Welsh singer Aled Jones MBE is set to wow audiences across the UK in 2016 as he embarks on a 22-date Cathedral tour, including an evening at Exeter Cathedral.
The household name will visit cathedrals in England, Scotland and his home country of Wales on a series of dates throughout May and June, culminating in a very special ‘home-coming’ show in his home-town of Bangor on July 2.
Tickets for the Aled Jones Cathedral Tour go on sale at 9am on Monday 21st December 2016 (visit our Events listing for more information).
Speaking about the tour Aled said: "I'm never more...
The construction team working on the Queen St Dining Quarter in Exeter got festive during their lunchtime this week (Monday 14 December 2015), downing tools and bursting into song at St Pancras Church, right at the heart of the redevelopment project.
Over 60 employees of construction firm ISG took part in the carol service organised by the company and Lead Chaplin Rev Norman Wallwork at the 13th century St Pancras Church, singing carols and handing out festive treats including mince pies and cream, chocolates, biscuits and soft hot and cold drinks, supplied by ISG and colleagues...
The festive season is almost upon us, and office workers around the South West may face some disappointment in the workplace, as 28% of people are doubtful they’ll be able to get the time off work they need to enjoy the Christmas holidays.
Office supply company, Viking, surveyed 1,500 office workers to investigate one of the most contentious aspects HR departments have to face: taking time off at Christmas. It seems that the South West is the fourth meanest area of the country when it comes to granting time off for the holidays, with the North East being the stingiest.
RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce its involvement with the Exeter Chiefs’ Exeter Foundation by joining their commitment to support the local community as a Foundation XV member.
Like other members, RGB has pledged to raise in excess of £1,500 before July 2016.
To do this, staff will be holding bucket collections at some Exeter Chiefs’ home games and the builders merchant has vowed to match the amount that is donated.
RGB will also be supporting other Exeter Foundation events, including RockSolid, an obstacle race for people of all abilities that has...
The environmental achievements of a Devon-based charity have been recognised with a top international accreditation.
In the past year Devon Wildlife Trust has targeted the impact it and its 80 staff have on the environment. As a result the charity has been able to reduce its gas consumption at its Cricklepit Mill headquarters in Exeter by 55%. Its electricity consumption across all its properties has also been reduced by 20%. A hydro-turbine installed at the Mill is also helping The Trust generate 40 kilowatts of its own clean, green electricity each day from water power –...
LHC Architecture + Urbanism have raised more than £1,000 for one of their chosen charities of the year by hosting their very own Bake Off contests.
Following weeks of fierce competition between the team of architects and urban designers at the Exeter and Plymouth studios, LHC cooked up a special surprise for staff at the Kidney Research shop in Exeter and handed over an impressive cheque.
To celebrate handing over the grand total of £1,000, LHC organised a final Christmas Signature Bake Off and baked some impressive goodies to share with staff from the local charity shop,...
When you knock over one of the king-pins of European Rugby, it’s somewhat likely that when your paths cross again, a response of sorts can be expected.
Well, just days out from their latest Champions Cup assignment, Exeter Chiefs prop Carl Rimmer is well aware that hosts ASM Clermont Auvergne are busy plotting their revenge.
Humbled 31-14 at Sandy Park last weekend, the French outfit will on Sunday welcome Devon’s finest to the Stade Marcel Michelin (4:15pm) in a game they know they must win if they are to keep their hopes of qualification alive.
Join Dartmoor National Park Ranger Simon Lee on 10 January 2016 to help shake off that festive excess with a day of conservation work at Haytor.
The day begins at 10.30 and finishes at 3.30 but you are welcome to come along for part of the day if you wish. The day will involve work near the National Park Visitor Centre to benefit the bog hoverfly.
The bog hoverfly (Eristalis cryptarum) is an extremely rare hoverfly that in recent years has been found only within a restricted area of Dartmoor. It is identified in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) as a priority species...
Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend (18-20 December)
THEATRE
Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk. But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse. The show runs until 9 January. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
A Christmas Carol Exeter Northcott Theatre Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is determined not to let Christmas interfere...
A Royal Marine dubbed ‘the commando who refused to die’ is hoping he can help inspire those attending Exeter Chiefs’ Hitz programme to turn their life around.
Corporal Paul Vice was blown up by an improvised explosive device in August 2011 while serving in Afghanistan.
His list of injuries is truly remarkable and he ‘died’ twice during treatment after the left side of his body was “smashed to pieces”.
The father-of-four suffered a broken neck, brain damage, a paralysed right arm, is deaf in one ear and had 400 pieces of shrapnel and stone inside him after the...
