The critically-acclaimed production The Ballad of Maria Marten returns to stages across the UK this spring 2022 and comes to Exeter Northcott from 8th – 12th March.
A thrilling retelling of a real-life murder mystery, critically-acclaimed production The Ballad of Maria Marten returns to stages across the UK this spring 2022. Produced by Eastern Angles and Matthew Linley Creative Projects, Beth Flintoff’s captivating drama turns history into her-story through the exploration of love, loss, trauma, and patriarchal power.
We’re merging Drag Queens, Bingo, Catwalks, Dance-offs and performances from the stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race icons, for the ‘Boots Down Bingo’! Baga Chipz & Jimbo, the international stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK VS. The World are coming to Mecca Bingo Exeter on Friday 11th March for the ultimate Drag Bingo Party.
Expect wacky prizes, fun and games, but most importantly... lots of drag!
Baga Chipz was first seen on the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and has become a television sensation ever since, as seen on Celebrity Karaoke Club, The Celebrity Circle and...
The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) has announced the successful applicants of its largest ever research grants round , after reviewing a record number of applications.
Half of women and one fifth of men will break a bone due to osteoporosis. The charity’s research grants programme aims to change that, by offering researchers at various stages in their careers the opportunity to apply for funding that will allow them to undertake pioneering research and improve our understanding of osteoporosis.
One of the successful applicants from this year’s research grant round, Dr...
A new organisation has been appointed to run the integrated urgent care service in Devon.
And local people in Devon played a vital role in the process, helping shape the design of the service and choose the successful bidder.
From later this year, NHS 111, out-of-hours GP services and the Clinical Assessment Services (CAS) will be run by Practice Plus Group Urgent Care (formerly known as Care UK Health Care).
The group currently answers 1.5million calls a year to NHS 111, and runs out of hours services, urgent treatment centres, minor injuries units, hospitals...
One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in Devon and Cornwall, as the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
The innovative study will see participants receive a first or second booster. In the South West, it is opening first at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, with plans to open at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and the NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Exeter at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust later in March.
Tesco has become the UK’s first supermarket to begin registering its 2190 defibrillators to a new national database that could improve cardiac arrest survival rates in the UK. It is the biggest single addition of defibrillators to the database so far.
The database, called The Circuit: The National Defibrillator Network, aims to map all public access defibrillators, allowing ambulance services to direct bystanders to the nearest registered defibrillator if they see somebody having a cardiac arrest.
There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in...
CHARITY MENINGITIS NOW are urging young people to take up a potentially lifesaving vaccination to protect against the disease.
The latest Government figures on the uptake of the routine school-based MenACWY teenage vaccination show an increase from 58.3% of those eligible to receive it in 2019-20 to 76.5% last year.
Whilst the charity has welcomed the increase in take up the figure is still not back up to the pre-COVID levels of around 88% and it is concerned that many young people are leaving themselves at risk.
Meningitis Now chief executive, Dr Tom Nutt, said...
More than 150 highways officers worked round the clock to respond to hundreds of separate reports of damage caused by the wind across Devon today.
But with gritters being deployed tonight to counter the expected drop in temperature, and the amount of debris still on the network, people are being advised only drive tonight unless its absolutely necessary.
Friday morning and early afternoon represented the ‘peak’ of Storm Eunice in Devon, with wind speeds recorded of up to 100mph in places.
A Red Wind Warning had been issued by the Met Office for Northern Devon...
The power that technology holds today is terrifying and valuable at the same time. It’s like anything is almost possible. Do you want to transfer your money from one side of the Earth to the other? No problem. Technology can do it in a minute. Do you want the image you saw somewhere to get on your hands? Go to your computer and click print. There, you have it now.
Technology does make our lives easier and more convenient to live in. Imagine wanting a text file of your recording. Before, you have to listen to it sentence by sentence and type what you hear. In some cases, it’s word...
There appears to be a new queen as far as the Cheltenham Festival’s Champion Hurdle is concerned. With Rachael Blackmore in the saddle, Henry de Bromhead’s Honeysuckle stormed to a six-and-a-half length victory in the Day One feature race last year and the trusty trio are tipped to defend their championship hurdling crown with ease when the 2022 renewal rolls around in just a few weeks’ time — with the 14-time unbeaten horse a good choice to use your Cheltenham best offer on.
At just eight years old, the mare could have the hurdling division at her peril for another couple of...
