Curious About Exeter - Quirky heritage walks for the Curious!

Curious About Exeter - Quirky heritage walks for the Curious!

Event Date: 
10/12/2021 - 11:00am to 31/12/2022 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter City Centre, starting Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX4 3RY

Have fun (re-)discovering Exeter, spotting things you’ve never noticed before, with two quirky treasure hunt style heritage walks - a safe, fun and affordable way to enjoy some fresh air. Buy in printed booklet or instant download format (to print at home or use directly on up to three mobile devices) from https://www.curiousabout.co.uk/exeter.html and explore in your own time. Use code: Exeter15 for 15% off all Curious About walks.

Curious About Exeter visits not just the obvious places, but some unusual ones too, with hidden treasures to discover. Suitable for all ages, the walks...

Virtual Christmas Carol Service at The Donkey Sanctuary 

The Donkey Sanctuary will once again hold its virtual Carols by Candlelight service from its international headquarters in Sidmouth, Devon this Friday 10 December.

Hosted by celebrant and former BBC Radio Bristol presenter Emma Britton, the event gets underway at 6pm and will be available to watch on The Donkey Sanctuary’s website.

Following on from the award-winning ‘Sanctuary From Your Sofa’ events that brought donkeys ‘virtually’ into people’s homes during lockdown in 2020, the charity’s traditional annual carol service will be broadcast for people to watch from the...

Virgin Media O2 connects Exeter to gigabit broadband

Virgin Media O2 has today added thousands of homes in Exeter to its gigabit network, connecting areas in and round the city to broadband speeds 16 times faster than the local average.

Virgin Media’s next-generation Gig1 broadband service, with average download speeds of 1,130Mbps, is the fastest available from any of the major broadband providers. It is the UK’s largest gigabit provider – more than twice the size of its nearest competitor.

As well as preparing homes for future technologies and applications including metaverse style augmented and virtual reality...

Exeter student aims to combat world hunger with ‘nutritionally complete’ and sustainable food bar

An Economics student is juggling his studies with plans to tackle world hunger by developing a ‘nutritionally complete’ food bar, which has already proved a hit with Exeter’s homelessness charities.

James Frost, a third year student at the University of Exeter Business School, was inspired to create the Phoenix Bar after noticing on Facebook that a friend had pledged to eat the same food for a week as Syrian refugees arriving in the UK.

“From the images posted and my understanding of nutrition I could see that the food wasn’t nutritious at all,” James said.

“So...

Appeal after indecent exposure at Exeter railway station

Do you recognise this man?

Police officers investigating an indecent incident at Polsloe Bridge station have released images in connection.

At 3pm on Saturday 13 November, a teenage girl noticed a man on the station platform staring at her. She walked over towards a bin and noticed that he was masturbating and exposing himself to her.

Officers believe the man in the images may have information which could help their investigation.

If you recognise him, or have any information, please contact BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting...

Exeter teenager who lost mum to brain tumours becomes charity ambassador 

A teenager who lost her mum to a brain tumour when she was just three-years-old has secured a prestigious role as a Young Ambassador for The Brain Tumour Charity.

Alice Godfrey, 19, from Exeter has taken on a coveted position with the world’s leading brain tumour charity and the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally to champion its work. The organisation also offers vital support to those who have been affected by the disease and Alice hopes her difficult and personal experience with brain tumours will help others.

Alice lost her mum, Kay, in...

Songs About Devon

Authored by Churchward
Posted: Mon, 12/06/2021 - 6:12pm

The Legendary Ten Seconds have recorded an English folk rock album called songs about Devon.

Songs About Devon release date 23rd October 2021. Here is a list of the songs which include two about Exeter

GATES OF EXETER – about the siege of Exeter in 1497

KING RICHARD'S VISIT – about the visit to Exeter of Richard III in 1483

CHRISTOPHER AND OLIVE – about a sailor from Devon at the battle of Jutland

TEIGNMOUTH WASSAIL- a song for Teignmouth

POSTCARDS OF TORQUAY – about the old Torquay postcard collection belonging to John Dike

SMOKEY...

Apple sales halted in Turkey due to currency drop 

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Mon, 12/06/2021 - 5:49pm

Apple within the past 24 hours had to halt all their transactions within Turkey, due to the massive fall in currency (over 40%). It is believed that Apple will conclude the commencement of sales, once the Turkish economy stabilizes and recovers from the huge drop in value. Up until recently sales were commencing, leading to a tourist sale frenzy where there was almost no stock available left to sell. This has been a huge topic recently, where the supply chain to the region of Turkey was always questionable, due to a destabilised economy.

Unlike the selling of goods within the...

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