The award-winning FORCE cancer charity shop in Heavitree celebrates its 20th birthday this week with plans in place for a two-day party. On Friday and Saturday the shop in Fore Street will have more than its usual range of bargains with lots of special offers on the theme of 20. There will be: 20 per cent off shoes and some 20p flip flops; a 20p clothes rail and 20p T-shirts; a selection of romance, thriller and mystery books at 20p; a kids clothes rail with 20p items; 20p kids goodie bags; at least 20 golden ticket items hidden around the store each day offering great knock down prices....
Less than two weeks to go now until the nation votes… but it’s ANOTHER election campaign that is capturing the public’s imagination: The Exeter Monopoly election.
And today (Friday) at 10am at Parliament Street (High Street end) in Exeter city centre London games boss Dan Taylor from Winning Moves heads west to Exeter from London sporting colourful election style rosettes as he asks the Exeter public to vote for an Old Kent Road on a new official MONOPOLY board for Devon’s capital city.
The public has been polling for landmarks to fill the board and very many organisations...
The Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink, opens at 10am today.
Now an essential date in the foodie calendar, the three-day festival celebrates the outstanding food and drink of the South West, featuring more than one hundred regional producers, top chefs, workshops, live music and food-themed activities for all the family.
The festival, co-founded years ago by two-Michelin starred chef Michael Caines, is the perfect opportunity to get a real taste of the South West, to meet the people behind the produce, and to enjoy a foodie day or weekend in beautiful...
The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has reported Devon County Council to the Information Commissioner for failing to reveal how much money is available to fund education services for deaf children. Despite two warnings, it has been alleged that the council has failed to comply with a Freedom of Information request to reveal its budget. Investigation by NDCS shows, in the last five years, local councils in England have cut the money available to fund essential services for deaf children, such as Teachers of the Deaf. The latest figures from the Government show nearly two thirds of...
Innovative IT firm Hosted Desktop UK (HDUK), based in Exeter, is jubilant after being announced as the Express & Echo’s Small Business of the Year at a gala ceremony at Sandy Park last week. And if winning the most hotly contested category in this year’s Business Awards was not enough, the firm was also selected as a finalist for the prestigious Business of the Year category.
The cloud computing firm is getting accustomed to such accolades, as this awards success comes hot on the heels of HDUK being recognised both regionally and nationally by two key business publications. The...
A kaleidoscopic sculpture providing optical illusions is now located outside The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum on University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus.
The shiny new interactive sculpture of mirrored stainless steel entitled ‘Reflected Vision’ allows visitors to see themselves and the landscape around them through the mirrored surfaces both inside and outside the 7ft structure. Created by Scottish artist Kenny Munro, the sculpture was inspired by items from The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, especially the pre-cinema objects and optical entertainments that create different ways of...
It's fun, it's colourful, it's crazy and all for a good cause!
Taking place at Exeter Racecourse, this is the only Exeter paint run that is solely dedicated to a charity and every penny raised will help life-limited children and their families in the Devon area.
Bring your friends, families, even complete strangers - we don't mind! We just want as many people as possible to help us make this as bright an event as possible.
The idea is simple, its a 5km fun run (you can walk if you want) where you'll get paint thrown on you as you pass the...
The Magdalen Chapter is delighted to announce the appointment of Matt Downing as Head Chef. Matt will follow in the foot steps of Ben Bulger who he worked alongside as Sous Chef since the hotel opened in 2012.
Matt will oversee the overall culinary direction for the top Exeter hotel. Matt said: “I am so thrilled to be taking the reigns of The Magdalen Chapter. I’ve learnt so much from Ben and am excited to be following in his footsteps. I still pick his brains today about a few things over a beer to two!
“Over the past month I have worked really hard to put my stamp on The...
It's on again! We are delighted to have been chosen for a second time by the Football League to host the South West area's PCUK tournament - Prostate Cancer UK is the official charity of the Football League.
Despite standing water on the pitch, last year's event was a huge success, raising almost £8,000 for PCUK and great fun for all those involved. It is your only opportunity to play on the St James Park pitch and have all your friends and family come along to support you, so why not get a team together?
Anyone can enter - we have two six-a-side tournaments on Sunday May 3...
Recorded crime across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has reduced in the last year according to figures announced today.
Overall reported crime between April 2014 and March 2015 reduced by 5.2% - 4,417 fewer crimes.
During the same period victim based reported crimes reduced 5.9%. The Force has seen a number of reductions in areas including burglary (down 9.7%), vehicle crime (down 10.4%), criminal damage (down 5.7%), and theft (down 12.3%).
Historical figures from the Office of National Statistics, also released today, show that Devon and Cornwall had a 4.3...
