Millbrook Village – Exeter’s first luxury retirement village – is sponsoring this year’s Classics Galore! concert in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity.
The show at the University of Exeter Great Hall on Saturday, November 14, features a programme of entertainment that features familiar and uplifting music performed by a 200- strong ensemble – a full orchestra, a brass band and two choral societies.
“Without the support of generous sponsorship, making fundraising events like ours possible, the amazing and valuable work of FORCE would not be available in support of so many people...
Housing charity Shelter has revealed the potentially devastating impact of government plans to freeze housing benefit for private renters, with new research showing just under 36,000 working families in the South West could be affected.
Housing benefit helps families on lower incomes to pay their rent, and is already restricted to cover rents in the cheapest third of privately rented homes. The freeze, which comes into force next April, will see housing benefit frozen at its current level until 2020.
Worryingly, this comes at a time when private rents are climbing,...
Flexible workspace provider Regus in Exeter is opening its doors in support of Operation Christmas Child, the campaign that sends present-filled shoeboxes to deprived children in developing and war torn countries around the world.
The Regus centres in the city will be local drop off points from 2nd to 18th November for the 2015 appeal operated by international relief charity the Samaritan’s Purse.
Exeter residents are encouraged to fill shoeboxes with toys, stationery, small clothing and hygiene items which will be sent to children living in refugee camps, orphanages and...
Eerie orange faces are hidden around Killerton’s hillside garden ready for brave explorers to find.
To celebrate the Hallowe’en season and to coincide with half-term, daily pumpkin trails will take over the colourful autumn garden on the National Trust estate near Exeter from Saturday 24 October until Sunday 1 November.
Explorers will be searching high and low to tick off each pumpkin face on the trail. Along the way, there will be chances to get off the beaten track to discover secret paths, as well as the Bear’s Hut and Ice House.
University lecturers never seem to stop talking about the RAMM and for everyone’s first term of university, it’s commonly mistaken for the Ram pub on campus (not quite the same thing). Although both Ram(m)s are claimed to be great, this week I decided to get a little cultural and check out the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
Having done practically no research, I had no idea what to expect – not being a huge fan of museums, this made the day a little more exciting. All I knew was it stayed open Tuesday – Sunday for free to the public. Fantastic. It’s far more enticing to go to a...
Is there any way to stop the rise in fraud and online crime?
As the latest results of the Crime Survey for England and Wales are released, the Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network (NHWN) looks at how you can avoid becoming a victim.
“People are becoming more aware that they need to protect themselves, but are often still not taking some quite simple steps,” says NHWN Chairman Jim Maddan OBE. “That’s why we’re supporting Get Safe Online week, which starts on Monday – to help spread the word about online security. People often think you need to be a ‘tech wizard’ to be...
On Saturday 5 December the Force Cancer Charity Christmas Fair is taking place in the Cullompton Community Centre, organised by Dorcas Philips for the fourth year running.
Four years ago, Dorcas Philips’ mum was diagnosed with cancer and received an overwhelming amount of support from Force Cancer Charity, fuelling the family to want to return the kindness and support other families who are suffering from cancer.
Last September Dorcas and her fiancé completed the Force 10k superhero run dressed and Batman and Bat Girl, raising £400 for Force Cancer Charity but they are...
Legendary London-based rock band Killing Joke will visit Exeter’s HMV on Tuesday 27 October to celebrate the release of their latest album, ‘Pylon’.
The band will be visiting at 5pm to meet fans and sign copies of the new LP – ‘Plyon’, which isn't designed to accompany a quiet night at home in front of the fire. Pylon is very much music as ritual - raw, uncompromising and precisely-targeted lyrically, for all rock and metal fans.
Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth & Big Paul reunited in 2008 and are continuing to produce epic music with a headline shows planned for around...
Legendary London-based rock band Killing Joke will visit Exeter’s HMV on Tuesday 27 October to celebrate the release of their latest album, ‘Pylon’.
The band will be visiting at 5pm to meet fans and sign copies of the new LP – ‘Plyon’, which isn't designed to accompany a quiet night at home in front of the fire. Pylon is very much music as ritual - raw, uncompromising and precisely-targeted lyrically, for all rock and metal fans.
Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth & Big Paul reunited in 2008 and are continuing to produce epic music with a headline shows planned for around...
Prince Harry was given a local tipple when he went to a World Cup match in Exeter, Devon. The prince was the VIP guest at the Namibia v Georgia match at Exeter Chief’s Sandy Park ground. But the local council wanted to make sure the fun loving Royal enjoyed his time in Devon. So they asked the Exeter Brewery to give him with a pack of locally brewed Avocet beer. Director Alan Collyer said: ”The council contacted us and asked if we would mind donating some beer to present to a VIP. “They didn’t tell us who it was but then it was obvious it was Prince Harry was the VIP guest. ”We work with...
