Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend - 25-28 December 2015
THEATRE
Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk. But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse. The show runs until 9 January. Performance times and tickets: www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
A Christmas Carol Exeter Northcott Theatre Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is...
Research reveals that more than half (55 per cent) of residents in the South West are planning to spend £185 each during this year’s winter sales.
Despite being more than a month into the frenzy of Christmas shopping, there appears to be no slowdown in bargain hunters’ thirst for a good deal. According to new research by www.TopCashback.co.uk more than half (55 per cent) of residents in the South West are planning to hit the end-of-year sales spending, on average, £185 each. This equates to a huge £7.6 billion national spend.
Exeter City head to high-flying Oxford United for this season's Boxing Day fixture, ko 3pm.
The game will see the Grecians meet former midfielder Liam Sercombe for the first time since he left St James Park for the Kassam Stadium in the summer.
City are looking for a fourth consecutive away win, but it is over a month since they last played away from St James Park after the match at Morecambe was rained off two weeks ago.
Read more at http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/match-preview-oxford-united-v...
Staff and volunteers are getting into the Christmas spirit at our Exeter hospice.
Every day grateful Exeter people are popping in to the city hospice with gifts including hampers, boxes of chocolates, biscuits, cakes, candles and flowers.
The hospice, in the grounds of the RD&E, is decorated with six Christmas trees and festive flowers beautifully arranged by our volunteer flower ladies.
Hospiscare patron Lady Clarissa Clifford visited with presents, while Marina Cornall from St David’s donated a lovely large Christmas floral display which her mother-in-law Joan...
Staff and customers at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in Exeter have brought some early Christmas presents to the young patients on Bramble Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The team from the Exeter branch in Southrenhay and the commercial team at Pynes Hill donated a huge selection of toys and games for the children to enjoy.
This Christmas, the staff were keen to support local children who may have to stay in hospital over the festive period, so they put up posters in their branch asking for donations of toys.
While Christmas and New Year are meant to be happy times, the fact is that every year the beginning of January sees a spike in divorce proceedings as couples bite the bullet and resolve to split. This phenomenon has become so well established that in legal circles it is referred to as ‘Divorce Day’, with Monday 4 January expected to see this year’s peak.
Andrew Barton, partner in Stephens Scown LLP’s family law team, has experienced this many times. He said: “Sadly, while Christmas is meant to bring people together, often it just serves to drive them apart. The tensions of being...
With just a few days to go until the festive holidays begin, what weather can we expect this Christmas?
After the mild, unsettled start to December the Met Office say it looks likely that this theme will continue through until the end of the year with some spells of windy, wet weather but also drier, brighter periods with some showers. Although temperatures will remain above average, there will be some cooler days and nights with wintry showers possible over hills and mountains in the north of the UK and some overnight frosts.
Going into Christmas Eve, a low pressure system...
Devon is looking forward to a welcome economic boost, thanks to Christmas this year, says VisitDevon.
Latest findings forecast that visitors will spend £104million in Devon for the Christmas period. With over 180,000 people visiting Devon for an overnight stay and 1.4 million visiting for the day.
"With restrictions on parents taking their children out of school during term time, which is having had a negative impact on tourism across the year, Christmas holidays are more important than they used to be," says Victoria Hatfield, Chair of Visit Devon.
South West Water is calling on its customers to save the drains this Christmas and dispose of cooking fat, oil and grease responsibly.
The company's Head of Wholesale Waste Recovery and Environmental Protection, Guy Doble, said: "At Christmas, the volume of cooking fat entering the sewers increases dramatically.
"When the fat cools, it hardens, clogging pipes. It's not just sewers that suffer, household pipes can get blocked too which may result in hefty repair bills.
"Avoid pain in the drain this festive season by waiting for unwanted cooking fat, oil or grease to...
Christmas is fast approaching and with the colder weather also arriving, cosy chimney fires are being lit. Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are encouraging you to check your chimney is clean, safe and swept for Santa’s arrival.
Chimney fires can cause serious structural damage to a home, with the risks being even greater if the property has a thatched roof. The damage is not only fire based but also the dirt and smell left from all the soot and smoke, which would affect your personal property, including all your Christmas presents.
