On Wednesday 20 August, shoppers in Princesshay will have the opportunity to hear and appreciate the talents of members of CEDA, an Exeter-based charity for disabled people.
CEDA find imaginative and creative ways to provide support services to disabled people of all ages, with a focus on independence and empowerment.
With funding from a Youth Music grant, CEDA have been offering children and young people the chance to experience and learn a range of music including Taiko drumming, playing instruments, singing, story-telling through music, beat boxing and DJ’ing as well as...
Favourite British lifestyle clothing brand, Joules, is excited to announce the opening of a new store in Princesshay, Exeter today (Friday 15 August).
Tom Joule, CEO of Joules we will be attending the opening to meet customers and to cut the ribbon of the new store at 10am.
Capturing the true essence of British style, Joules has become renowned for clothing of the highest quality, splashed with bright colour and adorned with bespoke detail. Inspired by a true country heritage, they have struck a chord with men, women and children who love the outdoors and live life to the...
A Level students and staff at Exeter College, have continued a year of outstanding news with today's announcement of a 99.5% pass rate.
Over 780 students from across Exeter, Devon and Torbay received their A2 results today at the college and half have achieved the high grades A*, A and B grades, enabling them to progress to top universities in the future.
With these results Exeter will continue to rank amongst the country's top Sixth Form Colleges, as illustrated by an impressive 114 A* grades at A Level.
Students taking the very popular traditional subjects of...
Exeter Chiefs will kick-off their European Rugby Challenge Cup campaign for the 2014/15 season with a trip to Bayonne.
Rob Baxter's side will travel to the Stade Jean Dauger on Saturday, October 18 with an 8pm kick-off.
A week later, the Chiefs will play host to Connacht Rugby at Sandy Park with a 3pm kick-off.
European action resumes in December with back-to-back encounters with La Rochelle, before the group stages are completed in January with a trip to Connacht and a home date with Bayonne.
The dates, venues and kick-off times for Rounds 3 and 4 in both...
The organisations which raise money during Exeter Chiefs’ home games have been selected for the new rugby season.
This year, 19 organisations will have the chance to assist in the coordination and collection of the funds at Sandy Park. These funds are ring-fenced specifically for these organisations and are distributed at the end of the season at the Exeter Foundation annual presentation dinner.
The organisations and charities selected by the Exeter Foundation are all Exeter-based and range from Vranch House, an independent day school and clinical centre for children with...
Unearthing critical information from the early 1990s about the design of Sidmouth’s coastal defences and their technical history has caused further delays to East Devon District Council's Beach Management Plan (BMP) project.
The aims of the current project are to ensure that Sidmouth's sea defence scheme is performing as it was designed to do when it was built in the mid-1990s, and to consider what can be justified to reduce the rate of erosion at East Beach.
The historic information, held by Royal Haskoning, is needed to enable the council’s current consultants, Halcrow...
Planning your weekend? We’ve come up with plenty of ideas to keep the whole family entertained, whatever the weather!
STAGE & SCREEN
Big Screen in the Park: Gravity (PG) Saturday, 9pm, Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Gravity (PG) – A movie made for the big screen. Experience the multi award-winning, heart-pounding thriller Gravity out in the open and under the stars and be pulled into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. When disaster strikes a seemingly routine mission and the space shuttle is destroyed, two astronauts are left completely alone – tethered to...
The Welsh pop rock band, Kids in Glass houses have announced they are to split and have also released details of a farewell tour. This tour will be brought to the Exeter Phoenix on Monday 6th October.
They have previously released four albums and their latest release was Peace. They will be playing classics from all albums. They have played Exeter before and hopefully Exeter will give them a good send off.
Tickets cost from £14.50 and are available online at We Got Tickets or you can buy tickets from the Phoenix.
Like unwrapping a beautiful present, fans of art will find much to enjoy within the inspiring landscape of Devon this September - discovering new work, new artists and travelling through the stunning countryside where so many artists have chosen to live and work.
Devon Open Studios is one of the largest annual art events in the country, show-casing over 250 artists across a county with a seriously high art-population density. Don’t miss it.
Only at Open Studios can the visitor experience the people, creative process and ideas that unfold within the private studios of...
The annual Acoustica Festival is back again this year and it’s bigger than ever! From 12th-14th September the festival is taking over the city playing at venues around the city including The Phoenix Arts Centre, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Old Firehouse.
The festival will showcase genres such as Alt Folk, Folktronica and Americana which are the roots of Folk music. Students from the Academy of Music will perform also.
On the 11th September at the Globe Inn, Newtown, there will be a warm up event for the festival from 8pm which is FREE!
