Adventure seeker Derek Brown has successfully completed the Ironman Wales competition, which is considered to be one of the toughest Ironman courses on the international circuit.
Incorporating a choppy 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile hilly cycle followed by a full marathon through the narrow streets of Tenby, West Wales, Derek completed the course in a fantastic time of 12 hours and 35 minutes.
As part of his tough training regime, Derek completed several competitions to gain experience and prepare for the Ironman, including the River Dart 10km swim, the Bicton Blister 10 mile...
On Saturday 4 October at 7.30pm a concert of glorious music for choir and brass is to take place in the Methodist Church in Sidwell Street.
The music to be performed is by Venetian composers from the 16th– 17th centuries, including Gabrieli, Schutz and Monteverdi.
In true Venetian fashion, the different ‘choirs’ of brass instruments and voices will be positioned at various points in the church, making the most of the wonderful gallery and staircases and the fantastic acoustic.
Indeed the church will become Exeter’s equivalent to St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice!
Australian Pat Phibbs has today agreed a short-term deal to stay with the Exeter Chiefs.
With Dave Lewis currently sidelined with an elbow injury and fellow scrum-half Haydn Thomas having taken a bang to the head in last Friday's win at Gloucester, Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is keen to ensure he has sufficient cover in the half-back role.
Phibbs - who is in his second spell with the Devon club - initially joined a few weeks ago on trial, but his efforts in both training and for the Braves in the Aviva Premiership A League have clearly impressed Baxter to reward the 32-...
The UK’s first urban mushroom farm launches this week growing gourmet mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds - showcasing a new model for the future of sustainable food grown in cities.
The team at GroCycle is proud to announce the official opening of the UK’s first Urban Mushroom Farm, where a huge waste stream, coffee grounds, are used to grow protein-rich Oyster mushrooms.
GroCycle Urban Mushroom Farm in Exeter is a showcase for how food can be grown sustainably.
Based in disused office space, the farm takes coffee grounds from local cafés and uses them as a...
Presented by Pillbox Theatre directed by Alex Chisholm performed by Rachel Ashwanden
You want to ask me, don’t you? Didn’t there come a point when you thought enough was enough? Yes. There did.
Rebekah is back at her parents’ house, holed up with her old uni essays and family records. Determined to move on with her life, she begins researching and writing the story of her grandfather, a WW1 conscientious objector. But each page brings the events she is trying to outrun ever closer. Rebekah‘s own story needs to be told…
Patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are benefiting from a brand new CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) machine thanks to local charity HeartSWell.
The £10,000 AutoPulse machine has been donated by the Plymouth based organisation to give patients a better chance of surviving a cardiac arrest.
AutoPulse is a portable cardiac support pump that provides automated chest compressions to keep blood pumping around your body if you have a cardiac arrest.
The machine delivers consistent and high quality chest compressions, whilst freeing medical staff up to...
Law firm Ashfords LLP are pleased to announce their sponsorship of players for this coming season.
Ashfords are delighted to be sponsoring Fly Half, Henry Slade again this season. Henry had a fantastic season last year, he broke into the first team on a regular basis and was selected for the England squad as well as playing against the Barbarians. Ashfords will also be sponsoring two talented and up-and-coming players: Laurence May (Fly Half) and Jack Maunder (Scrum Half).
Graham Cridland, partner at Ashfords, commented: "Everyone at Ashfords was delighted to see Henry have...
Jamie’s Italian is set to open its newest restaurant in Exeter’s Princesshay.
Jamie Oliver’s popular group of restaurants has 35 outlets across the UK, but the new restaurant in Princesshay will be a first for the West Country.
The Exeter restaurant is set to open in early 2015 and will occupy the unit between Coal Grill & Bar and Café Rouge.
Jamie’s Italian is inspired by Jamie’s passion for the Italian way of life, designed to be accessible and affordable, a neighbourhood restaurant where everyone is welcome.
Exeter Chiefs fly-half Gareth Steenson insists he and his team-mates still have plenty to work on despite their solid start to the new Aviva Premiership season.
Rob Baxter's side collected their second win in three starts this term on Friday night as Steenson led the way in a 25-22 victory over Gloucester at Kingsholm.
The Irish playmaker provided 14 points with the boot as Devon's finest won away to the Cherry & Whites for the third time in four seasons.
The hard-fought win momentarily lifted the Chiefs to the summit of the Premiership for the second time this...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has helped to win almost £120,000 for three charities that support victims of sexual abuse. Devon Rape Crisis, Cornwall Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC) and the Womens Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre – Cornwall (WRSAC) have all been given significant funding for new projects via the Government’s competed fund.
Devon Rape Crisis, which offers specialist support to women across Devon and Torbay who have been victims of rape, childhood sexual abuse or harassment, has be awarded £17,500 to develop a project which will benefit disabled women who...
