BoyleSports have had to suspend betting on One Direction’s first member to leave the band following a flurry of bets on Zayn Malik.
The 22 year old singer is returning home despite having three dates in Asia scheduled for this week. “Zayn has signed off with stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate,” said the group’s spokesperson.
“The band wish him well and will continue with their performances in Manila and Jakarta.”
Zayn was installed at 6/4 on Thursday and following support through all channels overnight and on Friday morning, BoyleSports had to suspend...
Detectives have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an unprovoked attack that left the victim seriously injured in Exeter city centre.
A 25-year-old man, from the Exmouth area, was with a group of friends on Saturday 7 February when he was followed by two unknown men.
One of the men allegedly punched the victim in the face in Fore Street, between 3.15am and 3.30am. He suffered a serious facial injury as a result and attended Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for treatment.
Detective Constable Caroline Prince, based at Heavitree...
Join Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley at the award winning Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown for an evening talk on natural navigation and the Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs.
Tristan Gooley is a writer and natural navigator and is the author of the award-winning The Natural Navigator (2010) and Sunday Times Bestselling The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs (2014) also just voted best Country Book of the year by BBC Countryfile Magazine.
Tristan has written for the Sunday Times, the New York Times, the BBC, The Financial Times and many...
Carousel will be part of a Family Activity Day at Tiverton Museum on March 28th with Free Entry to the museum!
Join in the fun at Tiverton Museum as they explore centuries of metal making in Mid Devon’s Blackdown Hills. Discover how fire turns rocks into tools, go on an iron hunt around the museum, meet a real archaeologist and try some digging for yourself.
Meet Noni the Blacksmith in a brand new story adventure for children and explore her Iron Age world through exciting play activities.
Dress up as a Blackdowns Metal Maker and find out what you need to master the...
Middle Ground Theatre Company is delighted to present The Business of Murder at Exeter Northcott in April.
The acclaimed psychological thriller from the pen of Richard Harris (The Sweeney, A Touch Of Frost, The Avengers) has enjoyed a successful 9-year run in the West End. Stone, a humourless and dour man, invites Dee, a television playwright, over to his flat on the premise of discussing a script. Once there, she is surprised when superintendent Hallett, the man with whom she is having an affair, also arrives for an entirely different reason. But nothing is as it seems, and as the...
People in Exeter are being warned about a telephone ‘council tax’ scam.
A number of residents have been contacted by a caller pretending to be from the City Council. The caller has then told the person that they are due a refund on their council tax due to a historic band reduction, asking for their bank details so that the money can be paid into their account.
Exeter City Council said today that the calls were a hoax and no-one should pass on their bank details to these callers.
“This is a scam and we would never ask for people’s bank details over the phone. If...
To mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a special concert will take place in the grand surroundings of Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 20 June. Starting at 7.30pm the evening is set to raise funds for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, the National Charity of the British Army and will bring to a close events in the City to mark Armed Forces Day.
The Waterloo Concert will celebrate the courage, service and sacrifice of our soldiers from the Battle of Waterloo, through both World Wars to operations in Afghanistan. It will feature The Exeter Symphony Orchestra, with...
With six months to go to Rugby World Cup 2015, Tournament Organisers England Rugby 2015, has confirmed details of the official resale service for Rugby World Cup 2015 match tickets, which will launch next week through tickets.rugbyworldcup.com .
The service will allow fans to sell tickets for any matches they can no longer attend, at face value, through a secure, transparent and authorised system. From noon on Tuesday March 24, fans with tickets they can no longer use will be able to log into their existing ticketing account to select the match and seat(s) that they wish to post...
Chris Sampson, who is responsible for overseeing all the conservation and building work at Exeter Cathedral has been awarded the highest honour his profession boasts - that of the title ‘Master Mason’.
Just four or five craftsman a year are awarded this honour, which recognises their skills, knowledge and overall contributions to their craft.
Chris, who is the Clerk of Works for Exeter Cathedral but was previously head stonemason at Salisbury Cathedral for 16 years said: “It’s a great honour to be nominated for this, let alone get it. I’m thrilled. I hope that this might...
Since the beginning of last month the public has been voting in their many thousands for one of the West Country’s five capital cities to have their very own MONOPOLY for this year.
And Exeter has emerged triumphant, with the announcement being made today at Exeter’s Guildhall.
Devon’s capital city saw off the capitals of Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire in the poll.
Exeter commanded 34.3% of the vote ahead of Dorchester (26.1%), Taunton (15.3%); Trowbridge (14.7%) and Truro (9.6%).
Now the public will get to vote all over again over a one week...
