Gillian and Mike Sexton from Tipton St John, near Sidmouth are Devon Air Ambulance Trust volunteers. They are also organising an event at the Exeter Golf & Country Club on Saturday 7 June in order to raise additional funds, as their way to say a very personal thank you.
Gillian explains “Our eldest grandson Callum was airlifted by Air Ambulance just hours after his home birth, after developing breathing problems. Thankfully after spending the day in hospital undergoing tests he was given a clean bill of health and allowed back home. It was, nonetheless, a very worrying time for...
Organisers of the 12th Annual Michelmores Charity Run have announced that entries are now open, but are urging runners to apply early as they are expecting a bumper starting line-up.
The 5K event begins on Cathedral Green before taking in Princesshay, the Guildhall Shopping Centre, back to the Northernhay memorial statue and on to Rougemont Gardens, for a short uphill sprint finish at Exeter Castle. Entrants are limited to 1200 with a minimum age limit of 15 years. Runners will be provided with a race t-shirt sponsored by Pencarrie, which they are required to wear, unless they...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says he will have to "dig deep" to ascertain just why his team were comprehensively beaten 55-12 by Sale Sharks in their latest Aviva Premiership fixture.
The Chiefs suffered a record top flight loss as the visiting Sharks ran in eight tries at Sandy Park to ensure themselves of a place in next season's new-look European Champions Cup.
Michael Paterson, Tom Arscott, Sam Tuitupou (2), Dwayne Peel, Dave Seymour, Tom Brady and Andrei Ostrikov all crossed for the visitors, whilst the remainder of their points were shared out by the respective...
The queen of Nordic cooking, Signe Johansen, is set to visit The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter to treat guests to a one-off Scandinavian afternoon tea.
The Scandilicious food writer and chef is one of the UK’s top experts on Scandinavian food with her books Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking, Scandilicious and Scandilicious Baking all proving bestsellers.
Signe will be joining The Magdalen Chapter’s Head Chef Ben Bulger on Saturday 14 June to host The Chapter’s Scandinavian Afternoon Tea Party.
On the menu will be savoury delights including Gravadlaks (dill cured salmon)...
It isn’t as if a derby match needs much extra incentive – but the stakes when Exeter City host Torquay United on Easter Monday are positively huge.
We have seen teams come to St James Park and sit behind the ball and play without committing to attack – but for the Gulls, anything other than a win will mean relegation.
Torquay need to win all three of their remaining games, including this derby match, to stand any chance of surviving in Sky Bet League 2 this season. And, even if they were to complete a miraculous effort to secure...
Devon and Cornwall Police have been running 'Op Derig' an operation to prevent Rave activity in the area over the Easter weekend.
Officers successfully prevented two raves occurring overnight on Saturday 19th April in the Fernworthy Reservoir and Woodbury Common areas.
In a recent statement, Police confirmed sound equipment had been seized with follow up investigations now being conducted. The operation will continue over the weekend.
Ins Steve Bradford said:
“Officers reacted quickly to information from members of the public to deal with two Raves in the...
On Wednesday 7 May 2014 Exeter Choral Society will be performing the three-part oratorio "Samson" by George Frideric Handel. We look forward to an enjoyable evening of music, shared with our audience.
Our Musical Director is Laurence Blyth; the choir will be joined by an 11 piece orchestra led by Julie Hill, with soloists: Elizabeth Drury, James Armitage, Andrew Henley, Matthew Cann and Julian Rippon.
Tickets are £10 (or £5 for NUS students, free for accompanied under 16's). Tickets can be purchased through Exeter Visitor Information & Tickets, Dix's...
Glorious grannies and great grandpas are set to be celebrated when Devon’s Grandparent of the Year is named at the Pride of Devon awards next month.
Leading local law firm Stephens Scown LLP has joined forces with Radio Exe, to sponsor the Grandparent of the Year category of the Guildhall Shopping Exeter Pride of Devon Awards.
No matter what makes your grandparent great – whether they have been raising money for charity, taking up a surprising new hobby, or simply being a great friend and support to you – they deserve recognition.
A scuba diving Easter Bunny was the star of the show at Living Coasts last weekend.
The Easter Bunny swam with the penguins at Torquay’s coastal zoo in front of packed crowds.
Visitors played games of pebble bingo and noughts-and-crosses with the aquatic rabbit.
Living Coasts’ Clare Rugg explained: “We wanted to do something new and different for visitors. The English Riviera is a great place for diving, and people can book a dive experience with the Living Coasts penguins, so we decided to invite the Easter Bunny to dip his paw in the water!”
