Local business-woman Rebecca Weaver with extensive experience in the hospitality industry is to open an exclusive live music destination in Exeter. Located in Cowick Street adjacent to St. Thomas’ station, Charlie’s Live Lounge will cater strictly for the over 25s’ market. It will offer three floors of entertainment and hospitality and will open to the general public on the weekend of Friday 8th November featuring local bands.
Rebecca formerly owned Exeter-based Company Gumshoe Business Consultancy to measure and help improve customer service particularly in the hotel industry...
The excitement of winter jump racing will reach a crescendo on Haldon Hill next Tuesday when the BetVictor Haldon Cup, Devon’s richest race, comes under starters orders at 2.50pm.
Last year’s winner Cue Card is on target to make his reappearance in the race.
The seven-year-old thrilled with his magnificent jumping at the course last year when he firmly put his rival in their place and won by 26 lengths.
He went on to score grade one successes in the Betfair Ascot Chase and the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and ran the brilliant Sprinter Sacre to four and...
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has joined forces with the Lions Club to run a “Message in a Bottle” scheme Message in a Bottle is a simple idea designed to encourage people living on their own to keep basic personal and medical details somewhere it can be found quickly in an emergency. The scheme gets paramedics and other healthcare professionals to check your fridge for relevant medical information such as allergies and medication taken. The bottles are free and members of the public can get them from local health centres, doctors’ surgeries or chemists. Ambulance...
Go along and see the beautiful grounds of this magnificent wedding venue and take the opportunity to experience goods and services from Westcountry wedding suppliers.
Free goodie bag for first 50 people through the gates!!
A group of Exeter girls took part in the Commando Challenge earlier this month to raise money for a charity that is hugely important to the region. Kate Furnifer, Senior Account Manager at Chalk & Ward Advertising in Exeter, Lauren Dryden, Oda Sonju, Kate Holloway and Becky Herniman took on cross country running, mud and the notorious ‘sheep dip’ in the 10k challenge to raise money for The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Foundation and The Devon Air Ambulance. Kate said “The Royal Marines Trust is very significant to all of us, many of us have friends and family members that serve and...
Jason Shoemark insists he and his Exeter Chiefs must continue to "push forward" as they look to preserve their place amongst the leading clubs in this season's Aviva Premiership.
The Chiefs notched up their fourth top flight win of the season when they impressively dismantled Worcester Warriors with a 40-6 victory at Sandy Park on Saturday.
In another impressive display from Rob Baxter's side, the Chiefs heaped further misery on the lowly Warriors as they ran in six tries through Ben White (2), Dean Mumm, Damian Welch, Phil Dollman and Haydn Thomas.
New grassroots football funding could see new investments brought to the South West. A partnership by the Premier League, the FA and the Government has pledged £102m in funding over three years to develop or refurbish football facilities across the country. The investments will be delivered by the Football Foundation to community sports groups including some in the South West. Since its foundation in 2000 the Football Foundation has given grants worth £39.3m to 504 projects in the South West alone. Among the projects supported are 45 artificial grass pitches, 93 changing rooms and grants...
Exeter Airport can reflect on a busy summer of 2013 where passenger numbers from May until October exceeded expectations and were over forty thousand up on the same period in 2012. The overall inbound and outbound passengers for the five months totalled 415,618, an increase of 11%. Managing Director Matt Roach said: “New flights this year to Barcelona and Nice together with nine other scheduled international routes operated by Flybe, accounted for a 19% increase of that passenger traffic and were the main reason for the successful period. There has also been a growing awareness of the...
A teenage girl in Kent and A 50-year old man in Watford have been killed by falling trees from last night’s storm.
A Man and a Woman have also been killed in a suspected gas explosion caused by a fallen tree in West London. The 17-year old Bethany Freeman was hit by the tree as she was sleeping in abuilding adajecent her family home in Edenbridge at 7:20am this morning. The man was in a traffic accident where a tree came down on a car in Hertfordshire at 6:50am this morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his next-of-kin informed. The storm also saw a 14-year old boy,...
Saturday 2nd November 2-4 pm Sportshall Athletics for anyone aged 4-8 or 9-14. Have a go at running, jumping and throwing events 2-4pm at Riverside Leisure Centre, Exeter More Sportshall events will take place every month from now until May 2014 - see our website for further details. No experience is needed. Come and have a go at a range of events. Lots of fun to be had! Challenges include sprints, hurdles, distance, relays,high jump, long jump, triple jump, speed bounce, balance, shot, chest pass and turbo javelin. The event costs is £7 for the 2 hour session if you sign up in advance on...
