Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens tonight (13 August) for four nights of fabulous films under the stars.
A different film will be shown each of the four nights on a 10m wide screen.
Along with the entertainment there are also several places to purchase food and drinks. The Little Devon Pizza Co will be serving up wood fired pizzas, Bar Belafronte will be offering specially selected craft beers and there you'll also find home-made butter fudge popcorn on sale.
Gates open at 7.30pm and the films start at approximately 9pm.
Well, often when people are suffering from persistent feelings of sadness and anxiety their sleep is affected. It can make it difficult to get to sleep or stay asleep, or both. Sometimes the quality of the sleep just feels poor. This in turn affects how people feel, and thus a vicious circle ensues.
Depression can cause insomnia sleep problems; just as insomnia sleep problems can cause depression. But does it matter which one came first?
What we do know is that when we treat depression alone, often the insomnia sleep problems don’t go away and this then increases the...
The reopening of the walkway between Teignmouth and Smugglers Lane in Dawlish has been delayed until next week, after stormy weather at the weekend damaged the temporary works used to construct Sprey Point ramp.
Network Rail had originally planned to reopen the walkway today, Tuesday 12 August.
Tom Kirkham, project manager at Network Rail, said: “This delay is very frustrating for all of us, not least local residents who I’m sure were looking forward to being able to use the walkway again.
“While we were prepared for the storms and took the necessary precautions,...
Young carers from Exeter, East Devon and Teignbridge have been treated to a grand Summer Adventure thanks to student volunteers from the University of Exeter Students’ Guild volunteering group, Community Action.
Running from 4-15 August, 70 young carers aged between eight and 15 are enjoying a welcome break from the challenges and responsibilities of their daily lives and the chance to make friends with other youngsters.
Trained and DBS-checked student volunteers returned to Exeter during the summer vacation to work in partnership with charity Westbank to provide time and...
Following the unprecedented success of its debut last year, the hugely popular Apple & Cider Weekend is set to return to The Shops at Dartington on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September. With free entry (10am – 4pm) this celebration of the West Country’s much loved tipple is set to be a fantastic weekend for all, brimming with family fun.
Throughout the two days Pomona, the mobile apple press operated by theatre group Common Players will be pressing locally grown Devon apples, with visitors able to purchase the mouth-watering fresh juice from the pop-up cider bar. There’ll be...
Superintendent Keith Perkin has been appointed the new Police lead for areas including Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon. With responsibility for over 300 staff including police officers, civilians, police community support officers and Special Constables, he has a management team of one Chief Inspector, seven Inspectors and three Detective Inspectors to assist him. Having grown up in Cornwall, and now living in Devon’s capital city, Supt Perkin first began his career with Devon & Cornwall Police over twenty years ago as a Police Constable in Exeter.
Tributes have been flooding in for actor Robin Williams who was found dead in an apparent suicide.
The alarm was raised at the 63-year-old's California home yesterday.
Everyone from the US president to stars of stage and screen have been paying their condolences, a selction of which appear below:
"Robin was a lightning storm of comic genius and our laughter was the thunder that sustained him. He was a pal and I can't believe he's gone." - Film director Steven Spielberg
"Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a...
An opportunity to experience an unseen side of Florence is now possible via a new smartphone App which brings the past to life through the eyes of an ordinary 15th century Florentine. In the Italian Renaissance city of Florence, tourists often take the well-trodden routes of seeing the iconic artworks of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Michelangelo’s David.
Now, this free history App is available providing an unconventional tour in which you walk in the footsteps of wool worker Giovanni, hunting for statues, street tabernacles and piazzas whilst being told vivid tales about the...
This Exeter family together hope to raise £50,000 by taking on Exeter’s Great West Run in a bid to help four-year-old Sophie Joy walk unaided for the first time.
The team is made up of Sophie's father Daniel Case, Deborah Down, grandmother and Jade Down, auntie.
Sophie has battled Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy from a very young age, and despite the tireless efforts of her parents to support her with as much physio at home, she will only see her condition improve significantly with an operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy.
Jason Rice beat 15 other contenders at the Step Dance Championship held at the Dartmoor Folk Festival to take home both trophies.
Jason, originally from Copplestone, who lives and works in Exeter, said that he has been step dancing since he was in his late teens.
He previously won in 2001 and 2010 and was delighted to take the title again at the weekend.
Some years ago Jason travelled to the USA to demonstrate the traditional dance which is danced on a 15 inch square step, with a routine similar to line dancing.
