Former Exeter Chiefs rugby player Chris Whitehead has been named as guest speaker at Teignbridge District Council’s Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2014.
Mr Whitehead, who retired from top flight rugby earlier this year and is using his playing expertise as coach at Western Counties league side Kingsbridge, has been unveiled as a key speaker at the sport gala event on Friday 28 November at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren.
The Awards, in association with main sponsor Kitsons Solicitors and supported by media partners Palm FM and the Mid Devon Advertiser,...
Exeter Cathedral is the stunning backdrop to Exeter College's Festival of Carols being held on Friday December 5th in aid of the college's charity of the year, YoungMinds. The free event, open to the public, will open its doors from 6.30pm to anyone wishing to join the college's staff, students and family members to celebrate the festive season, with the event starting at 7.30pm. Donations collected at the end of the evening will go towards the college's annual fundraising for their chosen charity.
This year's event, sponsored by Lloyds Bank, includes music from the Exeter College...
A drop-in information day will be held on Thursday 27 November in Seaton Town Hall for people to find out more about Seaton Jurassic, the new visitor attraction for the Jurassic Coast.
From 3pm until 8pm, key people from the many partners involved will be available to discuss the centre, the timescale for the development, what will be inside and how local people can help with fundraising or become a volunteer. There will be displays with plans of the new centre and some of the early interpretation ideas.
Information about the proposed Seaton Jurassic information points, the...
Toby Buckland’s annual garden festival at Powderham Castle, Devon, is fast becoming recognised as one of the most important events of its kind in the South West, attracting celebrity gardening experts and providing an annual rendezvous for enthusiastic gardeners and award-winning regional nurseries.
Next year's festival on 1 and 2 May will be a bigger event with the same mixture of some of the country’s best plant specialists plus gardening craft and equipment stalls, entertainment and high quality local food producers.
Horticulturist, writer, TV presenter and new President...
BLACK Friday will hit Exeter this week with consumers being spoilt for choice with flash sales across the city. A trend born in the USA, Black Friday is traditionally the Friday following Thanksgiving and is widely regarded in the retail sector as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
To celebrate Black Friday, The Magdalen Chapter will be offering a 20% discount on all luxury REN Gift Sets for one day only. On top of this, the hotel will also be offering 20% off all food enjoyed in the Restaurant on Friday night.
Hotel General Manager Fiona Moores said: “Black...
Last month SWH's Nick Ford and his Build team at the Broadmeadow Employment Unit site, Teignmouth kindly took the time to show around 15 students from Teignmouth College.
SWH Build is currently constructing a three-steel frame industrial units at the Broadmeadow site, which is divided into 11 self-contained units.
Works are on-going and currently involve carpentry, mechanical and electrical works. Ground works include drainage services, road construction and tarmac to roads and metal studwork and plaster boarding.
The remaining tickets from the September general sale for Rugby World Cup 2015 go back on sale today.
The sale of up to 300,000 tickets for 25 matches will take place in three stages, with priority access given to applicants who were unsuccessful in the ballot.
Stage 1 – Monday 24 and Tuesday November 25 – Ticket sale open to unsuccessful applicants from the September general sale
Stage 2 – Wednesday 26 and Thursday November 27 – Ticket sale open to partially successful applicants from the September general sale (applicants who did not receive all the tickets they...
Come and buy local crafts and gifts at the Table Top Sale being held in Dunchideock Village Hall from 10am to 1pm. Jewellery, crafts, food, gifts, DVDs, home produce and much more.
Bacon rolls,mince pies, mulled wine, tea & coffee for sale.
Entrance free with free parking.
For further info, visit our website www.dunchideock.org.uk or e-mail dunchideockvh@gmail.com . If you want to have a table (£5 each), please reserve a place by e-mail or ring 01392 834755.
The annual Victorian Christmas Market returns to the Teign Valley on Saturday (Nov 29) with a host of festive goodies and entertainment.
Stallholders, dressed in traditional Victorian garb, will be offering an array of produce, crafts and gifts at the event, which runs from 10am to 3pm at the Teign Valley Community Hall in Christow.
Entry is free, and there is also a complimentary mince pie and glass of mulled wine on arrival.
Organiser Khamal Doderer said: “The Victorian Christmas Market continues to grow and this year we’ve worked really hard to make sure there’s...
The annual Victorian Christmas Market returns to the Teign Valley on Saturday (Nov 29) with a host of festive goodies and entertainment.
Stallholders, dressed in traditional Victorian garb, will be offering an array of produce, crafts and gifts at the event, which runs from 10am to 3pm at the Teign Valley Community Hall in Christow.
Entry is free, and there is also a complimentary mince pie and glass of mulled wine on arrival.
Organiser Khamal Doderer said: “The Victorian Christmas Market continues to grow and this year we’ve worked really hard to make sure there’s...
