South West Water's innovative Upstream Thinking project to restore wetlands and control future treatment costs has won another prestigious national award.
The prestigious Living Wetlands Award from The Chartered Institution of Water and Environment Management (CIWEM) recognises multi-functional projects that demonstrate the sustainable use of wetland habitats.
The award continues a winning streak for the pioneering project which last year won the Environment Award at the Utility Industry Achievement Awards, Partnership Achievement of the Year at the Water Industry...
Antara is a new production combining the extraordinary talents of Ajeesh K Balakrishnan, fresh from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bangalore and Exeter-based dancer Kay Crook with the words of local writer JoJo Spinks in collaboration with urban poet Steve Duncan. In a truly inter-cultural collaboration Antara celebrates diversity bringing together influences from all over the globe to create a visually stunning performance that interweaves dance and poetry to powerful effect.
A Sanskrit word for ‘between’, Antara follows the story of a young man who is trying to find...
Exeter Canal and Quay Trust hope to revitalise Sundays on the Quay this summer with a stunning programme of free jazz and street theatre each week starting on Sunday 14 July and running right through the summer until Sunday 1 September.
The programme presents a range of some of the top traditional, New Orleans Jazz bands from the South West, featuring John Shillito’s Select Six, the Sunset Café Stompers, Des Bacon’s Red Hot Syncopators, the Charleston Dandies, the Dart Valley Stompers and the ever-popular City Steam Jazz Band. Perfect accompaniment for sitting in the sunshine over...
A University of Exeter student has been shortlisted for the MTV Student of the Year award.
MA English Studies student Ashley Jenkin is hoping to take the title as the final stages of the online voting draws to a close on Sunday 9 June, when the announcement will be made.
Ashley is one of the top 20 finalists who came through from a hugely competitive set of entries, standing out as really exciting, passionate and unique. Throughout his time at Exeter, Ashley has been a member of Expose, Xpression FM, Eutco and Theatre with Teeth. This active involvement has included holding...
As part of the Business Leader’s Forum programme of events, Caroline Taylor, Vice President of Marketing, Communications & Citizenship with IBM UK & Ireland, will be talking to an invited audience at the University of Exeter on Wednesday 12 June 2013. Taking place in the Great Hall between 5.15 pm - 8.30 pm, this is a rare opportunity for non-members to participate in what promises to be a revealing insight into brand and reputation management from one of the UK’s most senior female executives. Based in London, Caroline leads the teams responsible for go to market strategy,...
Everys Solicitors in Devon and Somerset has been awarded membership to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) - a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices and is a mark of excellence in the home buying process.
Newtown Community Association is gearing up for an Art Café, which will take place this Sunday, 9 June at the main hut in Belmont Park from 2pm-4pm. As well as a painting activity with Exeter Scrapstore, there will be live music mostly from young string players 'The J Strings' – which is the St James School string group – Exeter Young Strings, and also a young string band will be doing a few tunes.
After that, there will be an open session for anyone to play a few tunes.
Newtown Community Association is gearing up for an Art Café, which will take place this Sunday, 9 June at the main hut in Belmont Park from 2pm-4pm.
As well as a painting activity with Exeter Scrapstore, there will be live music mostly from young string player 'The J Strings' – which is the St James School string group – Exeter Young Strings, and also a young string band will be doing a few tunes.
After that, there will be an open session for anyone to play a few tunes.
Exeter Chiefs will play host to the reigning Heineken Cup champions Toulon following today's draw held at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
Jonny Wilkinson and the star-studded French outfit will be heading for Sandy Park next season alongside Cardiff Blues and Glasgow Warriors after the Chiefs were pitted in Pool Two of Europe's top cup competition.
Again it's a dream draw for the Devon club, whose chief executive, Tony Rowe OBE, described today's announcement as "fantastic".
"It's another fantastic draw for the club," said Rowe. "Last year we were pitted against the...
Members of the national trade union Unite staged a peaceful protest outside John Lewis in Exeter yesterday lunchtime as part of a national effort to put pressure on stockists of Siemens products. Unite argues that although Siemens has had a positive 'human rights' record' in the past, the company is currently "falling short of their own 'Code of Conduct' by continuing to work with two construction companies that are proven 'blacklisters' who victimised trade unionists and are now at the centre of allegations of continued persecution.
