Devon-based folk arts charity Wren Music are hosting a residency with an international flavour this summer, in a young musicians project that will culminate in three live shows – including a performance at Sidmouth Folk Week.
Over 20 musicians will gather in Okehampton to create a brand new show celebrating their traditional cultures. The 22 musicians, aged 17 to 30, will be travelling from Latvia, Sardinia and Lithuania, as well as from across Devon.
The creative pressure will be well and truly on them as they have just six days to prepare for three public performances in...
The campaign to tackle cheap illegal tobacco across the South West is coming to the Guildhall in Exeter on Saturday, 26 July.
Illegal tobacco is known to make it easier for children to start smoking, because it is sold at pocket money prices, meaning that young people could start smoking. Illegal tobacco is also known to make communities more attractive to criminals.
Devon County Council is working with Smokefree South West on a campaign to increase public awareness about illegal tobacco, persuade people to stop buying it and encourage more people to report it.
Exeter City fans unable to make the journey to Brazil for their team's anniversary game can still enjoy some of the experience.
The current Exeter City squad will be playing a Fluminese team in Rio on the day in a match to commemorate the 100th anniversary of when the sides first met.
From 2pm on Sunday there will be sideshows, face painters, mascots, BBQ food and the bars will be open, and look out for a Stagecoach open top bus to catch a ride up to the ground.
Music will be provided in the afternoon by Streetheat Samba Band and Daniel Rangel from Brazil playing...
Colyton Fire Station is hosting an open morning for prospective on-call firefighters on Saturday 26 July 2014, starting at 9.30am.
At the same time, the station is holding an open morning for residents who would like to look around the fire station and talk to a firefighter about fire safety.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is looking for people in the Colyton community to be on-call or ‘retained’ firefighters. No previous experience of fire-fighting is necessary for this role – the ideal prospective firefighter starts with a commitment to the community, a...
Doctors and healthcare managers have thanked the 250 or so local people and organisations that gave their feedback on the future of Devon’s community services.
The Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group’s (NEW Devon CCG) Governing Body met last week (16 July) and received comments on the draft strategic framework for community services that people have made over the last eight weeks.
A summary of the responses was presented to the Governing Body, which was held in public, and its members said they wanted to take time to ensure the feedback is fully...
A la Ronde, the quirky sixteen-sided house near Exmouth, is hosting an exhibition of work by Rachael Jamieson between 14 and 27 August, from 10.30am to 5.00pm each day. Rachael is a local artist whose oil paintings are full of life and character.
Rachel said: “A la Ronde is a rather hidden treasure – tucked away as it is, with no grand gates and driveway – and I didn’t know of its existence until my mum, Joy Jamieson, introduced me to it when she began to volunteer there sometime in the late 1990s. We both delighted in the way that the two Parminter cousins set to and decorated the...
Projects targeting the harm caused by alcohol abuse have been the big winners in round two of Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg’s small grant scheme. Mr Hogg chose to ring fence 40 per cent of the available pot to support alcohol projects after he made it a top priority in his revised Police and Crime Plan. From 137 groups that applied for round two support, 24 have received a total of £103,226. In round one 25 groups received £90,000. Each application was judged against a set criteria and the strength of its answers: • How strongly the funded activity would support the delivery of...
Much has been published recently over the extraordinary circumstance by which the Brazilian national team’s first ever match was played against our own Exeter City 100 years ago.
A fact like that is worth celebrating, isn’t it? And celebrating is what fans of the club intend to be doing at St James Park on Sun 20 July starting at 2pm.
Everyone associated with the club is hoping to be joined by as many people from this great city as possible.
Up at the Park there will be sideshows, face painters, a magician, barbecue food and the bars will be open!
If you are looking for something to do or somewhere to go this weekend, we've come up with plenty of ideas to keep the whole family entertained.
THEATRE
The Day We Played Brazil Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter The Day we Played Brazil celebrates the 100th anniversary of the football match between Exeter City and the Brazil national team - the first-ever game played by Brazil. Based on the extraordinary true story of Exeter City FC's tour to South America in 1914 this musical play is performed by 100 local people telling the stories of the players...
A celebration of over 400 years of service to children in Devon by 14 headteachers has been held by the county’s schools chiefs.
The leader of Devon County Council, John Hart, and the Cabinet Member for Schools, James McInnes, Chief Executive Phil Norrey and Head of Education and Learning, Sue Clarke, hosted the celebration for heads who left their schools during the current academic year after a lifetime of service.
Most were retiring but others were going on to work in other areas.
In all they have spent 405 years educating children across the county.
