With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Card Market, the greetings card store, wants to hear from Exeter’s most ardent wordsmiths.
Shoppers can post their declarations of love in the windows of the Exeter store with the most creative Casanova winning a romantic dinner for two. Look out for the huge Valentine’s heart in the window of the Exeter store ready for those perfectly penned words of love. It may be poetry or a paragraph, something personal or words that you want to tell the world, Card Market will be looking for the most creative and evocative words of love to fill...
East Devon District Council has now completed work on the coastal defence beach recycling project at Sidmouth’s main beach, with the exception of clearing some drains that had filled with pebbles as the beach levels rose, and the reinstatement of a boulder into a rock groyne.
The work, which began on 5 January, was finished well within the original estimated time frame of six weeks and has restored the beach’s profile back to a healthy level with a protective blanket of shingle.
However, this is not about making the beach look pretty. For over 20 years the shingle has...
Exeter’s Purity Boutique Spa has expanded its offering to include hair services, courtesy of experienced stylist Sarah Bainborough.
Sarah, who originally trained in Exeter over 12 years ago, has recently moved back to the area, after previously owning her own salon in Brighton.
Purity’s owner Mariam Badavi said: “It’s wonderful to have Sarah on board at Purity. We can now offer our clients a one-stop shop for hair and beauty making it ultra-convenient.”
Sarah, who has moved into one of the vintage-inspired rooms at the Cathedral Green based spa adds “I’ve had an...
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is asking local people for their help to draw up a new pattern of council wards for Exeter City Council.
The consultation is the first part of an electoral review which will re-draw ward boundaries across the city.
The Commission has also announced that it is minded to recommend that the council should have 39 councillors in the future: one fewer than the current arrangements.
The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Exeter to help it to produce a new pattern of wards to...
Voting has opened for the Exeter Business Improvement District (BID).
640 businesses from across Exeter City Centre are eligible to vote on the scheme, which if voted in will raise £2.4 million over the next five years.
As the vote opens, three businesses within the BID area have their say:
Graham Austin, Corporate Director for Devon & Cornwall at Barclays
I think voting on the BID is vital if Exeter is to reach its potential. There is plenty of competition out there with other cities and towns raising their game and other competition coming in from...
Exeter City have added midfielder Tom McCready to the ranks at St James Park on a contract until the end of the season.
The 23-year-old was previously with Morecambe on non-contract terms, and played 45 minutes from the bench against the Grecians during City’s 2-0 win at the Globe Arena in October.
Read more at http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/tom-mccready-joins-exeter-cit...
Defending champions Exeter Chiefs booked their place in the last four of this season’s LV= Cup with this hard-fought victory away to Newport-Gwent Dragons.
Rob Baxter’s side ran in five tries on their way to victory in Wales through Adam Hughes, Fetu’u Vainikolo, Tom James, Sam Skinner and a Penalty Try, but they were made to fight all the way by the Welsh region who themselves ran in four touchdowns of their own during a points-filled second half.
It was no more than the Chiefs – whose other points came courtesy of former...
Follow England in their bid for World Cup glory at Sandy Park. Guarantee your spot in front of the big screen at Sandy Park while enjoying a two-course dinner. Tickets are £30 a head or £250 for a table of 10. Watch all eight matches (including knock-out stages) for £200 per person. Friday 18th September, 7pm – England v Fiji Saturday 26th September, 7pm – England v Wales Saturday 3 October, 7pm – England v Australia Saturday 10 October, 7pm – England v Uruguay Saturday 17 October/Sunday 18 October, 3pm -Quarter Finals (Pool A) Saturday 24 October/Sunday 25 October, 3pm – Semi Finals...
The Met Office has issued a weather warning as ice is expected to cause disruption to some parts of the region.
The warning is valid until 10am tomorrow (Tuesday) and motorists are warned to take extra care as driving conditions could be tricky.
The Exeter-based agency’s chief forecaster said: “Wintry showers look like lasting a few hours yet, as for example across parts of south west Wales at present, where inland areas are still seeing some snowfall.
“The flow turns to the northeast eventually, taking the bands of showers offshore but then clearing skies are...
