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...
Highways teams across the county have been busy clearing up after last night’s severe winds and heavy rain, which have left fallen trees and debris across the county's road network.
So far, 81 fallen trees have been reported, including on many of the major A roads. Devon and Cornwall Police have received more than 200 calls about damages caused by the weather..
Several areas have also become flooded as a result of the heavy rain. The Environment Agency has issued 9 flood warnings in the South West region with warnings to those on the River Teign and Exe to prepare a flood...
Dartmoor Brewery has teamed up with Ottery St Mary pub, The Volunteer Inn, to create a special winter warmer beer for revellers to enjoy during the town’s legendary annual flaming tar barrels event.
Aptly named ‘Old Scorcher’ by the carnival committee to reflect the flaming barrel tradition, the speciality beer is a delicious 4.4% real ale brewed with black treacle.
Thousands of thrill seekers are expected to descend on Ottery St Mary during the carnival and flaming tar barrel event with barrel rollers and visitors alike invited to try the limited-edition beer available...
Over £2,750 was raised for Oxfam last weekend, when 60 artists and bands played live across Exeter for The Exeter Daily-sponsored music festival, Oxjam Exeter Takeover.
Exeter was just one of up to 60 towns and cities across the UK that took part in the festival, all on the same weekend.
Events began at midday on Saturday and included acts performing in Princesshay, the Guildhall Shopping Centre and Exeter Phoenix.
Over the course of the weekend, festival goers enjoyed music at several other locations in the city, including The Cavern, The Oddfellows, The Globe Inn...
