A record number of 1,320 primary school pupils across Exeter are set to take to the stage, and complete their own half marathon challenge as part of Exeter’s Great West Run Schools’ Challenge, taking place on Sunday 18 October 2015. Schools from across the city signed up to the 12 week programme, which encouraged pupils to run the equivalent of a mile a week in the lead up to Exeter’s Great West Run. They will now complete their final mile on race day to make up their own half marathon distance, with a fantastic city finish in front of thousands of spectators! Taking place in association...
Rugby excitement gripped school children today with just one day until the start of the Rugby World Cup 2015. Primary aged children had their very own spectacular and colourful rugby world cup relay festival to mark the start of the tournament. The main festival site was at West Exe School but the fun wasn't only there!
Eight schools took part in the event which was organised by the RWC15 legacy group a partnership led by local primary schools, Mike Barratt, Active Devon, Exeter City Council, rugby clubs and other local partners.
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With the Rugby World Cup 2015 just days away Devon and Cornwall is ready to welcome visitors from across the globe.
Rugby World Cup 2015 begins on September 18th and Exeter’s Sandy Park is one of the venues chosen to host matches.
As well staging three games the city is also hosting 13 Fanzone events in Northernhay Gardens.
Planning for the event has been ongoing for the past 18 months with officers from the Operation Blackjack command team working alongside Exeter Chiefs, Exeter City Council, Devon County Council, the Highways Agency, British Transport Police and...
A leading law firm in Exeter has been given a top ranking for three of its teams by independent guide to the legal profession, Legal 500 2015 – up from two top rankings in 2014. Stephens Scown LLP received tier 1 rankings for its family law team, inheritance and trusts disputes work, and commercial litigation. The firm’s family law team has received tier 1 ranking for eight consecutive years now. The head of the team Liz Allen, is described as being “very supportive of her clients, but will give good objective advice”, while Andrew Barton is recommended for his “good experience of...
Eco-minded staff at Redrow (West Country) are to challenge each other in a ‘green’ race to the company’s Exeter head office using different forms of transport in a bid to raise awareness of the greenest, fastest and easiest way to commute to work.
The nine commuters will swap their cars for alternative methods of transport in a challenge which will see them set off from Central Station on Friday 25th September and travel the 4.3 miles to Redrow’s offices in Pynes Hill using either a road bike, electric bike, motorbike, electric car, taxi, bus, train, walking or running.
Two cast members from the hugely popular BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark have joined the line-up for the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival later this week.
Heida Reed and Ruby Bentall have announced that they will join the Poldark event on Friday evening at St Peter’s Church. Heida plays Elizabeth (once Ross Poldark's beloved who married his cousin Francis) and Ruby plays Verity Poldark (Ross Poldark's cousin).
Between the 2 Poldark productions, Heida filmed Toast (alongside Jon Hamm) and Icelandic mini-series The Cliff. Heida played the role of Scarlet in ‘...
Gidleigh Park has retained its two Michelin stars following the release of the Michelin Guide 2016. Executive Chef Michael Caines MBE was awarded two Michelin stars for the first time in 1999 and the announcement marks eighteen continuous years for Gidleigh Park to hold the award. Exeter-born Michael said: “It’s with huge pride that we have retained our two stars here at Gidleigh Park for the eighteenth time. Consistency is always the hardest thing to achieve both in the kitchen as well as front of house, so to continue to deliver outstanding excellence over this long period is a real...
