Concert: Isca Voices

Event Date: 
22/02/2014 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
The Chapter House, xeter Cathedral

The highly acclaimed group of former girl choristers will be performing a selection of spiritual and more light-hearted songs to help raise funds for the Cathedral Choir Tour Fund.

Adults £8, Children £5

Tickets include refreshments in the interval and are available from the Cathedral Shop (01392 271354) or Exeter Cathedral School (01392 255298)

My Life and Work in Exeter: An Audience with Peter Thomas

Event Date: 
03/03/2014 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
The Devon Heritage Centre, Great moor House, Sowton, Exeter

Local author, photographer and lecturer talks for the first time about his life in his native city.

As Exeter’s first tourism promotion officer, he was responsible for establishing Exeter Guided Tours and creating the famous Redcoat Guides.

Peter will reflect on many aspects of his life during this event.

Tickets: £6.50 on the door.

Dartmoor hosts air crash exercise

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 02/21/2014 - 1:02pm

Dartmoor Training Area and Okehampton Battle Camp were the location of a simulated aviation incident for a training exercise recently. The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team, who organised the exercise at Okehampton, were testing their capabilities, and those of several other agencies, in responding to a mass casualty exercise.

Exercise Indigo was designed to identify and explore the quality of care received by patients in a mass casualty situation and involved personnel from Devon and Cornwall Police, Devon and Somerset Fire and...

Neighbourhood improvements a community effort

Authored by MB
Posted: Fri, 02/21/2014 - 11:57am

Residents in a DCH housing scheme in Exeter have come together for a ‘community clean up’. Arena Park’s Green Group braved the cold weather to get out on their estate to clean up their local park and hedgerows.

Lesley Browne, Community Development Worker at DCH, said: “Following the recent storms lots of litter has been blown around the estate and the residents wanted to proactively give the area a clean up. All ages came together to help out, DCH provided litter picks, protective gloves and collection bags to support the event.”

“The Green Group at Arena Park are active...

The Sugar Dandies dance their way to Exeter

Authored by Jenny Hogg
Posted: Fri, 02/21/2014 - 11:05am

Multi-award-winning dance couple and Britain's Got Talent finalists The Sugar Dandies serve up their special brew of performance at Exeter Northcott Theatre next month.

Jenny Hogg, media officer at Exeter Northcott Theatre, spoke to them about about their show:

We're excited to be hosting The Sugar Dandies Tea Party here in Exeter. What can Exeter audiences look forward to seeing in your performance?

We are very excited to bring 'The Sugar Dandies' Tea Party' to Exeter. It is a modern twist on a traditional old-fashioned tea party complete with parlour games,...

Devon County Council pass controversial budget

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Fri, 02/21/2014 - 10:55am

A controversial budget making cuts of more than £28m to Devon County Council’s spending has been passed at a full council vote.

The budget outlines several significant cuts to the council’s services including the provision of day centres, residential children’s homes and the closure of youth clubs run by Devon’s youth service. At a meeting on Thursday, the Conservative-led council was widely criticised by opposition councillors for making spending cuts in these areas. The council has also confirmed that council tax will rise for the first time in four years by an average of £22 per...

CoCo and the Butterfields bring their tour to the West Country

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 02/21/2014 - 10:45am

The sensational new folk act CoCo and the Butterfields are gearing up to conquer the nation, in a story about little people achieving great big things. Featuring a totally unique blend of folk, pop and hip-hop they are a band unlike any other, and they have just announced their first official UK tour for Spring 2014.

From humble busking in every corner of the UK to selling out shows at 1,200 seater auditoriums, to say that CoCo and the Butterfields have come a 'long way' during their brief two years of existence would be an understatement.

Their fascinatingly unconventional...

Stage by Stage triumphs at Dance Festival

Stage by Stage, Exeter's own theatre arts school, has won a string awards at the Exeter Dance Festival during the half term holidays.

The Festival, which attracts over 1,500 dancers from across the South West, has taken place for over 30 years, and packed audiences at the Exeter Corn Exchange have enjoyed outstanding solos, duets, trios and groups performing ballet, modern, hip hop, tap and song and dance all week.

Stage by Stage, based at Stage Studios in Bartholomew Street West, presenting song and dance routines for age groups aged from nine and under to 21 and...

Axhayes long stayers need loving homes

Buster (3 year old female tabby and white cat)

Buster is a very sweet young lady who is looking for a quiet home where she can gain confidence and be encouraged to develop her full potential. She is still a little hesitant around people but we are sure she will be just fine if you are willing to be patient until she gets to know you. You will need a home with a safe garden away from busy roads and traffic as she has never been outside. Could you be the one to give her the chance of a new life?

Fantasia (3 year old female black cat)

Fantasia is a very sweet little...

Plenty more fish in the Seine

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Thu, 02/20/2014 - 6:09pm

Two Devon brothers have gone to Paris in search of love – but there’s a sting in the tail.

The two are venomous stingrays from Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo.

The boys – with the unpromising names of Spotty and Sheldon - have moved to an aquarium in the French capital located right next to the world-famous Eiffel Tower.

They travelled first class all the way. Clare Rugg, Living Coasts Operations Manager, explained: “We had to buy special equipment such as polystyrene fish transport boxes, heavy duty water bags and heat pads. A bag was filled with water from...

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