If you thought Dawlish Air Show was just about the flying display – you were wrong!
Friday 22 August is the Family Fun Day and, if you’ve experienced it before, you’ll know that it’s all great fun and culminates with our brilliant pilots’ party in the evening.
Centred around The Lawn in the heart of Dawlish, attractions include Savage Skills, BMX stunt bike display; falconry, music, Zumba class demonstration, funfair, aircraft simulator, craft activities, stalls, food, drink and lots more!
A Pilots’ Party runs from 6pm to 11pm where you can meet the pilots flying in...
Another major lift is planned to take place at the South Devon Link Road site this weekend, as the next set of bridge beams are lifted into place.
On Thursday night (21 August) a large crane will begin to lift a series of steel bridge beams, measuring up to 30 metres long, into position at Hamelin Way, Torquay. This operation will take place over three nights with a fourth night, Sunday 24 August, being available as a contingency.
The beams, each weighing up to 40 tonnes, will form part of the construction of Torbay Ring Road Underbridge, Structure 34 and will span the...
Two Short Nights is a chance to promote and celebrate short films and those who have created them.
This event prides itself in helping emerging talent in showcase their short films at selected screenings. There is also workshops and the infamous 48 Hour Film Challenge.
The festival will take place on the 11th and 12th December at the Exeter Phoenix.
For information on screenings, workshops and tickets, http://www.exeterphoenixshorts.org.uk/twoshortnights2012/ .
The world's original and best One Direction tribute band come to Exmouth Pavilion on their 2014 theatre tour!
Traveling all over the UK, Europe, as far out as Dubai and having played to over 150,000 people, Only One Direction have secured themselves as the most popular band on the market.
Capturing the charisma, energy and enthusiasm of the famous five this show features songs from all 3 of One Direction's smash hit albums including What Makes You Beautiful, Story of My Life, Best Song Ever, Midnight Memories and many more.
2013-14 will see the Joe Loss Orchestra celebrating it's 80th anniversary and Todd Millers 40th year with the Orchestra.
The orchestra is now Britain's longest running live entertainment company of any kind.
TODD MILLER joined the Orchestra in 1972.His vocal prowess and versatility has received acclaim from many eminent professionals from within the music industry and most importantly, from audiences and fans around the world. He has performed at 2 Royal Weddings.
Many Royal Commands and Premieres, within the film and television industry
Devon will have featured in The Friends Life Tour of Britain more times than any other venue outside of London when it hosts Stage Five on Thursday 11 September.
The 2014 edition of Britain’s most prestigious race will be the eighth time that The Tour has ventured into the county and it will re-visit some of its most popular locations from previous editions of the race.
With less than a month to go, communities across the county are gearing up to cheer on some of the world’s best riders when Britain’s most prestigious cycle race returns to the county.
A survey of working age adults has found that almost 3 quarters of the population are aware of automatic enrolment, the flagship government policy which just last week marked the milestone of seeing 4 million people brought into workplace pension schemes.
It follows an advertising push by the government to encourage people to save more for the future, featuring well known business figures including Dragons’ Den investor Theo Paphitis and vice-chairman of West Ham United and The Apprentice star Karren Brady.
The poll, conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Department for...
Exeter-based gig promoter Dave Meyland today said Exeter could punch above its weight after the successful visit of superstar rapper Snoop Dogg to the city.
The American performer played a sell-out show at Timepiece last week drawing fans from across the UK.
Dave (pictured left) said he had received dozens of messages of appreciation for pulling off the gig of a lifetime.
And as our exclusive back stage picture shows, one of Snoop's entourage, Kurupt from the Dogg Pound (second left) raised a toast to a successful night afterwards.
Six years ago Sam Sweeney, fiddle player with Bellowhead, bought a violin in Oxford. It had all the appearance of a new instrument but the label inside gave the date 1915 and the name Richard S Howard.
Research revealed that the violin had been made – but never finished – by a luthier and some-time music hall performer from Leeds called Richard Spencer Howard. He had been conscripted in 1916 at the age of 35 and two years later was killed during the battle of Messines Ridge. His violin had been left unfinished in his workshop. The pieces were given to his daughter Rose in a manila...
