Don’t miss the grand opening of Charlie’s Live Lounge, an exciting new live music venue strictly for the over 25’s with three floors of fun, fizz and feel good factor. Charlie’s will be bringing local live bands, funky tunes and 80’s dance plus reggae and pure swing. A sophisticated destination; Charlie’s has a smart casual dress code with no T-shirts or trainers, however shirts available for hire at just £5. A waiter service means no long queues at the bar and food is available all night for eat in or takeaway. Special opening weekend offer of half-price membership entitles you to many ‘...
Seven experts have been announced as judges of the Victoria Cross paving stone competition. The competition saw schoolchildren from across the UK enter their design for the first paving stone commemorating recipients of Britain’s highest military award, the Victoria Cross. Over 400 paving stones will be placed in recipients' hometowns across the UK to mark the centenary of the First World War. The laying of the stones will be staggered between 2014 and 2018 so that the stone is set exactly 100 years after medal was awarded. Among the experts judging the designs is Lance Sergeant Johnson...
Police are appealing for information to locate a woman reported missing from the Tiverton area. Concerns are growing for Ann Holding, 48, who has been reported to police as missing from her home in Cadbury, between Tiverton and Crediton. Ann was last seen yesterday morning, Tuesday 15 October, at her home address. She is believed to be in possession of a green Peugeot 206 registration number Y836 WDS. Ann is described as white, 5’4” in height, and of slight build. She has short mousy brown hair and wears glasses with a brown or a purple frame. She may be wearing beige cord trousers and a...
Devon’s beautiful countryside is the focus of a new calendar of photos taken by BBC Radio Devon listeners that will be raising money for Devon Community Foundation.
Thirteen amazing pictures span the county; from May’s image of deckchairs on the beach at Beer to wild winter storms battering the railway line at Dawlish. The images have been chosen from more than a thousand pictures submitted as part of a competition on BBC Radio Devon raising money for the “Give a Gift” Appeal for Devon Community Foundation. The appeal is celebrating the radio station’s 30th birthday and gives gifts...
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.
