Exeter Quayside was the place to be this morning, as 12 life-sized gorillas - part of Paignton Zoo's ambitious plan to combine art, conservation and the community to help celebrate its 90th anniversary as well as raise some much needed funds to aid conservation - floated into Exeter. With all the pomp and circumstance of the arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Cool Ice Cream Bananas, Darth Vader, Ubuntu, Bananarilla, Mr Bumble, Takamanda, Skins, Sora, X-ray Ape, Not so Different and Miss Prints made their way along the River Exe transported by Exeter Cruises with owner Richie O'Connell at the...
Right now, 18-year old Chris Rundle should be anxiously awaiting the results of his A levels. Instead he’s just moved his company GK Signs into bigger premises and taken on 12 new staff, with two more positions to fill.
The Exeter wunderkind has acquired 8,000 square feet premises at Ashton Court in Marsh Barton, Exeter, involving a substantial investment
‘I really had to expand, ‘said Chris, who began his signmaking business at the age of 13 from his bedroom. ‘We smashed our targets for last year and so we just had to find bigger premises.
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel is opening its doors to all prospective brides and grooms this Saturday 27 July.
Guests are welcome to drop in at their leisure between 10am and 4pm where they will have the opportunity to explore the beautiful venue in all its wedding glory in a relaxed, informal environment. This will be a chance to see how Mercure Southgate Hotel cares for each bride and groom, making each wedding day a tailor-made experience.
All questions will be personally answered by the hotel’s events coordinator regarding any aspect of the special day and the various...
Crew volunteers from Exmouth RNLI were called out three times within four hours on the afternoon of 24 July. A pregnant lady, a sinking speed boat and a missing boat adrift in the river Exe all encountered the rapidly rising flood tide.
Brixham coastguard tasked the inshore lifeboat George Bearman at 3.48pm to rescue two people stranded by Langstone Rock at Dawlish. A pregnant woman and man from the Exeter area had been walking along the beach when they had found themselves cut off by the rapidly rising spring tide. Three crew volunteers launched within four minutes, located the...
Update 5pm: As a result of the earlier appeal, a potential witness has been identified and has spoken to the Police.
Earlier today (25 July): Police are looking to identify a male cyclist (pictured) who is a witness to the house fire at Magnolia Court in Tiverton on Tuesday 23 July.
He cycled past the fire before emergency services arrived, possibly more than once. He may hold vital information.
A joint Police and Fire Service investigation has been launched following the fire which damaged four properties in Tiverton at around 4pm.
Take your family on a merry romp to the sunny Caribbee’ with Cambridge Touring Theatre’s swashbuckling musical adaptation of Treasure Island.
Join our two young heroes - Jim and Ruth - as they find a treasure map and set sail for adventure.
Suitable for all ages, this open-air performance is interactive, full of laughs and catchy tunes. Picnic on the grass with the whole family - there’s something for everyone in Cambridge Touring Theatre’s acclaimed productions.
Boys and girls are invited to come along in their best pirate costume. And for those aged 5-10, there’s...
Make your own bird feeder with Escot’s Nature Rangers! Receive an information sheet about what birds to keep your eyes open for in your garden and learn about wild birds and how to care for them.
Illyria delivers yet another superb outdoor theatre performance of Babe the Sheep-Pig by Dick King Smith (adapted by David Wood). Farmer Hoggett wins a piglet at the fair - and everyone knows what fate awaits piglets raised on a farm. Adopted by Fly the sheepdog, Babe develops his own methods of herding sheep using politeness instead of barking orders, and even saves the flock from being stolen by sheep rustlers. But Farmer Hoggett is a hard man to please - so when Babe is entered for the county sheep dog trials he is going to need Fly's help, all his wits and as much politeness as he can...
Butterscotch Sunday presents a special farmyard film screening of Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’, featuring a story-telling trail of the farm, a local food BBQ and live music in support of The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, taking place at West Town Farm at 6pm on Sunday July 28th.
“Boggis, Bunce, and Bean; One fat, one short, one lean.These horrible crooks,so different in looks,were nonetheless equally mean.”
If this rhyme brings back childhood memories of goose-liver doughnuts or a cantankerous badger then you may want to dig a tunnel...
Today, Wednesday 24 July, Andrew Cane aged 31 from Exmouth was convicted of the murder of his mother Linda Sheard, who was found dead in her home at Port Mer Close, Exmouth, on 11 July 2012. Cane was given a sentence of life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 15 years.
Following the verdict, Detective Inspector Gregg Dawe said: “I would like to thank Linda Sheard’s family for the assistance they have given the police in the difficult circumstances that they found themselves in. This being that Andrew Cane, the offender for this murder, was the victim’s son.
