Our last free storytime and creativity afternoon with renowned story teller Kevin Cotter. Bring your under 8s along for an afternoon of stories and creativity where they will learn all about the pea! This is a collaborative project between the Cafe at 36 and Love Local Food, helping children to learn and understand where their food comes from.
Drop in anytime between 2.45pm and 4.15 pm and relax over a cuppa with friends while the children are entertained.
There's no cost to join in.
Next storytime will be the last Wednesday in September.
Following on from July's acoustic gig at the Revelry, Oxjam Exeter's August warm-up gig will take place at the city's longest running live music venue, the Cavern.
Doors open at 8pm and the night will feature live music from local indie and rock acts.
Keep your eyes peeled on our blog for announcements about artists and bands playing at the gig:
A newly designed flag depicting the mythical Killerton Dragon was hoisted up the flagpole by villagers of Silvertonshire this week.
This was to herald the coming of the Silverton Street Market on 3 August. William Hacking, 93 and Harry Madams, 7 were representing the community.
Legend has it that the dragon was born out of the flames of the ancient Killerton volcano and only appears on momentous occasions. According to locals it was last seen just before the Millennium swooping over the village doing a loop-the-loop.
Crealy Adventure Park is offering visitors some fantastic character themed days across various dates in August. Children’s favourites including Peppa Pig and Bob the Builder will be available to meet on days across August.
These character themed days will prove a relief to those parents out there struggling to keep the children entertained over the summer holidays.
Crealy Adventure Park kick starts these fun meet and greets on Monday 5 August, when Captain Barnacles and Kwazii will pay a visit to the park.
Then on Monday 12 August, children will get the chance to...
To celebrate the start of the summer holidays, RUBY Modern Diner and Otter Valley Dairy have teamed up to offer a one day tasting event.
From 10am on Monday 29 July at RUBY Modern Diner on Queen Street, customers will be able to try the delicious range of Otter Valley Ice Cream for FREE!
Otter Valley Dairy produces the highest quality, handmade, luxurious gelato ice cream at Aplins Farm near Honiton. Using milk from their own dairy herd, four generations of the same family work together to create and deliver luxurious farmhouse ice cream at its very best.
The Hollow Lane Club, based at Ellen Tinkham School in Exeter, has been awarded over £100,000 of lottery funding. The award, which runs for three years, will help fund an annual Summer Club as well as regular After School and Saturday sessions for children with physical and learning disabilities in Devon.
Chair of the Hollow Lane Club Trustees, Nicki Christmas, said "Everyone connected with the Hollow Lane Club is absolutely thrilled with the Big Lottery Fund grant. Whilst everyone is feeling the current financial pressures, it is even harder for the families of our Club...
Five Exeter friends - Keith Chapman, Jamie Howard, Brian Moore, Andy Rowe and Anthony Towl have just returned after completing an epic 11 day, 1,100 mile cycle ride from Paris to Rome, raising £7,500 for Hospiscare.
Starting at the Eiffel Tower, the route took them down through France, over the Alps and into Italy, passing through Tuscany before finishing at the Coliseum. The route had to be changed at the last minute due to snow blocking some of the high Alp passes, but they still found some tough mountains to climb!
Andy Rowe said “We self-funded the trip, meaning every...
Award-winning South West Photographer Tim Pestridge is helping the Met Office to create a series of short films about photography and the weather to feature as part of its new ‘Get Ready for Summer’ campaign. This is a particularly prestigious opportunity for Tim as he joins a list of high profile organisations and companies helping the campaign such as the RNLI, Cancer Research UK and the Forestry Commission.
The Met Office #loveukweather campaign has recently been launched, with the content from different partner organisations offering the public safety advice and things to do,...
Exeter City has announced an historic commemorative match against Fluminense for 2014.
"Our club would like to formally pay tribute to the President and his board of Fluminense for the respect and friendship they have shown to our club." says Julian Tagg
The club announced this afternoon, "It is with pleasure and pride that Exeter City Football Club can announce that we will be returning to Brazil in 2014 to play a commemorative fixture against Fluminense FC at the historic Estádio das Laranjeiras."
The trip to Rio de Janeiro will mark the centenary of the club’s...
