Devon

MTV returns to Devon

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 03/05/2019 - 11:08am

MTV today announced that it will be turning up the volume for Plymouth as it returns to host a series of live music events, panels, workshops and talks across one unforgettable week this summer. Bring on MTV Music Week Plymouth 2019!

Running from the 5th – 8th June, the four-day event will see MTV continue their Plymouth legacy, descending on the South Coast to present live music evening events: Club MTV, MTV PRESENTS, MTV PUSH Live and YO! MTV Raps.

The impressive line-up so far includes; Ghetts, Jvck James, Ms Banks, Pale Waves, RAY BLK, R3WIRE & VARSKI, Snoochie Shy...

Free music lessons for all initiative coming to Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/04/2019 - 12:41pm

Learn to Play Day - a free national event to encourage everyone in the UK to start making music - is coming to Devon this month.

Supported by Jools Holland OBE, and run by charity Music for All, the 2019 Learn to Play Day will take place on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th March, and will see music shops, teachers, venues and schools throughout the county Supported by Jools Holland OBE, and run by partner with leading musical instrument brands to offer thousands of FREE music lessons.

So far, Musicroom Exeter (on Sidwell Street) is leading the way for venues in Devon, but more...

St Marks play area officially open for fun in Honiton

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/04/2019 - 11:21am

The newly refurbished play area at St Marks Road Honiton has now been officially opened by Cllr Andrew Moulding, the Chairman of East Devon District Council. St Marks, together with the Glen Farm play area, has been revamped as part of a works programme being carried out by the council across the district to replace and enhance five play area sites within this financial year. Local children from Littletown Primary Academy in Honiton, Honiton Primary School, Little Ones Nursery, Honiton Youth Club and Honiton Baby and Toddler Group helped with the design of the site as part of a...

Overnight work on Exe Bridges in Exeter

Motorists are being reminded that overnight resurfacing work at Exe Bridges in Exeter will start this evening (Monday 4 March).

The Devon County Council scheme, which involves reconstructing and resurfacing Exe Bridges and an adjoining section of Alphington Street, is scheduled to take eight weeks to complete.

The North and South bridge will also be re-waterproofed beneath the carriageway to maintain the structure, and a number of manhole covers, gully gratings and kerbs will be replaced.

Most of the work will be carried out from 7pm to 7am, although some daytime...

Coping with change requires empowering others: Exeter chosen for innovative leadership immersive workshop

Authored by Proteus
Posted: Mon, 03/04/2019 - 9:56am

The increasing recognition of the need to cope with change in positive and sustainable ways has led more businesses to turn toleadership skills and management training - but taught courses do not always deliver the desired outcomes.

According to Professor Peter Totterdill, CEO of Workplace Innovation Europe Limited (WIE), many enlightened employers and business ownersare committed to real transformation beyond “ticking the box”, leading teams of engaged employees who are more than willing to “go the extramile”.

However, he questions whether those who receive leadership and...

Church bells will be the back-up warning for flooding in Starcross.

The Environment Agency has worked with Starcross Flood Group, St Paul's Church and flood wardens to create a contingency plan unique to the village if all usual forms of communication fail.

The chances of residents not getting warned by traditional electronic methods via the flood warning service are remote. But every flood plan has a contingency and Megan Debenham, the Flood Group Co-ordinator for Starcross, suggested using the 18th and 19th-century bells in St Paul's Church.

Community fundraisers and funding from the agency has restored the bells and surrounding masonry...

(l-r) Prue Tasman, Judy Day and Colin Rea of the Big Noise Chorus present a cheque for £1,760 to Pete’s Dragons Project Manager Kate Bedding.

Exeter community choir makes a Big Noise for Pete's Dragons - and raises plenty of notes

Authored by RedSoil PR
Posted: Sun, 03/03/2019 - 1:59pm

A community choir was on song for suicide bereavement support charity Pete’s Dragons – boosting the cause to the tune of £1,760 with a pair of concerts.

The Exmouth-based charity - helping hundreds of people across Devon – is one close to the heart of the Big Noise Chorus.

Singers in the non-audition musical group, which has five choirs across the county, have experienced the loss of a loved-one to suicide.

Chorus member Judy Day put forward Pete’s Dragons as a beneficiary for the work it does helping people cope with suicide bereavement - always offering ongoing...

New book launched on the excavation of Exeter’s Medieval Bridge

Exeter’s medieval bridge and its archaeological excavation in the 1970s is the subject of a new book that was launched today (Friday 1 March) in Exeter.

Author Stewart Brown took 40 years to write the book - The Medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund’s Church, and Excavation of Waterfront Houses, Exeter – after he helped uncover the bridge in the 1970s while working for the City Council’s Archaeological Field Unit (AFU).

This book, which is available to buy from Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets, the Custom House and Exeter’s Underground Passages, has been published by the...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (1-3 March)

THEATRE

In the Willows

Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott

With epic show tunes and killer beats, this classic story is brought popping and locking into the twenty first century in an extraordinary new hip-hop musical. Featuring fast bikes, fierce moves and fabulous vocals. After their smash hit street-dance Jungle Book and circus-musical Little Mermaid, Exeter Northcott Associate Company Metta Theatre return with a bold new take on this much loved classic. https://exeternorthcott.co...

Community group launches Love Topsham Card to encourage people to shop locally

Topsham, the picturesque estuary town five miles from Exeter, has launched a donation scheme and discount card, to encourage residents to shop locally whilst raising money for year-round activities to promote the town.

The annual Love Topsham Card is available to anyone who makes a minimum donation of just £3 per month (or a one-off payment of £36), and its available to EX3 businesses who make a donation as well. Payments can be made via the Love Topsham website, through a standing order with a bank or at a number of shops in town. Local businesses are then encouraged to make an...

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