Assistant coach Ali Hepher was full of praise for his Exeter Chiefs side as they moved into the top four of the Aviva Premiership with a convincing 40-6 victory over Worcester Warriors at Sandy Park on Saturday. Up against a strong wind in the opening period, the Chiefs not only overcame the testing weather conditions, but also some strong attacking play from the visitors to lead 14-6 at the turn thanks to converted tries from Ben White and Dean Mumm. The second half, however, was all about the Chiefs who went on to secure their first bonus point victory in the division this season with...
Princesshay will host the city centre’s Christmas lights switch-on event on Thursday 21st November 2013 from 4pm – 8pm.
The Christmas lights ceremony will see Rob Baxter, Exeter Chiefs Head Coach; Paul Tisdale, Manager of Exeter City Football Club and members of the Lympstone Military Wives Choir taking centre stage to jointly switch on the city centre’s Christmas lights at 6.30pm. Joining them on stage will be the Lord Mayor of Exeter.
Visitors and shoppers to Princesshay will be treated to a festive programme of entertainment throughout the event. The Princesshay stage...
Exeter communities are set to benefit from an initiative by the University of Exeter Students’ Guild using a £300,000 funding boost from the NUS (National Union of Students) Student Green Fund project.
The Students’ Green Unit was formally launched at the University of Exeter’s Forum Building on Streatham campus on Friday 25 October with representatives in attendance from diverse organisations such as the Met Office, Exeter City Council, Devon County Council and the RSPB.
The Students’ Green Unit will provide a framework for students to develop and lead sustainability...
A popular Michael Buble tribute act will get Tiverton into the Christmas swing when it returns in November to help raise money for Hospiscare.
Singer Jamie Somers wowed the Tiverton audience earlier this year when he performed the Canadian crooner’s hits at Heathcoat Hall.
With requests flooding in for a repeat performance Jamie jumped at the chance to leave Tiverton ‘feeling good’ once more with his Christmas Special on Friday, November 29.
Event organiser Ian Thomas said: “Jamie was so popular on his last visit here. His interaction with the audience made him...
Devon residents were tonight bracing themselves for a ferocious storm which experts warn could leave a trail of destruction across the county. Motorists are being told to expect atrocious driving conditions in the morning and today ferry services were cancelled due to the adverse conditions. Heavy rain has been falling since around 8pm and is only expected to intensify as the weather front sweeps in. Forecasters say the storm could be the worst since 1987 when 17 people died. Normally extreme weather of this nature begins life much further out to sea and loses strength by the time it hits...
Lou Reed, the singer, guitarist and songwriter and a key figure in the history of rock music through his work both solo and with The Velvet Underground, has died at the age of 71.
Reed had a liver transplant earlier this year, and his literary agent said he died of a "liver-related ailment".
Born in New York in 1942, Lewis Allen 'Lou' Reed attended Syracuse University where he was taught by the poet Delmore Schwartz who would become his mentor. Influenced by doo wop, R&B and the free jazz excursions of the saxophonist Ornette Coleman, Reed went on to form The Velvet...
A unique piece of art by TV favourite Kirstie Allsopp is a star lot in a charity auction that’s raising money for gorilla conservation.
The presenter, interior designer, crafts and property expert designed a gorilla as part of Paignton Zoo’s Great Gorillas Project.
The project, celebrating Paignton Zoo’s 90th birthday, put 30 life-size model gorillas around Exeter and the English Riviera in a unique free art trail.
Now, most of them will be auctioned for charity on Wednesday 6 November.
The Zoo, a registered charity, is holding the auction at the Palace...
A freaking good night's entertainment for under 18s on All Hallows' Eve. Venue and all acts in full Halloween style. Get your freak on and party! £5 on the door. Prize for best fancy dress. Music by Arthur, Caitlin Bee, Charlotte Ward and Sound of the Sirens....
A woman from Woodbury near Exeter who lost her husband to a brain tumour one year ago has visited local coffee shop Coffee#1 in Princesshay Shopping Centre, Exeter, to say a big thank you to staff who are currently helping raise funds for Hammer Out, the South West’s only brain tumour charity, through the sale of charity gingerbread men.
From August 4 to November 2, each time a Gingerbread man is sold for £1 in Exeter’s Coffee#1 shop or any of the award-winning coffee chain’s 34 other shops in the South West and South Wales, a 50p donation will be made to Hammer Out, which supports...
A school leaver who was worried she would have to leave her home has now-started an apprenticeship that means she can stay put, thanks to a timely call from Careers South West.
Megan Foster is a care leaver living in a flat in the grounds of her previous foster parents’ home. In order to stay in this accommodation Megan is required to be either in full-time education, training or employment, a condition of the Staying Put Scheme that funds her housing.
Although she left The King’s School in Ottery St Mary with good GCSE results after receiving mentoring from head teacher,...
