The Feast of Fiddles band-waggon trundles merrily on in its Silver Jubilee year. Born in Nettlebed on Valentine’s Day 1994 as a one off special concert, Feast of Fiddles has done 25 spring tours, 24 festivals and has 7 CDs to its name. Not bad for a bunch of old folk-rockers! This is a band of friends that puts on a show of huge dynamic range performed with passion, joy and a liberal dose of fun. Fiddlers Peter Knight (Gigspanner, Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian Cutler (Bully Wee), Tom Leary (Lindisfarne) and Garry Blakeley (Band of...
More than 10,000 trees have been planted in Exeter since the year 2000, the City Council has revealed.
Many of the trees were planted across the city as part of the Council’s Urban Woodland project but others have been introduced into parks and open spaces over the years.
The City Council places a high value on trees across the city. Damaged trees are replaced with new ones and the Council works hard to ensure the city stays green, benefiting the lives of residents, visitors and the environment itself.
Today the City Council helped plant a small-leaved lime tree (...
Exeter School pupils and staff are celebrating a successful first term of fundraising with the news that over £10,000 has been raised for charity in one term.
Each year a committee of Sixth Form representatives selects three charities for the school to support during the course of the academic year. For the autumn term, pupils chose Rowcroft Hospice, an independent charity providing a wide range of specialist palliative care services for people and their families with progressive life-limiting illnesses in South Devon. The Senior School mufti day raised £1,325 for this charity....
Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (18-20 January):
THEATRE
Lord of the Flies
Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Theatre
Set against the backdrop of a mysterious conflict engulfing the world, a plane carrying a group of evacuated schoolchildren crash-lands on a deserted island. The eleven girls and boys that survive are faced with the challenge of co-existing in a hostile new environment severed from the society they have left behind. Can the children create something better than the war that drove them from their homes, or will...
Kane Wilson says he has unfinished business with Exeter City having agreed to join the club on loan again until the end of the season.
Kane, 18, who has represented England at under-16 and under-17 level, spent the majority of last season on loan at St James Park where he made 22 appearances for the Grecians and scored his first goal in senior football in a 2-1 victory over Barnet.
It was a successful time for the club as City reached the League Two play-off final, before losing to Coventry City at Wembley. However, Kane has set his sights on going one better this time...
Bibium, the industry leader in providing coffee solutions to offices and the hospitality sector, has today launched an online review site where commercial consumers can browse, learn, review and purchase coffee machines.
Run by husband and wife team Wyatt and Grace Cavalier, the new offering is based on the TripAdvisor model and will allow customers to sort, search and filter over 600 different commercial coffee machines to find the one that's exactly right for them. They'll then be matched with up to four hand-picked vendors who will provide easy-to-understand quotes. Thousands of...
Hospiscare is starting 2019 with a new leader at the helm. Peter Brennan has taken on the role of Chief Executive Officer for the local charity after former CEO Glynis Atherton retired at the end of last year. The charity which provides end of life care for patients and their families in Exeter, Mid and East Devon needs to raise an annual sum of £7 million to care for the growing local population.
Originally from Leicester, Peter’s career brought him to Devon in 2002, working as Group Managing Director of the Vapormatic business in Exeter, a subsidiary of Deere & Company Inc. (...
Return to the Forbidden Planet is fast approaching Crediton!
With show-time just around the corner, excitement is building at QE with students channelling their artistic energies into demanding rehearsals for the school’s upcoming production, Return to the Forbidden Planet.
Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet, Return to the Forbidden Planet is a Jukebox musical by playwright Bob Carlton and is packed with classics such as Great Balls of Fire, Good Vibrations and Gloria. The show scored an Oliver Award for Best Musical almost...
Investigation work is being carried out at Exmouth’s Warren View Sports Ground by East Devon’s contractor Geotechnics Limited over the next few weeks to give reassurance that the site is suitable for all-weather pitches and other multi-sport facilities.
East Devon District Council is working with the Devon-based charity Exeter CITY Community Trust to develop a pioneering sports hub at the Ground, which is one of a number of sports and recreation sites owned and protected by the council in Exmouth and across the district.
The Community Trust and the council are working on...
PEOPLE in Exeter are being encouraged to get January off to a great start by making a date to join Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. As an added incentive, there’s 30% off entry fees* during January with the code RFL30. This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone in the area – women, men and children - to join the Race for Life. There are events for people of all ages and abilities taking place at Westpoint Exeter on 20 – 21 July. Ruth Chamings, Cancer Research UK’s Exeter Event Manager, said: “Our Race for Life events are fun, colourful, emotional and...
