After terrible embarrassment on a holiday flight where she couldn’t fit into her seat, Devon woman Claire Coles has lost an amazing 11 stone and 9 dress sizes.
“I couldn’t fit into the seat, and after the embarrassment of asking for a seat belt extender, it was still a very tight fit, my legs were pinched and I couldn't even lower the tray, it was very uncomfortable. I was so embarrassed and unhappy, I just wanted the floor to open up and swallow me, I spent the five hours of the flight in tears," Claire said.
The eight-part ripeno choir will comprise hand-picked singers from Devon's own Blackdowns Early Music Project, drawn together from all over the UK and Holland. Tickets cost from £10-£25.
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Last week, in St Petersburg, Russia, four students from the University of Exeter, won a worldwide technology competition hosted by Microsoft, triumphing over 71 other countries and scooping the first prize reward of $50,000.
Supported by the University of Exeter Students’ Guild entrepreneurial programme IGNITE alongside SETsquared, the four students aged between 20 – 23-years-old, created the winning app idea in Exeter earlier this year, when the regional heats were held at Exeter’s Streatham Campus. The students went on to win the UK finals in London with their idea and, having...
Students studying as part of the Exeter College Reach Academy have been celebrating their achievements in a special awards ceremony.
Joining the students were key sponsors and contributors of the Academy from the Met Office, Michelmores LLP and the Exeter University Model United Nations group.
The Academy, launched in 2009 with an aim to support the most academically able students to reach top university destinations, has had another busy year. 60 students on the programme commit to an additional 60 hours of extra-curricular activity each week in order to boost their skills...
Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Sinead O'Connor, Arrested Development, and Levellers are among the headlines of this year's sold-out festival. Tickets : http://www.beautifuldays.org/tickets/
From 3 August until the end of October, the Museum will host a poignant and special exhibition celebrating the centenary of the birth of Vivien Leigh, featuring the famous nightdress Vivien wore in “Gone with the Wind”. The collection will be enhanced with an evening and day dress on loan from the RAMM and additional items from Bill Douglas Centre and Bristol Theatre Museum.
The RNLI have teamed up with SeaSports South West, based in Teignmouth, and Teinbridge Kayak and Canoe Club, to offer visitors a taster session in sailing, paddle boarding and kayaking. The fun includes an assault course, bouncy castle, and children's fancy dress theme 'Beside the Seaside'. Free entry with small charge for taster sessions.
At least 14 gardens will be open as part of the 25th anniversary of The Secret Gardens of Otterton, varying from large, well-established traditional gardens to an award winning cottage garden and a modern-landscape architect-designed garden for modern living. Also open is the Old Station which offers model train rides with a newly extended track. In aid of Hospicecare and the local church.
11am - 6pm
Admittance ticket: £5 Admits one person to all the gardens, tickets will be available from any garden on the day and on the Village Green (accompanied young children free)....
