Everyone is invited to our Hallowe'en Coffee Morning here at Axhayes on Saturday 26 October, starting at 11am. Come along and visit the cats and kittens at the centre and enjoy a cup of coffee and a slice of cake. You can also have a go on our special tombola! The friends of axhayes group is a group of volunteers who give a little time to help fund-raise and support the Exeter Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre. We meet once a month on the third Monday of each month at the centre starting at 6pm. We are looking for new members who are willing to give a small amount of their time...
Exonia Bowling Club in Exeter has donated more than £1,000 to support local people with multiple sclerosis.
Club president Kate Caldwell chose the community rehabilitation team at Mardon Neurological Centre as her charity of the year – and members helped to raise £1,105.
Kate has been receiving therapy from the team, which is part of the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
She praised the individualised service she had received at the centre and asked for the donation to be used to provide greater support to people with MS.
The 28-year-old New Zealander, Eleanor Catton has been awarded the Man Booker prize for her novel The Luminaries . The announcement was made at a ceremony at the Guildhall in London on Tuesday evening (15 October).
Catton becomes the youngest ever winner of the Man Booker; she is 28 but completed the novel aged 27. She is only the second New Zealander to win the prize, the first being Keri Hulme for The Bone People in 1985.
Selected from an original 151 submissions whittled down to the shortlist of six, The Luminaries becomes the longest ever novel to win the prestigious...
Up to date information is now available to visitors in Exeter City Centre via two interactive “monoliths”. These new information points, which have been installed at Bedford Square in Princesshay, outside Costa Coffee, and on Sidwell Street, outside John Lewis, are similar in appearance to the existing red monoliths located around the city, except they have the added functionality of a digital screen display.
The display shows live departure information for Exeter St David’s and Central Stations, as well as information for local bus and park & ride services. There is also an...
The South, West and Wales Consortium, in which the University of Exeter is joined with seven other universities – Aberystwyth, Bath, Bath Spa, Bristol, Cardiff, Reading and Southampton – has been awarded £14.2 million funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) over the next five years to deliver postgraduate supervision, training and skills development from 2014.
The consortium is one of 11 new Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and seven Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) to have been awarded a total of £164m funding from the AHRC.
The region’s most exciting gathering of all things sports and kit car related comes to Exeter’s Westpoint Exhibition Centre on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October.
Organised by the same team as the internationally recognized National Kit Car Motor Show, the South West Specialist Sports Car Show will host a multitude of manufacturers, trade and accessories stands, all exhibiting the best they have to offer for both enthusiasts and DIY motor novices. Manufacturers from all over the UK will congregate to show off their best kit and sports cars....
Eyes will be turned to the skies above Exeter on Monday (21 October) when a Hercules Transporter aircraft makes a low level fly past to mark the start of the Freedom of the City ceremony for RAF Brize Norton.
Over 100 serving Airmen from RAF Brize Norton, accompanied by the Band of the RAF Regiment band, will be marching through Exeter city centre before stopping at the junction of Bedford Street and the High Street, where they will be inspected by the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rachel Lyons, the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, Sir Eric Dancer, and the Base Commander, Group Captain Eddie...
Devon farmers and primary school children will come together for an event designed to take children on the food journey from field to plate.
Approximately 1,200 children from nearly 30 primary and special schools from across Devon will attend the event - the first of its kind in Devon - on Tuesday 22 October, at the Westpoint Arena near Exeter.
The County Council-arranged event, 'Farm Wise Devon', will show young people how good food and drink is produced on Devon's farms, with practical demonstrations from 14 council tenant farmers, and additional support from the Devon...
Exeter’s Bike Shed Theatre, currently in the running for My Theatre Matters! Most Welcoming Theatre Award, is collaborating with the acclaimed, Bristol-based The Wardrobe Ensemble on a contemporary adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic tale, The Wild Swans.
A refreshing mix of comedy, physical theatre and live music, Eliza and the Wild Swans invites both children and adults alike to beat the winter winds and be transported to another universe. The story begins in a frosty town where Eliza, determined to beat the endless cycle of every-day life in a laundrette, escapes...
An Exeter digital marketing specialist is aiming to help the city’s businesses make more from their internet presence having set up his own company.
Mark Worden, previously responsible for online marketing at city law firm Stephens Scown LLP and regional insurance company Cornish Mutual, has created MiHi Digital.
The company will offer assistance on all aspects of online marketing including website design, social media, search engine optimisation and online training courses.
Mark said: “More and more businesses in Exeter have embraced marketing their products and...
