'Miss You Machine' Charity Single Launch featuring Adam Isaac

Event Date: 
04/02/2014 - 7:30pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

On 21 December 2013 a team of young musicians gathered in London to record a charity single which will raise funds for Jack, a little boy who spent his first Christmas without his dad, Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was tragically murdered outside Woolwich Barracks on 22 May 2013.

The team, lead by Outside the Box charity events promoter, Gary Gardner and producer Richard Digby Smith features some of the most talented young musicians in the UK. They collaborated over 24 hours to record the song ‘Miss You Machine’.

‘Miss You Machine’ will be available on 8 February 2014 at exactly...

Gong Xi Fa Chi- Happy Chinese new year

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 4:57pm

Gong Xi Fa Chi from the Exeter Daily as celebrations for Chinese new year 2014 get underway. The 15 day Spring Festival, this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Horse, the seventh animal of the Chinese zodiac. Legend goes that horses used to have wings and could fly, swim and run equally fast. A horse that served as the mount of the mythological Jade Emperor became so arrogant that it forced its way into the Dragon King's Palace after killing its guardian.

This infuriated the Jade Emperor, who had the horse's wings chopped off and imprisoned it underneath the Kunlun...

Council consult on Youth Service cuts

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 4:36pm

Devon County Council is launching a public consultation on plans to move away from a ‘universal’ youth service.

This could see nearly £1 million and around 60 jobs cut from Devon’s youth services as well see the council pull out of 34 youth centres around the county.

The council argue that the new youth service will take on a more ‘targeted approach’ which would see a smaller staff of youth workers work with council partners for a focused service for the most vulnerable young people in the county.

Speaking at yesterday’s budget scrutiny meeting, Council Leader John...

Can you spare some time to help Axhays Cats Protection Centre?

Exeter Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre are looking for volunteers to help with a collection over the weekend of 21 - 23 March 2014.

The centre are looking for people who are willing to stand and rattle a collection tin for a few hours over the weekend.

It is an in-store event therefore you will be indoors out of the cold.

If you are willing to give a few hours for this or for any event please give the centre a call on 01395 232377 or email friendsofaxhayes@gmail.com

Could spare some time to help at fundraising events?

Exeter Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre are looking for volunteers to help out at fundraising/publicity events throughout the year. The Friends of Axhayes Group are a small group of volunteers who meet regularly to arrange fundraising events but they desperately need people to help out at these events.

You do not need to commit to any regular hours and you can do as little or as much as you like.

A spokesperson for the centre said, " We are totally dependant on donations and receive no government funding. Therefore we do hold events throughout the year to raise funds...

Police appeal following Teignmouth burglary

Devon & Cornwall Police are appealing for information following a high-value burglary in Teignmouth.

The incident took place between Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 29 January 2014 at a property on Second Avenue.

During the burglary, property worth a total of almost £7,000 was stolen. The haul included jewellery which was of sentimental value to the 65-year-old disabled victim.

A garden shed was also burnt to the ground.

The stolen property included:

  • Silver HP laptop Probook 6560B – serial number 4CZ12812YY
  • Toshiba 42in TV
  • ...

Animated Exeter needs Volunteers!

Authored by lamorna
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 3:19pm

Animated Exeter is looking for sociable, fun-loving volunteers to help with this year's vibrant and diverse festival!

If you love animation and helping organise events, there are some great volunteering opportunities you may love to be involved with. Perhaps you have a specialist skill that would be of great benefit to the team, for example technical or photographic knowledge.

The festival offers workshops, screenings, careers advice, exhibitions and much more, with a hugely varied audience of families, schools, students, animation enthusiasts and industry professionals....

Neil Parish MP supports call for jobs and growth

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 2:38pm

Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, attended an event at the House of Commons highlighting the new jobs and extra contribution to public finances that would be generated by scrapping the super tax on wine and spirits.

Organised by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, the event helped publicise independent research by Ernst & Young, which has found that 6000 new jobs would be created and an extra £230 million generated for the public finances if the super tax were scrapped in the March Budget.

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association, the Scotch Whisky Association...

Review: Paul Sinha

Authored by CHallam
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 2:19pm

Television is a powerful thing. TV quiz fans will undoubtedly need no introduction to Paul Sinha, one of the four “Chasers” (i.e. regular general knowledge experts) on ITV daytime quiz The Chase.

Indeed, even without the distinctive white suit he wears on the programme, a show of hands early on at this Thursday evening comedy performance at the Exeter Phoenix made clear that he was far better known for The Chase than anything else.

In fact, Paul is an extremely experienced stand up and has been performing throughout the world for nineteen years.

Drawing heavily on...

Participants needed for The Day We Played Brazil

Exeter Community Arts Project is searching for 120 people aged from 11 to 99 to make and perform The Day We Played Brazil, the new musical play which is set to be the biggest cultural event in Exeter for many years.

Central to the story are the 1914 Exeter City football team so we are calling all young men out there who’d like to have a go at singing and dancing to come along and get involved.

To complete the cast, there are performing roles for men and women, boys and girls aged over 11 to play the host of characters involved in telling this epic tale of Exeter, football...

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