In a drive to attract more business trips to the region, Exeter & the Heart of Devon, the Tourism Partnership promoting East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon and South Devon has announced its attendance at two important international tourism conferences in February – Confex and ExploreGB.
Confex, held over two days on 18 and 19 February at Olympia in London, is a key industry event for companies involved in organising, running, marketing or selling meetings, conferences and exhibitions.
Joining forces with Sandy Park, Exeter's award-winning conference and banqueting centre and...
This Valentine's Day (Saturday, February 14) a heartfelt invitation is going out to all women in Exeter urging them to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
Event organisers are asking women to make a date to beat cancer by signing up for Race for Life 5k, 10k or Pretty Muddy event at Westpoint Exeter. The event takes place later this year, over the weekend of 25 – 26 July.
Ruth Chamings, Cancer Research UK’s Events Manager in Devon, said: “Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to spend time with the people we love. For this reason it’s also the perfect date to enter...
The Alzheimer’s Society has announced the launch of a new dementia-focussed Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Exeter.
The centre will support eight PhD students to investigate the effect of dementia on the brain’s neural networks.
Nationally, the dementia research community is one sixth the size of the cancer research community and Alzheimer’s Society aims to attract new people to dementia research from a range of different academic and clinical backgrounds, bringing fresh ideas and talent to help expand the boundaries of dementia science.
Exeter City came from two goals behind to force a 2-2 draw at home against Cambridge United.
The Grecians fell behind to a neat finish by Robbie Simpson just before the break, and the lead was extended soon after half-time when Craig Woodman touched a cross into his own net.
However the comeback was on when Tom Nichols netted his 11th of the season midway through the second period with a powerful strike across goal.
And then the scores were tied up with minutes to spare when David Wheeler rose highest to head in for...
Molly Watt, an inspirational deaf-blind woman, is visiting Exeter tomorrow (Thursday 12 February).
Molly will be at Cafe 55 in Northernhay Street, Exeter between 1pm and 3pm to discuss her book and her life, and will be signing copies of her book.
Molly is a Sense Ambassador (Sense is the National Deafblind Charity) and she also has had her own charity supporting people with Usher Syndrome (the condition that has taken her hearing and sight), she is currently in her first year of an education degree and has written and illustrated a children’s book which subtly tackles the...
Red Nose Day 2015 is set to offer more than just Red Noses this year. Bright red comedy glasses with hair raising eyebrows, as modelled by the fabulous Gok Wan, are also coming to Exeter!
Visitors to Specsavers on Exeter's High Street can follow in the footsteps of Gok Wan and make their faces funny for money with Specsavers’ official Red Nose Day glasses in small and large sizes, for just £3 with £1 donated to Comic Relief.
Lillian-Evangelia Agelis, store director of Specsavers Exeter, says: "We are all looking forward to raising money for Red Nose Day as it’s such a great...
Torbay will be the only UK stopover in the 2015 Solitaire du Figaro - Eric Bompard Cachemire - a gruelling 2015 mile race known as the unofficial world championships of solo offshore sailing.
Bringing a top class sporting event to the pontoons of Torbay and a festival atmosphere shore side including a free race village, the Solitaire du Figaro is an event for both ‘salty seadogs’ and ‘land lubbers’ alike to enjoy.
The ultimate annual sailing endurance race, the Solitaire du Figaro brings only the very best offshore sailors to its start line. Announcing the 2015 course for...
On Saturday 24 January, local scout groups attended a Forester Badge day with the team at Knightshayes, the National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton.
2nd Tiverton scouts, Halberton and 1st Taunton scouts, Wilton took part in a number of forester activities in Impey wood, including felling and cutting back trees safely using tools like loppers and bow saws and planting sapling oak, birch and field maple trees.
Impey wood is currently undergoing a programme of regeneration, with the ranger team planning to replant 12,000 trees over the next three years. The local...
From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion.
Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries.
Zips, buttons, elastic – items now taken for granted were revolutionary in their day. They changed what could be worn and also helped people dress faster and with ease. And the language of fashion is often bound to the technology and materials used to produce it....
From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion. Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ opens on Saturday 14 February and explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries. Zips, buttons, elastic – items now taken for granted were revolutionary in their day. They changed what could be worn and also helped people dress faster and with ease. And the language of fashion is often bound to the technology and materials used to...
