The harp is one of the world’s oldest and most diverse instruments appearing, in Greek mythology through to Harry Potter. In Celtic tales harps often have magical powers of enchantment and this queen of instruments is deep rooted in our musical and cultural history. It is amazing that despite this, many of us have never played a harp or even been up close to one! On 3 October Harpist Shelley Fairplay will change that for twelve adventurous first time harp students on a momentous one-day learning journey, from plucking their very first note in the morning right through to performing in the...

Local cycling club Exeter Wheelers hosted the city’s first Hill Climb festival on Saturday 19th September.

Cyclists of all ages and abilities took to the challenging 1.2 mile closed road course up to the top of

Stoke woods to celebrate one of the British cycling scene’s proudest traditions; hill climbing!

The big cash prizes of the morning’s open events attracted top riders from across the UK including the

reigning national hill climb champions Dan Evans and Maryka Sennema, plus junior national champion

Harry Luxton and Team Raliegh rider George Pym...

To celebrate Exeter’s Host City status in the Rugby World Cup, Princesshay has invited eight local schools from across Exeter and surrounding villages to take part in its Rugby Team Scarecrow competition.

Each school has been designated a team which is playing at Sandy Park in the Rugby World Cup, plus England, South Africa and Wales. Pupils have been set a challenge to use that team’s colours to fashion a bright and colourful decorative scarecrow to represent their chosen team.

Andy Littlejohns, operations manager at Princesshay said: “We wanted to become involved with the...

Keziah Bell, 23, has written a recipe book to encourage healthy eating following news that a 5.5st child of three is the youngest person to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes

A single mum of one from Exeter has written a recipe book to help parents cook healthy meals for their children following news that a three-year-old weighing 5.5st was the youngster person to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Experts believe that an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise made the US toddler, who has not been named, to balloon to twice the normal weight of a child of that age.

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Paul Tisdale made three changes to the Grecians side that faced Accrington Stanley a week ago, with Joel Grant making his first start for the first-team, Jordan Moore-Taylor included for the first-team for the first time since his injury, and Will Hoskins making his own return from an injury lay-off to lead the line.

After Wycombe contributed the first effort via Joe Jacobson, two quick Exeter City chances first saw Craig Woodman play in Will Hoskins to set up David Wheeler, who would bring a save out of Chairboys goalkeeper Matt Ingram. Then, Hoskins was involved again as he fed...

At Killerton, the National Trust estate near Exeter, the apple harvest is fast approaching. This year looks to be a bumper crop and the trees are heavy with fruit.

But now Killerton needs help to collect the fallen apples that make its award winning cider and apple juice and is inviting visitors to join the ‘Big Pick Up’ in Sparrow Park Orchard on the weekends of 3 and 4 or 10 and 11 October.

Armed with a trusty wheelbarrow, the volunteers will head into the orchard to collect their bounty. Andy Bramwell, Outdoor Visitor Services Officer, said: “Wheels will be spinning,...