Exeter's Samy Ali on TV quiz show

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 08/04/2014 - 12:13pm

An Exeter man will take part in a brand new ITV quiz show today.

Presented by Gethin Jones, The 21St Question is a bold new ITV quiz show featuring exactly 21 questions.

The game sees 11 contestants compete in “winner stays on” rounds which test the strategy and wits of players to the limit. The aim? To get onto the power spot and control the game. However, only one of the players will successfully fend off all the competition, and whoever is left standing faces a chance to win big – provided they can answer The 21St Question.

Today is Samy Ali’s chance to take to...

Views sought on Exminster Neighbourhood Plan

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 08/04/2014 - 11:59am

Residents of Exminster are being asked for their views on a new plan that will help shape their village.

Exminster Parish Council has prepared a Neighbourhood Plan with the help of the local community and it is now available for others to comment on.

A Neighbourhood Plan is a way of helping local communities to guide and influence future development of the place in which they live and work. It can be used help choose where new homes, shops, businesses and other development should be built and identify and protect important local green spaces.

Exminster Parish...

Gawain and the Green Knight at Poltimore

Authored by Kickline
Posted: Mon, 08/04/2014 - 10:17am

Hopefully you’ve had a great summer so far. However if you’re already running short of things to do with the family, Four of Swords Theatre has an evening for you that will turn a great summer into a legendary one.

The Exeter based company is reprising its family blockbuster Gawain and The Green Knight from 7 - 9 August at Poltimore House just outside Exeter.

Tickets at just £10 are available from www.four-of-swords.com where you’ll also find out more about the show and about the company which counts amongst its hits sold-out productions of Jekyll and Hyde, also performed...

Sponsors step up for 2014 green awards

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Mon, 08/04/2014 - 10:13am

Environmental networking charity DEBI says it has just a few sponsorship opportunities remaining for its 2014 awards.

DEBI has already secured category sponsorship from South West Water and South Devon tyre recycler Bandvulc. The Environment Agency and green issue management specialist JP Associates are co-sponsoring this year’s Environmental Champion, won in 2013 by Gabriel Wondrausch of SunGift Energy.

DEBI’s well-regarded annual awards celebrate the best of Devon’s sustainable and green businesses, and this year a new category has been introduced to recognise initiatives...

Planning excellence accolade for Cranbrook submission

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) South West has judged a submission describing the work of East Devon District Council and the New Growth Point Team in creating the new community of Cranbrook as the best in one of the categories at its annual Planning Excellence Awards in Cheltenham.

The Council’s submission, ‘Cranbrook New Community’ was up against a whole range of very high quality entries and came out top in the RTPI SW category 'Other Planning Work'.

The submission document was jointly created by the members of the growth point delivery team, the council...

Expect the Unexpected as Exeter's three day, family friendly festival returns

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 08/03/2014 - 11:10pm

Produced by Exeter City Council, Unexpected triumphantly returns in August with a fabulous three day, family-friendly, Festival programme (29-31 Aug), taking performance and visual art out of venues and into exciting, unexpected, locations across the city.

With only one ticketed event throughout the three Festival days, the rest entirely free, Exeter will come alive with street theatre, circus shows, performances and workshops, that will truly amaze and delight. Building on the Festival's substantial 2013 launch, Exeter City Council, has again for the second Festival year running,...

Scouts enjoy ranger adventures at Knightshayes

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 08/03/2014 - 11:54am

On Wednesday 30 July, family and scout groups had a summer adventure with the ranger team at Knightshayes, the National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton. These visitors became National Trust rangers for the day by helping to restore a historic parkland feature to its former glory.

1st Tiverton Scouts and families had some messy fun when clearing out an overgrown parkland water feature, and even discovered some unusual creepy crawlies living in the grassland nearby. To say thank you, Knightshayes staff took these hard working volunteers to discover what lurks in their...

SynthWest

Event Date: 
25/10/2014 - 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Casa Maroc, The Old Malthouse, Bartholomew Street, Exeter EX4 3BG

SynthWest's inaugural event rolls into Exeter on October 25th

On the bill are 3 of the UK's finest contemporary electronic acts, all of whom happen to be based in the West Country.

KirA, hailing from Taunton, are an electronic/synth based duo creating beautifully moody electronica ranging from ambient to dance. Fronted by Kira with her soft, yet seductively alluring vocal style, the act is backed by emotive string arrangements and rich analogue tones. KirA draws on its musical influences... from the likes of Japan and David Bowie to Massive Attack and the Boards...

Missing teeanger found in Cornwall

UPDATE 4 August:

Missing teeanger Michaela Paige Cheesman was located by police in St Agnes, Cornwall yesterday (3 August).

Police would like to thank the public for their assistance.

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Police are appealing for help to trace a missing 17-year-old female from Gloucestershire who may be in Devon or Cornwall.

Michaela Paige Cheesman was reported missing from her home in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, at around 6.30am yesterday (1 August) and there is concern for her safety.

It is believed she left sometime during the night....

The world’s 7 most secret societies

All around the world we have a chance to meet normal, regular people. However, we may never get a chance to figure out that these people actually lead double lives and are part of certain secret societies that are present all across the world. There is no way for you to apply to get into this type of society yourself. The only way the initiation may occur is when some person you know tells you that he has been watching you and that you are invited to join a secret society he is in. In order to raise awareness on the subject of secret societies, we have decided to point out the seven most...

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