While Zimbabwe collapses economically and socially, dedicated conservationists continue their battle to save the country’s wildlife. This tiny antelope – an orphaned Sharpe’s grysbok – is being cared for at Dambari field station, near Bulawayo, after it was found orphaned near Hwange National Park.
You might expect the Director of the Dambari Wildlife Trust, vet Verity Bowman, to have bigger things to worry about than this fragile fawn. She spends her working day guiding her charity through the stormy seas of Zimbabwean life and trying to combat the latest rhino poaching atrocity...
This month sees the biggest change to driving licences in almost twenty years.
From 8 June 2015, the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence will not be valid and will no longer be issued by DVLA.
There will be no change to the current photocard driving licence or paper driving licence.
Any paper driving licences issued before the photocard was introduced in 1998, will remain valid. If you need to update your name, address or renew your licence, your paper driving licence will be replaced with a photocard driving licence only.
The final episode of a three-part BBC 2 TV drama-documentary series Armada: 12 years to save England - Endgame will feature a University of Exeter medical historian on Sunday 7 June at 9pm.
Dr Alun Withey will share his knowledge about the role of the barber surgeon on board ship and the sorts of things he had to treat in battle and the sorts of instruments he used.
Elizabeth I played by Anita Dobson shows the monarch as politically astute and presenter Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588. He explores...
Exeter College will be holding their big end of year Final Major Performance on 11 June at the Exeter Phoenix.
The concert will begin at 7pm. This is an annual event which is organised by the college's 2nd year music students. They plan the event and develop the theme and music for the evening themselves. There are more than 35 2nd year students who will be performing at the event this year. There will be a range of rock and pop covers in addition to some original material. The night is called ‘The Beach Party’ and will feature a range of beach and summer inspired music.
GREASE is the word – the UK’s favourite musical comes roaring into the Northcott this Summer!
Slip on your blue suede shoes, pull up your bobby-socks and take a trip to a simpler time, when high school romances and heart-breaks were accompanied by a king-size soda pop! Featuring such unforgettable songs from the hit movie as Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Greased Lightnin' and many more, this is the show to get you dancing in the aisles.
Following the spectacular sell-out success of Les Miserables in 2014, Stage by Stage returns with another high-energy explosion...
Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.
Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!
This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!
Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.
Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!
This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!
Exeter’s visitor attractions have scooped a hat-trick of top awards from an online review site.
TripAdvisor, which is the world’s biggest online travel review website, has awarded its coveted Certificate of Excellence to the City’s Red Coat Guides, the Underground Passages and Exeter Guildhall.
Now in its fifth year, the TripAdvisor award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to services that consistently achieve great reviews on TripAdvisor by continually delivering a high quality customer experience. 2015 is the third consecutive year that the Red Coat...
The fast actions of Exeter Golf and Country Club staff saved the life of one of their club members, when he suffered a major heart attack.
Mike Ritchie, 61, became unconscious whilst gripped by a severe heart attack as he sat in the jacuzzi at the club. A fellow member, Janice Voce, raised the alarm with 17 year old lifeguard Elliot Chandler, when she noticed Mr Ritchie slumped in the water. Elliot who has been a lifeguard for less than a year reacted immediately and with his fellow Lifeguard, Luke, pulled Mr Ritchie out of the water while pressing the alarm to summon other members...
The Devon County Show proved the ideal environment for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Motorcycle advocates to advise on Motorbike safety, especially a new course called ‘Biker Down’ run by firefighters, which will take place on Saturday, June 6.
Chris Lancaster, one of the fire services motorbike safety advocates, explained: “We are offering a free first aid course created by bikers for bikers designed specifically for treating injured riders. The course explains what to do if you’re ever riding with mates and someone is unlucky and comes off, or you come across another...
