Exeter Street Food will be hosting The Christmas Street Food Party at The Quay, Exeter on Tuesday 23 December between 5.30pm and 9.30pm, celebrating the finale of it’s street food events in 2014.
Even if you’re not a foodie between the live music, the ‘festive’ pop-up pub and beautiful light display you should still have a good time.
The live music line up is looking great with singer Charlotte Ward recently featured on BBC, introducing singer Sadie Holer who is only sixteen but has the most amazing voice and twenty-two piece jazz band The Locked Horns headlining. Exeter...
As the Christmas holidays get underway Exeter Airport is expecting to deal with over 20,000 passengers over the two week festive period.
Many will be heading for the winter warmth of Sharm El Sheikh or the Canary Islands but on Saturday there’s a real winter feel about the departures with ski flights to Switzerland and France and a day trip to Lapland to see Santa. The Disneyland Paris flight is also popular at Christmas.
Matt Roach, Exeter Airport’s managing director said: “Family and friends are getting together around the country at this time of the year and Flybe’s UK...
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, The Magdalen Chapter’s renowned Boxing Day and New Year’s Day buffets return for the third year running. Throughout the afternoon on both days, the top Exeter hotel will be offering a freshly prepared feast for those looking to make the most of the final festive celebrations. Tables are still available.
A grazing banquet will be served in the Restaurant from 12.30pm featuring the finest cold meats, fresh fish and locally sourced shellfish, accompanied by a selection of seasonal salads and sumptuous puddings expertly prepared by the hotel’s kitchen team....
A local charity is offering people ideas for a wild Christmas with a difference.
Leading conservation charity Devon Wildlife Trust has developed a series of ideas for ‘wild Christmas escapes’ and is urging people to spend just a small part of the festive season and get away from the excesses and stresses of this time of year.
Devon Wildlife Trust’s Steve Hussey explained the idea: "Despite all the merry making Christmas can bring with it a series of challenges to our health and well-being. And if this seems a bit Scrooge-like then which of us can really say that we haven’t...
This festive season from Tuesday 16th December to Saturday 10th January, The Bike Shed Theatre, in Exeter’s Fore Street, will be transformed into an extraordinary kingdom, filled with magic and mystery - The Land of Lost. The perfect show for all the family, Edgar and the Land of Lost is an original Bike Shed Theatre and Wardrobe Ensemble production with family of three tickets available at just £25.
Join lonely, sensible, grumpy Edgar and adventurous, unruly Peewee as the unlikely pair travel through the imposing doors of lost property in sleepy Winton town - into the undiscovered...
South Western Ambulance Service launches its ‘festive spirit’ campaign today.
The campaign will run until Monday 5 January and aims to encourage people across the South West to drive safely this Christmas.
A poignant poster refers to people ‘having too much festive spirit’ and South Western Ambulance Service is urging people to consider the consequences before getting behind the wheel after consuming alcohol.
Alcohol is not the only factor when it comes to driving responsibly during the winter. Driving at a speed appropriate to the weather conditions, ensuring that...
Exmouth’s Christmas spirit has been given an extra festive boost with a beautifully decorated Christmas tree in the heart of the town.
Exmouth town’s Christmas display on the Strand has been lit up with new fairy lights and festive decorations, thanks to local businessman Marcus Di-Vincenzo, from solar energy firm, MIG Renewable Technologies.
The tree which is placed in the town centre each year is usually dressed with a simple set of fairy lights, but is always left looking a little bit bare, according to the renewable energy enthusiast.
Exeter resident, Jenny Fox, 25, is giving up her family Christmas to support disadvantaged children in need of a magical Christmas experience.
Jenny will be travelling to the CHICKS charity retreat in Brentor, Devon, where she will be joined by five other volunteers, three charity staff and over a dozen disadvantaged children for a residential Christmas break.
CHICKS is a national charity that provides free respite breaks for disadvantaged children from right across the UK. In addition to its regular respite breaks, the charity holds special Christmas breaks from December...
During the busy run up to Christmas and the intensive shopping period, Devon and Cornwall Police are advising people to keep their Christmas purchases safe.
People are advised to protect their Christmas purchases by storing them in a safe, secure and private location that is not visible from outside, so burglars aren’t tempted to steal them.
Bob Bunney, Crime Reduction Team Leader for Devon and Cornwall Police, said: “Christmas is a great time of year for thieves and burglars. They know that there will be high-value goods in homes and in cars and will look out for any...
Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter:
THEATRE
Exeter Comedy Club Christmas Specials Friday, 8.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter Featuring Lloyd Griffiths, Joel Dommett, Nathan Caton and Rob Deering. www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange
George's Marvellous Medicine Daily, Exeter Northcott Theatre The Birmingham Stage Company present Roald Dahl's amazing story about a young boy who makes a marvellous new medicine to cure his grandmother of her terrifying temper. But when his grandmother...
