The founding chairman of Hospiscare in Exeter is to be appointed as a Canon of Exeter Cathedral.
Rev Dr John Searle will be installed in the Cathedral during Choral Evensong on 11 September.
After qualifying as a doctor, John worked at Guys Hospital and in Ghana, before moving to work at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital as a consultant anaesthetist and director of intensive care unit.
Passionate about making conditions better for those diagnosed with a terminal illness, he worked to set up Hospicecare in Exeter and became its first chairman. He has been its...
Exeter's canal basin will become home to the UK's first inland deep water solo competition this weekend.
The event, which runs from Saturday 30th to Sunday 31st August, has attracted top climbers from across the UK and Europe to compete in the first event of it's kind in the UK.
They will climb an artificial wall, without the use of ropes until they reach the top or fall off. If they fall they will fall into the canal basin below. The event mimics a form of climbing known as deep water soloing which is practised on sea cliffs and is growing in popularity....
This is the view Exeter Chiefs players will get of their new grandstand when they run out for their first game at Sandy Park against Leicester Chiefs on September 13.
Work has been continuing apace throughout the summer forcing the team to play all of their friendlies away from home.
But as our pictures show, everything is now falling into place.
The main part of the works have seen the West Grandstand undergo a £7.5 million transformation, doubling its capacity for usage on both match-days and events throughout the course of the week.
Spend a day at Newton Abbot Racecourse for their biggest fixture ever to be held on Saturday 30th August.
Saturday’s fixture will see some of the best jockeys and horses in the country compete for a part of the £119,500 prize fund – the biggest prize fund to date.
It’s also the perfect way to celebrate the end of the summer holidays with family and friends.
Racing for the afternoon starts at 2:10pm, with gates opening at 12:10pm.
Tickets can be bought online until 5pm on Friday 29th August. Tickets will be available at the gate. Tickets for the Paddock...
St David’s Players invite you to join us for Ruddigore…
The Baronets of Ruddigore have been doomed by a witch’s curse to commit a crime a day, or die in agony. The latest Baronet has disguised himself as a farmer to escape his fate and marry the beautiful Rose Maybud.
Enter a corps of professional bridesmaids desperate to perform their duty, a selection of ghostly ancestors, the Baronet’s adopted brother and a madwoman. Will the Baronet’s future plans be doomed when his true identity is revealed? Will he find a way to lift the curse? Come to the Barnfield Theatre between...
Creative youngsters began their two-week intensive Summer School at the Exeter Northcott Theatre last week. From 18 – 30 August participants, aged between 12 and 19, will be working with Polly Agg-Manning, Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Associate Director for ENGAGE, and a skilled team at the Exeter Northcott to develop a professional piece of theatre, Just So, which will culminate in a performance at the theatre on Saturday 30 August.
Just So is based around the true story of a soldier in the First World War. Before the night Jack Kipling went into battle he kept the troops’ spirits...
Cullompton-based logistics firm, Kay Transport has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Palletways European distribution network.
As one of 300 plus transport providers in the pan-European express delivery network, the company is a key link in the Palletways supply chain. They all combine their resources to deliver small consignments of palletised freight quickly and cost effectively to markets across 13 European countries via 12 hub operations. Today, the network delivers 30,000 consignments of palletised freight every day - equivalent to one every second.
A new initiative, due to launch in September, will allow anyone in the South West or anywhere in the world to study business for free at the top ten ranked University of Exeter Business School, thanks to a collaboration between global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and online learning platform FutureLearn.
Together, they are launching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Discovering Business in Society – which is free to study and open to anyone in the world with access to the internet. The aim of the eight week course is to give anyone...
Enchanting artworks by an enigmatic painter, who has created art under an assumed identity, are now on display at a Exeter gallery. The collection, entitled ‘The Enchanted World of Ryder’, has been unveiled at Castle Galleries, Exeter, in order for the works to be judged by the public on its own merits, allowing the audience to escape into a world full of mystery and fantasy. Ryder’s collection of eight pieces, which are now available as limited editions on canvas at the gallery, feature animal characters and landscapes in whimsical settings, and portray a sense of freedom and elation....
