Annual Football Varsity continues to support local charities

Excitement is building for the sixth annual Mike Polden Charity Football Match between the University of Exeter Athletic Football Club and Exeter City FC on 25 September.

Proceeds from the match are given to the two football club’s chosen charities; the Adam Stansfield Foundation, which provides sporting opportunities for young people in Devon, Herefordshire and Somerset and the Cardiomyopathy Association which offers support and advice to sufferers of heart muscle disease. Last year’s event saw over 3,900 students pack the stands at St James’ Park for the charity match, held in...

Rob Baxter praises Chiefs' character

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter praised the character of his team as they claimed their first away victory of the season with a 29-23 success at London Irish.

Training 23-12 with just 20 minutes remaining, the Chiefs produced a sterling fightback thanks to tries from skipper Dean Mumm and Ben White to ensure they were able to follow up last week's home win over London Wasps.

Fly-half Gareth Steenson converted both those scores, as well as adding five penalties, to give him a 19 point haul that took past 1,000 league points for the Devon club.

In reply, Irish...

Michelmores named ‘UK and Ireland Regional Team of the Year’ at STEP Private Client Awards


Michelmores has won UK and Ireland Regional Team of the Year at the STEP Private Client Awards 2013/14, the respected international awards for the private wealth sector, which took place in London on Friday night (20 September).

The firm beat stiff competition from other finalists in this category: Bond Dickinson, Cripps Harries Hall, Debenhams Ottaway, and Henmans Freeth.

Through an independent and rigorous judging process the PCAs set the industry standard for excellence in private client practice. Winning a STEP PCA has proved to be a clear mark of quality in the...

Fun Kitchen Adult Cookery Workshop: Sausage Making with Arthurs Butchers

Event Date: 
16/11/2013 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: 
St Peters School, Quarry Lane, EX2 5AP

Fun Kitchen cookery workshops for adults celebrate the best of Devons food producers. This months workshop is sausage making with Arthurs Butchers of Topsham. Join the award winning Fun Kitchen team to learn how to make sausages. This hands on cookery workshop includes a demonstration from Arthurs Butchers, hands on learning how to make sausages and take home your creations, try your hand at making scoth eggs, plus take home some of Arthurs Butchers sausage variety packs. Held at St Peters School, Quarry Lane, Exeter, EX2 5AP on Saturday 16th November 2-6pm. Book to cook at www.funkitchen....

Playing the Fool - An interview with Le Navet Bete

Authored by Steph C
Posted: Sat, 09/21/2013 - 6:33pm

In preparation for their upcoming show ‘ Once Upon A Time In A Western’ at the Exeter Phoenix, The Exeter Daily managed to grab a quick chat with Al from Le Navet Bete to discover more about the art of clowning and what audiences can expect from their upcoming performances.

For those readers who may not be familiar with Le Navet Bete and your latest production ‘Once Upon A Time In A Western’, could you tell us a little bit about yourselves and your latest production?

The company formed in 2007 after we all graduated with a Theatre and...

Response to Adrian Fullam’s ‘Free food for kids’ article

Authored by karlknill
Posted: Sat, 09/21/2013 - 2:04pm

In his recent article, about free school meals, Adrian Fullam was rather misguided in much of what he said. The notion that only the Liberal Democrats could have produced such a policy is ludicrous. Firstly, many within the Labour Party have argued for just such a policy at a national level, whilst many Labour councillors have gone further and achieved such a policy at local level.

Secondly, what makes Adrian’s article and rhetoric so laughable is that where a Labour Council, Southwark, introduced free school meals, as a universal entitlement, they were criticised by Simon Hughes...

Unexpected festival closes with something Extraordinary

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Sat, 09/21/2013 - 1:56pm

The Unexpected festival comes to a close this Sunday with an acrobatic performance from Extraordinary Bodies.

Extraordinary Bodies are eight artists and athletes from Diverse City and Cirque Bijou making their premiere on Exeter cathedral green this Sunday.

The show called Weighting will feature a host of incredible circus performance as well as live music from the Unexpected choir.

The Unexpected choir is a 100 strong intergrated choir of Exeter based performers from The Deaf Academy, The Big Noise Chorus, Newtown Community Choir and Magic Carpet Choir.

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Pyjama Drama

Pyjama Drama offers drama and creative play classes for toddlers and children up to 7 years old. Come along with us on some amazing journeys of the imagination! Packed full of exciting drama games, music and movement, our classes are loads of fun and utterly unique. All classes are developed and fully support the National curriculum.

Classes in Exeter

Thursday mornings at The Hub on the Green, 8 Cathedral Close, Exeter. •9:30-10:05 Raindrops( 22 months-3 year olds) •10:15-10:55 Rainbows (3-4 year olds) Friday mornings at Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter...

Dartmoor's four cuckoos meet mixed fortunes

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 09/21/2013 - 10:01am

Summer is coming to an end on Dartmoor, and bird migration is in full swing. The swallows are on the move, the swifts are gone, and so are the cuckoos. In fact, adult cuckoos leave the country a lot earlier than previously thought, with most of them gone by early July.

This is one of the discoveries that the cuckoo-tracking project, managed nationally by the British Trust for Ornithology, has made. Even though the cuckoo may be one of our most well-known birds, some of them only spend about 2 months of the year in this country. The rest of the time they are on their way to, or have...

Pyjama Drama SMILE Charity Event

Event Date: 
25/09/2013 - 10:00am to 11:45am
Venue: 
The Hub on the Cathedral Green, Exeter

This year Pyjama Drama are supporting Once Upon A Smile www.onceuponasmile.org.uk a charity that provides a source of support to families that have lost a child, or children that have lost a parent, to a long term or terminal illness.

Please join our special session, ‘Chasing the blues away’ which will be packed full of music, songs and games designed to make everyone smile!

Wednesday 25 September The Hub on the Green, Catherdral Close, Exeter.

10:00 - Children under 5 years 11:00 - Children under 5 years Please donate £5.00 session charge to the charity The...

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