Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes new signing Michele Campagnaro can help add some additional ‘X-Factor’ to his side’s back division next season.
Having already bolstered his options with the recruitment of both Geoff Parling and Ollie Woodburn in recent weeks, Baxter has ventured a little further afield for his third new capture who joins from Rabo ProDirect 12 side Benetton Treviso.
As always, the Chiefs supremo and his coaching team have monitored Campagnaro’s performance for some time and having put together a detailed assessment of the Mirano-born back, they...
Exeter-based Liz Joslin is the winner of local agency Nomadic Travel’s annual Travel Photo Competition with this wonderful close-up picture of a gelada monkey.
Liz took this photograph whilst travelling with her husband Lee in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia.
Gelada monkeys are the world's most terrestrial primates, excepting humans.
Their closely-knit social groups offer a fascinating study in primate behaviour and Liz’s image captures superbly a feeling of a deeply thoughtful mammalian brain.
The team at Nomadic Travel unanimously voted for it as their...
Ablutions by the award-winning FellSwoop visits The Bike Shed Theatre from 24th to 28th February following its sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival 2014. Adapted from the novel, by Man Booker Prize shortlisted author, Patrick deWitt – it is an inventive fusion of music and theatre. A heady mix of vice, violence and debauchery - Ablutions is a whiskey-soaked portrait of a bartenders descent into drink and divorce, the ultimate in dark modern drama.
Picture yourself as a Los Angeles bartender, sipping top-shelf whiskey and watching your...
Your guide to the best music, events and activities taking place in and around Exeter this weekend.
THEATRE
After the Accident Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Highly accessible and utterly engrossing, this award winning drama takes you on a highly charged journey where forgiveness and redemption are set against guilt, rage and despair. Through brilliant storytelling and recognisable characters, experience a fascinating insight into Restorative Justice; a process which tries to repair something of the harmful consequences of crime. This riveting production...
Join the Cathedral Flower Arrangers for an Easter flower workshop.
This event runs from 11.30 until 15.00. Please make your own arrangements for lunch (there will be a break in the middle of the session, and 10% discount will be offered in the Cathedral Café for those attending).
Cost: £20 (to include tea and coffee). Please bring secateurs and scissors. All other materials are included
Places can be booked by emailing visitors@exeter-cathedral.org.uk or calling 01392 285983
Police are getting ready for the big West Country derby between Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle tomorrow (Saturday 21 February) at 1pm.
The all-ticket match is being played at St James Park and looks to be a bumper crowd.
There will be extra police support in attendance to help ensure it all goes smoothly.
Superintendent Craig Downham said: “Whilst our officers will be visible as part of our policing of the match, this is not cause for alarm. We are operating a low-key approach to policing this game and as ever we are looking at engaging with all the public, whether...
A funding project bringing together county, district, town and parish councils is kickstarting community projects across Devon and hopes to do more in 2015
The 'Town and Parish Fund' or TAP is the name given to the initiative whereby Devon County Council allocates £1 per elector per annum and district councils contribute 10p per elector, totalling around £600,000
This money is available for towns and parishes to join together to apply for funding that can make a difference to their communities.
Well over half a million pounds was allocated to a huge range of...
Wondering how you're going to keep the kids amused during the half term holiday? We've come up with a few suggestions here:
Friday 20 February
Felting Workshop Exeter Cathedral Make a countryside scene or design your own shapes and outlines for your felt square. Your finished product could be used as a wall hanging or cut up to create a broach, finger puppet or maybe a pencil case. Limited spaces, booking only. £4 for the full session (payable on arrival). Ages 6-plus. 10.30am-12.30pm. Call 01392 413174 or email education@exeter-cathedral.org.uk
Tina Stevens, PA at Exeter law firm Michelmores has taken first place in the national Strictly Recruitment Legal PA of the Year Awards 2015, in the category of 'Up and Coming Legal PA of the Year'.
The awards recognise the very best PA talent from the UK legal sector, across four different categories − Legal PA of the Year, Legal PA Team Leader of the Year, Up and Coming Legal PA of the Year and Legal PA Employers of the Year.
Tina joined Michelmores in 2011, starting her career in the post room. She soon progressed into a Trainee PA position and has been working...
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays and 2015 will be the Year of the Goat.
In China, it is known as the "Spring Festival" and marks the end of the winter season.
The University of Exeter will be celebrating the Chinese New Year on Saturday 21 February in Exeter city centre and on the Streatham Campus. At 1pm the Dragon and Lion dancers will parade through the city, starting in Buffet City, ending in Royal Albert Museum (RAMM).
The parade continues at The Forum, Streatham Campus at 3pm, where there is also a Chinese Market, food...
