A presentation on the success of the Bristol Pound Project was given at a public meeting at St. Stephens’s Church on Thursday night (26 September). Chris Sunderland, Director of the project, gave an overview of some of the successes and challenges of the Bristol Pound Project and discussed the potential benefits of bringing in a local currency to Exeter. He spoke about council support in the Bristol Pound Project after a period of hesitation, Chris said: “very early on we asked the council about accepting business rates in Bristol Pounds and they looked at us like we were stupid. “The next...
Rob Baxter knows all too well there is no hiding place when it comes to the Aviva Premiership and Sunday's visit of reigning champions Leicester Tigers to Sandy Park offers him and his Exeter Chiefs squad a formidable weekend work-out. After successive league wins over London Wasps and London Irish, the Chiefs have spent this past week readying themselves for what will be a key date in their seasonal programme. The Tigers, like the Chiefs, have recorded two wins from three starts so far this term and will arrive in Devon looking to keep pace with unbeaten leaders Saracens at the summit....
Currently putting the finishing touches to their third album, British indie-rock band Babyshambles, formed and fronted by the infamous Peter Doherty, embark on an Autumn UK live tour for the first time since November 2010.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular comic opera set in Japan, but satirising British politics and institutions, and presented by the society which was brought you The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Half a Sixpence and My Fair Lady in recent years.
Starring well known local artistes Sarah-Jane Berry, Debbie Broome, Kathy McLaughlan, Vicky Campbell, John Burgoyne, Steve Vernon, Selwyn Kussman, Nigel Broome and Brian Rees.
7.30pm daily, 2.30pm matinee on Saturday.
Tickets: £14/£10 children in full time education (matinee only).
Sidmouth Amatur Dramatic Society presents Calendar Girls
A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI,persuade one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! Based on an uplifting and inspiring true story that is quirky, poignant and hilarious.
Guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and come out singing Jerusalem!
Patients requiring the use of wheelchairs at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust are enjoying a better service thanks to the creative skills of a member of staff.
Jason Maddocks, portering manager at the RD&E, came up with an idea of how to improve the design of the current hospital wheelchair intravenous (I.V.) poles – an idea which also scooped an award at the hospital’s spring Extraordinary People Awards.
While transferring patients across the hospital, Jason had noticed that some medical pumps tended to slide down the current I.V pole and others became...
Devon County Antiques Fairs are holding their next antiques and collectors fair at The Matford Centre on Saturday 14 December.
There will be a huge selection of quality antiques of all sorts, silver, jewellery, furniture of all periods, retro items, vintage clothing, collectables of every sort, home furnishings, books, postcards, pictures, prints, coins, medals, toys on offer.
Admission: 9am-10am £4, 10am-4.30pm £3. Accompanied children under 16 free.
Gravitas Recruitment SW Ltd are pleased to be sponsoring the Guildhall Stage for the Oxjam Takeover Festival 2013 in Exeter on the 19 and 20 October.
Oxjam began in 2006, with the aim of creating a network of music-loving people across the UK, all united by a shared goal - to raise money to fight poverty and suffering around the world. Six years on and they're still going strong, with hundreds of incredible gigs taking place each October.
With up to 120 acts performing at various venues in and around Exeter over the course of the weekend it promises to be an event not to be...
