Last Sunday, 20 Devon & Cornwall police officers cycled from Exeter to London in a day in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity.
Their own version of a Tour of Britain stage has raised over £2,000 already, so a massive thank you to everyone who took part, as well as to all of their colleagues, friends and family who have generously donated to:
Exeter Community Arts Project is delighted to announce that Arts Council England have awarded £40,000 to support their production of The Day we Played Brazil by Nick Stimson.
This once in a lifetime large-scale community theatre project will bring arts and sport together and is a joint venture between Exeter City Football Club and Supporters’ Trust, the Bike Shed Theatre and Exeter Northcott Theatre.
The Day we Played Brazil will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the football match between Exeter City and the Brazil national team - the first-ever game played by Brazil!...
Fresh from winning the Venus Award for Employer of the Year 2013, Mariam Badavi, owner of Purity Spa on the quaint cobbled streets of Exeter's Cathedral Green, answers a question or two about living and working in this wonderful city.
How would you describe yourself in 5 words? *Fun, *Positive *Loyal *Compassionate *Trustworthy
How would you describe Exeter in 5 words? *Stunning *Traditional *Historical *Hospitable *Friendly
What brought you to Exeter? I was lucky enough to be brought up in Exeter and continue living here because its a great place to live!...
Staff at national organic home delivery company Riverford are celebrating following a huge win at the 27th Soil Association Organic Food Awards. “Everything we grow and sell at Riverford is selected for flavour, and winning so many awards in a blind tasting reassures us that we’re hitting the mark,” said Riverford’s founding farmer and current BBC Farmer of the Year, Guy Watson.
Riverford started as a vegbox business but has been busy extending its food range to include picnic goodies, desserts and a creative new range of soups. “Enjoying and sharing good food is at the heart of...
Exeter Morris Men are recruiting and invite anyone who has ever enjoyed watching Morris dancers to have a go themselves. An Open Evening is being held at Ide Memorial Hall at 8pm on Thursday 3 October and everyone is welcome. Now the dancing season has come to an end, the search is on to find new members to add to the team and Exeter Morris would be especially interested to hear from younger dancers. Morris dancing may be an ancient tradition but go to any summer fete, fair or countryside gathering and these flamboyant performers will still form a major part of the day’s activities. Two...
CBBC has commissioned a brand-new comedy drama series, Hank Zipzer , from DHX Media and Walker Productions to be produced by Kindle Entertainment, featuring multi-award winning actor Henry ‘The Fonz’ Winkler.
The 13x30-minute children’s show will air on CBBC in the new year, and is inspired by the book series Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever , written by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver and published by Walker Books.
Fast-paced and funny, the series will follow 12-year-old Henry ‘Hank’ Zipzer, a smart and resourceful boy with a unique perspective on the world....
Two awards crowned an excellent week as the University of Exeter hosted the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services' (AGCAS) biennial conference.
The University scooped the top award for Careers Service and Employer Partnership, in recognition for its work with Exeter City Football Club. Students have been working with the club on a range of projects, from analysing the psychology of fans and exploring how to introduce e-ticketing, to drainage improvements on the training pitch and conditioning programmes for the youth team.
Following a sold-out 2012 tour, three Olivier Award nominations and over 10 million YouTube hits for Cheap Flights (their infamous anthem to budget air travel), Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman celebrate 30 years of Fascinating Aïda with a brand new show.
Expect topical new songs hot off the press, plus some outrageous old favourites, as Fascinating Aïda continue to grow old disgracefully!