Princesshay, Exeter is giving away days out to national and local leisure attractions as part of its Summerdine restaurant promotion running from 7 July - 21 August 2014.
With many alfresco dining opportunities and plenty of family friendly restaurants, Princesshay is offering a free day out to a favourite UK attraction when diners spend £45 three times at any of its restaurants within the campaign dates.
All 9 of the Princesshay restaurants are participating in the Summerdine promotion, providing delicious summer menus and seasonal flavours including pan Asian tastes from...
East Devon District Council (EDDC) and Sidmouth Town Council have been busy working together to provide residents of Sidmouth with the free-to-use outdoor gym that they want.
And now they would like people of all ages who live in the parish of Sidmouth (which includes Sidbury, Sidford and Salcombe Regis) to decide how it should look by voting for the design they like best.
The voting event will be held during the Sidmouth Armed Forces Day Fete on Saturday, 28 June between 2pm to 4pm. The fete is being held on The Ham at the eastern end of Sidmouth esplanade.
Byron, the proper hamburger specialists, will open their first South West restaurant in Princesshay, Exeter on Friday (13 June).
The restaurant serves classic hamburgers, including a regularly-changing special, plus sides, salads and desserts, including vegetarian options, a children’s menu and takeaway.
Tom Byng, Byron’s founder, said: “We’re excited to be opening in Exeter in a great location right at the heart of the city, and I hope local fans of proper hamburgers feel the same.”
Byron was founded by Tom Byng in 2007 when he felt there was a gap in the market...
All across the UK, people have been swimming and paddling, while at schools, children have enjoyed special sea-themed lessons as part of Britain’s first ever Go Blue! weekend.
Almost 50 events were organised by schools, universities, waters sports clubs and individuals in a nationwide celebration of the sea. The 3 days, over the weekend of 6-8 June, coincided with World Oceans Day and was in support of the UK charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
The aim was to get as many people as possible active on, in or near the water and to raise awareness about marine...
An Exeter School pupil has won a place on a sought after Salters' Chemistry Camp.
Middle Fifth (Year 10) pupil, Rachel Broderick, has been selected to take part in the camp held at the University of Sussex this summer.
Head of Chemistry, Zoe Jarvis, said these places were very popular and Rachel had to complete a compelling application giving her reasons for wanting to take part in the camp. Rachel will spend several days in the labs, taking part in practical projects, using a range of undergraduate equipment and working with university postgrads and teachers.
A survey carried out by local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, shows that many people in Exeter will struggle to deal with universal credit without support.
For most claimants, Universal Credit will eventually replace:
• Income Support • Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance • Child Tax Credit • Working Tax Credit • Housing Benefit • Budgeting loans - an advance payment of UC will replace these.
Figures from the Devon Strategic Partnership Welfare Reform Advisory Group in August 2013 suggest that 157,000 people...
Exeter Phoenix is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Rachel Busby and David Webb, who each make work grounded in memory, nostalgia and a sense of place; each in their own way, appearing to weave a tentative path that fluctuates between representation and abstraction.
Both artists draw references from rich personal histories and the powerful agency of particular objects, locations and narratives. Rather than coalesce into tangible landscapes, interiors or still life imagery however, these allusions are fragmented, mapped out and reworked to capture an essence...
A flood defence wall damaged by the storms at the start of the year has been repaired.
Exeter City Council has funded the repairs to the wall at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham.
Contractors working for the City Council began work on 28 April and have now finished on schedule.
A large section of the coastal defence alongside the River Clyst frontage was severely damaged during the high tides and storm damage in January and February. This resulted in a breach which allowed the high tides to overtop and flow into the protected land and inland road behind it. These raised...
Exeter Chiefs face two trips to France and another to Ireland following today's European Rugby Challenge Cup draw.
Former internationals Simon Shaw and Scott Quinnell carried out the inaugural draw at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchatel, Switzerland and pitted the Chiefs in Pool Two of the 2014/15 competition.
Standing in the way of Rob Baxter's side will be French Top14 sides Bayonne and La Rochelle, as well as Rabo ProDirect12 outfit Connacht Rugby.
The Chiefs have previously faced Connacht in two pre-season friendlies, but have never before faced either...
