People heading to Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham Castle experienced long delays following a serious two-vehicle collision near Matford roundabout in Exeter.
Police, ambulance, and the Devon Air Ambulance were called at 11.30am today (Sunday) following the collision between a car and a motorcycle on the A379 at Sannerville Way.
The motorcyclist sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to Derriford Hospital by the air ambulance.
One lane of the A379 was closed near the BP garage and traffic was moving slowly in both directions. Highways attended the scene to...
The most colourful event on the FORCE Cancer Charity fundraising calendar is returning for a second year.
It's A Knockout will be held at Topsham Rugby Club on Saturday September 3.
Up to 72 teams of 10 will be taking part in games based on the popular TV show, using colourful inflatables, crazy costumes, props, water and, of course, lots of bubbles!
Last year’s event raised £23,500 as businesses, clubs and groups of friends competed in the 12-game spectacular.
FORCE Head of Fundraising Sarah Daniels said: “Everybody embraced the event and the array of fancy...
The Exeter HSL store on Dunns Business Centre on Trusham Road is celebrating its first year anniversary this month, as the team celebrates its first year of business.
As the UK’s leading comfort furniture specialist, HSL, specialises in providing excellent customer service and providing comfortable back-care solutions that are tailored to customer’s needs.
The Exeter store has gone from strength to strength since its launch in May last year. It now employs three comfort specialists and is celebrating being named as one of HSL’s best performing stores of 2016.
Summer is just around the corner and there’s plenty of fun and adventure to keep the whole family entertained at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth this May half term.
Open from 9am every day, an array of family-friendly activities will be on offer, such as face painting, making a donkey out of modelling clay and creating a bat finger puppet. Furthermore, to celebrate the imminent arrival of The Donkey Sanctuary’s new Bat Beacon this summer, there will be a bat holiday hunt for wildlife explorers young and old.
Get the whole family outdoors and meet some of the 500 donkeys...
BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Exeter is in full swing, with 50,000 revelers expected to pass through Powderham Castle’s gates this weekend.
Some of today’s biggest chart acts will be performing live, including the likes of Coldplay, Take That, Mumford and Sons, The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding Craig David, Tom Odell, Sigma, Jess Glynne, Meghan Trainor and Jack Garratt.
If you weren't lucky enough to get tickets, Radio 1’s Big Weekend is being broadcast live on Radio 1, streamed in vision at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 , with highlights on 1Xtra.
Kezia Barclay, a Graduate Engineer for Interserve Construction, has gallantly signed up to a new sponsored challenge for Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education.
In national Deaf Awareness Week earlier this month, Exeter Deaf Academy launched a new sponsored challenge called ‘Voice Off’.
This charity event aims to raise much needed funds as well as awareness of the one million Deaf young people across the UK who struggle to use or understand spoken language, as well as tackle some of the common misconceptions about deafness.
Bluebird Care , an Exeter and East Devon based home care provider have awarded a grant of £500 to the Exmouth & District Community Transport Group (EDCTG) to support them in providing transport to the Exmouth Dementia Carers Support Group .
Bluebird Care has been working hard to support community groups across Exeter as well as providing a daily care service to local residents living in their own homes.
The award winning home care provider awarded the Community Grant to the EDCTG after receiving numerous applications for their £500 Grant from voluntary organisations...
Twitter and other social media platforms are already buzzing ahead of the Exeter Chiefs maasive game against Saracens at Twickenham this afternoon.
Thirty five coaches will be heading from the city to London in the next few hours with around 40,000 fans of the club expected to show their support for the Devon side.
If the Chiefs win they will be the Aviva Premiership champions. An amazing feat after just six years in the league.
The club shop has sold out of replica shirts after a mad rush to snap up merchandise.
Revellers heading for Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Powderham Castle over this Bank Holiday are being urged to make their personal safety number one.
Around 50,000 music fans are expected to visit the Exeter venue on Saturday and Sunday to see some of today’s biggest chart acts perform live.
Planning for the event has been ongoing for several months with officers from the Op Candle command team working alongside event organisers, Teignbridge District Council, Exeter City Council, Devon County Council, British Transport Police and other emergency services to support the event....
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (27-30 May).
THEATRE
English Touring Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride Friday, 7.30pm, Exeter Northcott Theatre Vampire-like villains and human sacrifice form a bloodthirsty backdrop to what is one of the most refined and perfect of operas, based on a famous story from Greek myth. By a composer who influenced future generations from Mozart to Wagner, this account of the reunion of Iphigenia and her brother in the aftermath of the Trojan War is an eloquent, heart-wrenching masterpiece. Sung in French with English...
