Members of the Fore St Collective - a group of local independent traders based on Fore St and the West Quarter area of Exeter - are working hard to raise the profile of this part of town. Their first mission is to try and light up the street this Christmas. Here they talk about what their hopes are for Christmas...
"As you may know the Council has withdrawn funding for the Christmas lights down here and rather than just sit in the dark like the poor relations we thought 'let's do it ourselves'.
"The idea is to install individual Christmas trees with pretty...
Returning to Bow following their popular appearance at this year’s Heart Of Devon. All or Nothing are a a local four-piece rock n roll band who play up-tempo covers from classic rock n roll and pop to blues and country and western.
This promises to be a great night for everyone who likes dancing and having fun.
The evening starts at 8pm (doors open 7.30pm) and last entry is 9.30pm.
Our party nights in the Great Hall are the perfect way to celebrate the festive season with friends and colleagues.
With a three course festive dinner, live band and cocktail bar for just £36.95 per person, all the ingredients are there for an unforgettable Christmas party.
We still have places left on our party nights on 14th or 15th December, so contact us now to book your Christmas celebration!
For full details take a look at our Christmas brochure 2012 and Great Hall Menu .
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Want to help raise funds for the Mark Marshall Youth Fund?
Buy a pumpkin and carve it into a most gruesome and monstrous Halloween face you can. Once you've carved it, bring it along to the Mark Marshall Halloween stall and donate it to the charity to sell outside of Sainsbury's Central on Sat 27th October.
All proceeds will go towards the Mark Marshall Youth Fund and will directly help young people in Exeter.
Visit the Mark Marshall Youth Fund Facebook page at www.facebook.com/themmyf
Ottery St Mary's carnival week starts with the popular illuminated carnival procession through the town on Friday 26 October at 7.45pm.
Over the next few days there will be plenty of events and entertainment to enjoy including Thick as Thieves playing at The Institute on Saturday and a treasure hunt around the town on Sunday. On Wednesday there will be a children's Hallowe'en disco at Ottery Football Club, a quiz night on Friday, and Ottery's Got Talent at the King's School on Saturday 3 November.
For more information about all the above events call the Tourist Information...
Devon author Hilary Mantel recently became the first British writer to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction twice, after her novel Bring up the Bodies was named the best book of the year.
To celebrate her success Devon County Council’s Library Service is ordering additional copies of her books, and offering free reservations on all her titles until Christmas.
Devon’s full library catalogue can also be accessed online at www.devon.gov.uk/libraries . The website offers full search facilities to help people find and reserve books, films, music, audio books...
Exeter Festival Chorus, in their 20th season, will perform Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Solemn Vespers and Spirituals from A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett.
Conductor Nigel Perrin will be joined by Jonathan Watts (organ) and Peter Adcock (piano)
Tickets priced at £12 adults, £10 children/students can be booked by calling 0845 6005441 or 01392 665885, or click here to book online.
