The Exeter School Junior Choir, Middle School Choir and Senior Choir joined together with friends of Exeter School for a wonderful Choral Society concert in Exeter Cathedral on Thursday 17 March. The concert began with Paul Patterson’s Magnificat, conducted by Director of Music Mr Tamblyn. This was a challenging and exciting piece for the choir to learn; everybody enjoyed perfecting the rhythmic and harmonic complexities, and thrilled by the eight-piece brass band and two percussionists, who added real drive and verve to the music. We were honoured to have Mr Patterson, an internationally...
COUNTRY music fans will be in for a treat when award-winning tribute acts to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers perform in Tiverton.
Kelly O’Brien and Peter White, both winners at the National Tribute Awards in 2013, are bringing The Dolly and Kenny Show to Tiverton Golf Club on Saturday 14 May.
Tickets cost £12 and are now on sale to the public from the club bar.
The event will coincide with The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration at Windsor Castle from 12 to 15 May.
Kelly is an Australian-born singer, dancer, comedienne, actress and writer who has been...
COUNTRY music fans will be in for a treat when award-winning tribute acts to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers perform in Tiverton.
Kelly O’Brien and Peter White, both winners at the National Tribute Awards in 2013, are bringing The Dolly and Kenny Show to Tiverton Golf Club on Saturday 14 May.
Tickets cost £12 and are now on sale to the public from the club bar.
The event will coincide with The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration at Windsor Castle from 12 to 15 May.
Kelly is an Australian-born singer, dancer, comedienne, actress and writer who has been...
Exeter’s Best Bar None scheme is celebrating great success on its first anniversary.
Since the scheme launched In March 2015, sixty premises have signed up to the programme which promotes responsible management and operation of alcohol licensed premises and aims to make Exeter a safer and more vibrant place for those living, working and visiting the city.
The group held an event to mark the one year anniversary at city centre venue, Hole in the Wall, which saw around fifty venue managers attend, to hear from speakers Dominic Borg, Best Bar None Chairman; Mick McDonnell,...
Lots and lots of lovely arts crafts and gifts - all hand made by local makers.
There will also be a free family Easter Egg hunt, spinning and weaving demonstrations, face paitning and Devon Fudge and live music by two of Exeter's best street musicians.
Come along and enjoy the serendipity of our lovely and historic quayside.
Watch the boats and swans go drifting by.
Enjoy a drink or a meal at the Prospect Inn, Samuel Jones, Riverside Cafe. On the Waterfront or Mangos
With just five rounds of the scheduled Aviva Premiership remaining, Rob Baxter has challenged his Exeter Chiefs side to go “flat out” in their attempts to secure a place in the end of season play-offs.
Having occupied a position in the top two for much of the season, it’s these final few weeks where the Devonians can really underline their credentials, starting with a big performance against Northampton Saints at Sandy Park this Sunday (3pm).
Buoyed by last weekend’s victory over the Newcastle Falcons, Baxter has tried to deflect any so-called pressure off his players by...
Thousands of runners braved the cold to take part in the RockSolid Race, an obstacle endurance race at Escot over the weekend.
Despite the freezing temperatures they queued up in their shorts and t-shirts to climb, jump and race either 5k, 10k or 15k.
Hospiscare entered three brave teams cheered on by staff from our city hospice, Searle House on the RD&E site.
After a warm up session it was off down the hill to discover what horrors lay in wait – freezing cold ponds, nearly vertical walls to climb, streams to cross, ladder bridges to crawl across, a sack race, a...
EAST Devon retired police officer Bob Spencer has won the influential support of a top Plymouth businessman in his bid to become the next Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall.
Charles Howeson, an acknowledged expert on South West economic regeneration, has been openly critical of the politicisation of the role of commissioner.
Only last month he challenged the Home Secretary for her endorsement of the Conservative candidate for the role.
In the run up to the May 5th election Mr Howeson has thrown his considerable influence behind the independent...
Harriet King celebrated her 10th birthday by doing something very special for Exeter cancer charity FORCE.
Instead of getting presents on her big day, she asked friends and family to donate to the charity.
Ahead of her birthday in February Harriet said: “I have pretty much everything I could need and want. So instead of asking for birthday presents, if you would like to make a donation to the FORCE Cancer Charity, I would really appreciate it.”
It was an amazingly generous gesture and what a response it received!
People in East Devon and Dorset have the chance to have their say on how the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site is looked after in the future.
The management of the WHS is currently overseen and funded by a partnership including Devon County Council, Dorset County Council, and the charity, the Jurassic Coast Trust. Its day-to-day work is done by a small team based at County Hall in Dorchester.
However, with pressure on council budgets and examples of communities taking a greater role in delivering services, the partners are looking at different ways the coast could be...
