An epic bass and drum driven instrumental soundtracks Rhodes’s ominous entrance to the stage. With no lights upon them, it’s hard to tell if this is the masterful work of Rhodes’s four member support band or just some legendary score for that film you’ve always meant to get around to watching sometime, being blasted out the PA. It turned out to be the former. Almost as soon as it began, the atmospheric layers fall away, leaving a spotlight exposed Rhodes, singing gently to the accompaniment of his own hollow-body electric guitar. It’s...
Social enterprises in Exeter are being celebrated at the weekend as part of a nationwide initiative - Social Saturday.
Saturday (10 October) marks a UK-wide day of activity to celebrate, raise awareness and buy from social enterprises.
What sets these businesses aside from traditional businesses is that they trade for a social or an environmental purpose. They reinvest or donate their profits to meet this purpose.
Exeter City Council is recognising the importance of social enterprises both to the local economy and to the city’s culture by getting involved in the day...
Farmers’ leaders in the South West are predicting more tough times ahead for the region’s dairy industry.
The recent announcement of further cuts means farm gate milk prices are likely to remain below the cost of production for some time to come, putting many farming families under increased pressure.
In the South West this is exacerbated by having to deal with the financial and emotional effects of bovine TB. According to figures published by industry body AHDB Dairy, 124 farmers from the region have left dairying over the last year, a stark illustration of the problems...
The Exeter Dementia Action Alliance will be officially launching next month at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum with over 100 due to attende from local councillors to city retailers, businesses, people living with dementia and their care givers.
RAMM Community Participation Officer said: “RAMM is proud to be part of the Alliance, this growing community of organisations working towards a dementia-friendly city. At the museum there’s always something to discover – about objects, about the world, about yourself, or the person with you. We value every visitor.”
Dr Pradnya Apte, Clinic Director, welcomed clients, guests and press to celebrate the launch at Sommerville House on September 17th. Guests enjoyed Champagne and canapés in the new, state of the art Mediclinic on Southernhay. revitalise rejuvenate Mediclinic is one of the first clinics in the Exeter area to offer Silhouette Soft, the non surgical facelift. Using threads and cones this procedure takes approximately 40 minutes, with no downtime and the effects can last up to 18 months. Dr Apte is also offering the latest anti ageing procedures including wrinkle reducing treatments and...
A three-month-old baby was rescued from a locked garage in Newton Abbot today.
Firefighters from Newton Abbot were sent to the garage in Jetty Marsh Road just after 11am, following a call reporting a car with a baby inside, which had been accidently locked in a garage.
Crews rescued the baby girl by gaining access to the garage via a ground floor window and used small tools to gain entry to the vehicle.
A partner of Honiton-based law firm Beviss & Beckingsale is preparing to assume command on stage, playing the Major General in a new production of “The Pirates of Penzance” starting in Exeter this week.
Solicitor Mark Ollier, who lives in Exeter, is reprising the role he’s played twice before, in Seaton for the Testudo Players and in Sidmouth for the town’s Arts Club Operatic Society.
Mark says: “Although I’m a lawyer by day, I love performing to an audience and strutting my stuff on stage. In this role I get to sing the well-known patter song "I am the very model...
Community organisations and residents who pledge to recycle and reduce food waste are in with a chance of winning prizes in a new initiative launched by Teignbridge District Council.
Teignbridge, which is rolling out its new waste and recycling service, has unveiled a Recycling Together Rewards scheme aimed at rewarding those who support recycling with cash prizes and drive up recycling rates even higher.
The scheme is supported by £40,000 from the Department for Communities and Local Government and is part of Teignbridge’s new bin and recycling collection service which...
Fire crews were called to a barn fire in East Devon earlier today (Monday 5 October).
Fire Control mobilised appliances from Seaton, Colyton, Axminster and the water carrier from Exeter to reports of a fire within a barn at a farm near Musbury.
On arrival crews found one building measuring 120m x 20m containing straw and livestock, efforts were made to remove straw and farm vehicles.
Three hose reel jets, a thermal imaging camera, drag forks and two breathing apparatus were in use.
The cause of the fire was believed to be accidental.
From 200 years away Jakob and Wilhelm, the Brothers Grimm, make a wish on a magic fish to know whether the tales they collected will still be known by children in the future. They magically find themselves in Exeter in 2015 rhyming children through Grimm’s Fairy Tales such as The Fisherman and His Wife. Children will have the opportunity to decorate their own magic paper wishing fish.
Performances at 10.30 and 13.00. £5 admission.
Please note: the morning performance is a more family orientated storytelling session,...
