Come along and join in the fun at our first cinema event at the XCentre. We will be kicking-off a year –long programme of film screenings with a sing-a-long version of the family classic, The Sound of Music on Saturday 15th November.
Taking place in mid-November, this event is perfectly timed to help you get into the Christmas spirit with this festive favourite. So, if you and your family love nothing more than warbling along to a film musical or dressing up in a whimple, then this is the event for you!
Tickets cost £5 for adults or £3 for children, or £15 for a family...
Two elderly people have been injured in a serious collision at Sidbury near Sidmouth. Police and emergency services were called to the A375 at 11.50am after a water tanker became detached from a tractor and was in collision with the couple. The casualties have sustained serious leg injuries and both have been treated at the scene by paramedics. The female casualty has been taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Police, fire, ambulance and air ambulance are currently at the scene dealing with the incident. The A375 has been closed at The Hare and Hounds pub and Sidford. The road is...
A leading South West law firm is expanding its corporate team in response to client demand. Stephens Scown, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell, has recruited an experienced new partner and senior associate to its corporate team. The work of the team has increased by 30 per cent over the last year. Simon Morris joins the firm as a partner. Simon’s previous experience includes with a national law firm in Bristol, as part of the corporate team, and more recently for an international law firm, where he was part of the healthcare and commercial IT teams. Simon has extensive...
Two Exeter parents have joined forces to provide fun and affordable exercise classes for children and adults of all fitness levels.
From baby ballet to kickboxing, from karate to tap dance, there is an activity on offer at the DanSci studio for anyone with a desire to get fit.
Tim Anderson of UK Martial Arts & Fitness has moved his kickboxing, karate and weapons classes and gym to the spacious, air conditioned DanSci studio headed up by Ava Barron Thomas.
Black belt Tim has been a martial arts fitness instructor for 8 years. He said that both Ava and he were...
SWH were pleased to donate £250 to Southbrook School in Exeter in a bid to support their part in a local Go Kart Challenge.
Andrew Plumber, Business Manager at SWH, visited the school alongside Project Skills Coordinator, Anna Cooper to present the cheque and to be given a guided tour of the school’s facilities by Assistant Head, Alan Tilley.
Lee Hutchinson from SWH workshops also attended the visit to assist the pupils with the building and assembling of the kart.
Southbrook is a successful secondary special school for pupils, aged between 11 and 16, with varied...
An Exeter School pupil has proved he hasn’t forgotten the moves by taking part in three major competitions over the summer.
Year 8 pupil Leif Hafstad took part in the Gigafinal held in Reading in July qualifying for the Silver Plate South Competition which took place last weekend.
He also participated in the British Chess Championships in Wales at the beginning of August, scoring 3 out of 7 and the International Gibraltar Junior Chess Championships held in Gibraltar at the end of August, scoring 3.5 out of 6.
Leif took part in the Silver Plate South competition on...
England’s 10,000 village halls rely on more than 12 million hours of volunteering each year to deliver their vital role at the heart of rural communities, a new survey* has revealed.
The survey, by leading rural specialists ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England), showed volunteers who run classes and events put in 2.5 million hours annually. That’s on top of the estimated 9.6 million hours clocked up by management committees.
But more than half of the halls who responded said they were struggling to find new recruits to help manage the buildings – with people...
Thames Valley Police is appealing for information to locate a missing man from Reading who may be in Devon and Cornwall. Balazs Biro, aged 32, was last seen in Corwen Road, Tilehurst, at about midday on Sunday 7 September. Balazs is white, with short light brown hair and 5ft 10ins. When he was last seen, he was wearing blue jeans, a grey or blue T-shirt and red and white Nike trainers. Balazs has access to a red Nissan Micra. Thames Valley Police believe that Balazs might be in Bournemouth, Dorset, or the Devon and Cornwall area. If you have any information regarding Balazs’ whereabouts...
With entries for Devon’s foremost green awards arriving daily, the call is out for even more businesses and educational initiatives to get their own submissions underway.
The DEBI Awards are free to enter and open to any organisation, big or small, in the Devon region. Previous winners, chosen for their commitment towards environmental aims, include Ode True Food, Chunky Monkey, Naturalmat, Carbon Compost, the Arundell Arms, Fungi Futures and the Una Group.
The five categories are: Green Goods and Services, Sustainable Food, Retail, Hospitality & Leisure, Sustainable...
