Leading Devon-based stove manufacturer, Dean Forge, is launching a new showroom in Exeter, with an open day on Saturday 12 September. Customers will be able to take advantage of a fantastic one-off promotion of up to 50% off selected stoves and huge savings on leading brands, including Dean Forge’s own range. The new venue – located in Marsh Barton, near the Porsche Garage – will celebrate local craftsmanship, stocking products hand-made in its factory in Buckfastleigh, Devon.
To mark the launch of its second showroom, Dean Forge is also unveiling its latest innovation, The...
Beacon Fire is a 4 piece originals band from Devon that draws its influences from the giants of classic progressive rock, infused with some folk and modern twists. Expect powerful, delicate and melodic music with a great live show that's not to be missed. Beacon Fire will be performing tracks from their latest EP release and debuting some new material from their upcoming album. Further info at: www.beaconfiremusic.co.uk or www.facebook.com/beaconfiremusic .
Weekly rep continues at the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth this week with the arrival of the ninth production of 2015, Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott.
The suspense thriller will play from Thursday 27 August to Wednesday 2 September 2015. The Summer Rep Season sees one company of actors present a season of twelve classic revivals throughout summer, with a new production each week until the end of September. Susie Hendrix is a blind housewife, who inadvertently becomes the target of three con-men. Unbeknownst to her, Susie's husband has become involved in drug smuggling and...
Exeter Racecourse has launched its annual ‘Win A Share in a Racehorse’ competition prior to the start of its new season which begins on October 8.
The racecourse has teamed up with popular Devon trainer Martin Hill who will be offering an ownership experience with Rydon Pynes, a seven-year-old set to begin his novice chasing career in the Autumn. He has won two hurdle races and finished in the frame on another six occasions.
Martin, who trains near Totnes in South Devon, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Exeter on this initiative and hopefully the winner will have a...
Can you help Hospiscare support their patients by giving some of your time?
Hospiscare needs more car drivers, complementary therapists and bereavement supporters to help patients attending the Exeter hospice and day centre.
“The nature of volunteering means that people come and go and currently we need to fill some gaps, “said Hospiscare’s Vicky Lachenicht who manages more than 1,000 volunteers for the local charity that supports patients and their families living with a terminal illness.
“Please contact us for a chat – you would be joining a team of dedicated...
There are early signs much of the UK will see an improvement in weather over the bank holiday weekend and this will last through much of next week, according to the Met Office.
Whilst rain and showers are likely across much of the country on Saturday and at first on Sunday, there are signs of an improvement from the west as we go through Sunday and Monday.
The change in the weather is being driven by the jet stream which is slowly moving south east whilst weakening significantly.
The presence of the strong jet across the UK at the beginning of the weekend brings...
Riding Lights Theatre Company comes to Exeter to serve up a sharp and deliciously comic slice of Baked Alaska - bringing interconnecting stories of the wild and unpredictable effects of climate change from the four corners of the earth.
Scientists, farmers, oil magnates, climate warriors, prophets, mothers, journalists and others just like you and me – we’re all in the mix and hungry for a recipe of hope. In the struggle over power, some sound the warming bell, some blow hot and cold, while others make a pudding of the planet....
After dispatching League 1 Swindon Town at the County Ground in Round 1, Exeter City will head to Premier League Sunderland tonight for the next step in their Capital One Cup adventure.
The Mackems got their first point of the campaign this weekend as Jermain Defoe's goal cancelled out Swansea City's Bafetimbi Gomis's opener, but they have suffered defeats at the hand of Leicester City and Norwich City in their other early fixtures.
City striker Tom Nichols will fulfil an ambition when he lines up against his boyhood heroes on Tuesday night, but the Grecians are expected to...
Leading South West dementia scientists will come together on Thursday 3 September to hold a free public event in Devon to discuss current dementia research.
The day will involve short talks from clinicians and researchers, as well as interactive workshops and an opportunity to ask the experts questions about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
The meeting is organised by members of the Alzheimer’s Research UK South West Network Centre in partnership with the National Institute for Health Clinical Research Network (CRN) for the South West peninsula.
Women managers in the South West are effectively working for free an hour and a half every day, new gender pay gap data reveals.
The findings of an annual survey of 72,000 UK managers, published by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and salary specialist XpertHR, reveal that women working in equivalent full-time roles in the region earn 20% less than men, meaning that they are unpaid for 1h 30m a day – a total of 52 working days every year. This is compared to a national gender pay gap of 22%.
Analysis of the data from the 2015 National Management Salary Survey...
