet, one safety jet and a positive pressure ventilation fan.”

“The crews extinguished the fire which...

Let yourself come to the fore at Christmas

It’s time for your true self to come to the fore, and never is this more important than at Christmas.

Of course, making time for yourself and allowing you to love yourself may seem a strange concept at Christmas; traditionally a time for thinking about others and particularly those less fortunate than ourselves. So it’s understandable if you’re feeling a little conflicted by this advice then, but please don’t be; truly loving yourself this Christmas isn’t the same thing as being selfish . In fact, in many ways, it’s the complete opposite.

Allow us to explain…

The...

RSPCA appeal for dog abandoned on Christmas Eve

RSPCA staff are trying to trace the owners who abandoned this dog (nicknamed Pudding) in Plymouth on Christmas Eve.

The rescued dog, whose coat was so matted and overgrown that he couldn’t even see, has been nicknamed Pudding by RSPCA inspector Sarah Morris who arrived at Rendle Street, in Plymouth, where he had been discovered tied up and left out in the cold and pouring rain.

His coat was in such a disgusting state that inspector Morris couldn’t even tell what type of dog he was.

“The state Pudding was in when I first saw him was so sad, but it also made me so...

Aladdin

Event Date: 
07/01/2016 - 7:30pm to 09/01/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Victory Hall, Broadclyst

Broadclyst Theatre Group transports you to Old Peking for the most popular Arabian Nights magical tale of Aladdin.

There you’ll be met by the irascible widow Twanky and entertained by Peking’s giant Kung Fu Panda.

It will be a raucous evening full of your favourite daft jokes, catchy tunes, and loads of crazy dance moves. We've got amazing, colourful costumes, great scenery sets and it will be a fun night out for all the family.

Will Abanaza be thwarted in his attempts to kidnap the princess and steal the magic lamp?

Will our young hero Aladdin and his...

What's On at RAMM in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:02pm

Take a look at What’s On at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum in the New Year… Whatever the Weather…

Pipe Dreams 5 Jan until 27 March 2016 Finders Keepers? Gallery Heather’s collection of clay tobacco pipes is from the 16th to 20th centuries and includes examples from England, Scotland, The Netherlands and France. From bottles of water from collected around the globe to Hello Kitty paraphernalia and from fans to political porcelain, the What Do You Collect? display showcases contemporary collecting and allows local collectors to share their passion.

Whatever the...

Exeter City at home TODAY

EXETER CITY have a chance to quickly return to winning ways in the Bank Holiday Monday clash with AFC Wimbledon at St James Park.

The Grecians also have the opportunity of getting one back on their visitors as the Dons were 2-1 winners in the reverse fixture at Kingsmeadow back in August.

This is City's last fixture of 2015, so let's fill the Park one final time before the new year! Read more at http://bit.ly/1OgzfRO

Stormy weather to continue this week

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/28/2015 - 7:15am

December 2015 has already been exceptionally wet in places, and we have more stormy weather to come this week

This is has already been a record breaking month for rainfall in some parts of the UK, with exceptional amounts of rain falling onto already saturated ground, and Met Office meteorologists are predicting a further spell of stormy weather for this week.

The very wet Boxing Day in parts of north Wales and northwest England was well forecast five days in advance with Amber, be prepared, warnings in force from as early as last Wednesday. In the event the highest...

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