Residents and volunteers at YMCA Exeter are delighted to announce that a recording of their EP album “Blessing” is now available online to download from Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, Google Play and iTunes.
The EP album is the result of a joint project called ‘Making Invisible People Visible’, between YMCA Exeter and Professor Paul Cloke at The University of Exeter. The album took YMCA Exeter residents’ on an emotional journey through song-writing, creativity and public performance, giving them the opportunity to make their voices heard.
The tribunal, to determine the fee Exeter City will receive from Chelsea for Ethan Ampadu, will take place on Wednesday, April 18. The tribunal will be held in London and will be attended by City chairman Julian Tagg, manager Paul Tisdale, director of football Steve Perryman and finance director Keith Mason along with the club’s legal team. Ethan became the club’s youngest ever player when he made his debut for the Grecians aged 15 years, 10 months and 26 days. He joined Chelsea on July 1, 2017, and has continued to impress, making seven first team appearances for the Blues this season as...
Candidates from the Labour, Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat parties will put their case and respond to questions from the audience at a Hustings for the City Council Elections in May.
The Hustings starts at 7pm on Thursday April 19th at Exeter Community Centre, St Davids' Hill and is organised by Transition Exeter.
Laura Wright the Labour candidate for St Thomas, Aric Gilinsky, the Conservative candidate for St Davids, James Dart the St Davids candidate for the Liberal Democrats and Cllr Chris Musgrave for the Green Party will take part.
Darts fans in Exeter will get the chance to see the sport’s greatest ever player in 2018 when Phil Taylor appears in an exclusive exhibition event.
Sixteen-time World Champion Taylor retired from the professional tour following January’s World Championship final, meaning the legendary ‘Power’ will not be appearing in this year’s Premier League for the first time.
But Taylor will be appearing at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 25 May 2018 alongside Welsh ace Mark Webster, darts’ original entertainer Bobby George and Exeter’s Lee Bryant.
Castle Drogo is holding two volunteering open days on Sunday 22 and Wednesday 25 April, from 12 noon until 3pm, for anyone who would like to find out more about getting involved at the property. This is the most exciting time in the history of Castle Drogo since its initial construction. After receiving funding in 2012 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Interreg, a European grant, the restoration project to make the castle watertight is now in its last phase. More volunteers than ever are needed to share the exciting interpretation that has been created and become part of the Castle Drogo...
A green light for four new projects in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone will see an increase in the delivery of employment space and unlock new jobs for the area.
An £8m fund was agreed by East Devon District Council’s April Cabinet to enable delivery of key projects. Subject to final approval being given at East Devon’s Full Council, these projects can then move forward in conjunction with partners at Devon County Council and Exeter Airport. Specific projects are:
£530,000 over 3 years for an enhanced bus service connecting the Enterprise Zone and Exeter, with...
Exmouth’s own local hero, Victoria Cross* (VC) recipient Lieutenant Richard Sandford, is to be honoured with a special memorial flagstone, which will be laid during a VC dedication service at the Strand Gardens, Exmouth on Sunday 22 April 2018 – almost 100 years to the day that he carried out the mission that led to his award.
Lt Sandford, whose mother lived at 15 The Beacons, Exmouth, won the prestigious VC for his actions in command of HM Submarine C3 during the hazardous Zeebrugge Raid on April 22 and 23, 1918. At 26 years old, he was a Lieutenant commanding a submarine in the...
Local authority adoption services in Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset are joining forces to become a single regional adoption service, under the banner Adopt South West.
The move, required by the Government, is expected to improve the adoption process; making it simpler for adoptive parents, and quicker so children awaiting adoption are waiting less time.
Council adoption services – 152 of them nationally - have tended to operate independently to a large extent, with individual budgets and with variation in the levels of support offered by councils to adoptive parents...
A new grant scheme is being piloted this year in five National Parks, offering funding for land managers to restore their historic farm buildings.
The Historic Building Restoration Grant is being piloted in Dartmoor, Lake District, Northumberland, Peak District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks with £2 million of funding available.
The aim of the scheme is to help save the iconic historic farm buildings in the English National Parks from falling out of use. Owners of these buildings from today can apply for a grant offering 80% towards the cost of restoration. This can...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 April):
THEATRE
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history. Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s...
