Tickets for the 2016 Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink are now on sale.
The 13th Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink will take place at the beautiful Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle from Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016.
The ultimate foodie event will bring you the very best of what the South West has to offer, and will feature more than 100 producers from the region as well as top chefs, workshops and food-themed activities for the whole family to enjoy.
Three After Dark Music Festivals will also be held on the Thursday, Friday and...
Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP has warned businesses that they will need to ensure their data protection processes are robust enough to meet tough new rules which have just been agreed by the EU to unify data protection rules across the region.
Stephens Scown advises that almost all businesses will need to change how they deal with customer data in light of these new rules and that it is highly unlikely that any business will be compliant due to the scope of the changes.
The new General Data Protection Regulation is expected to be formally agreed early next...
There are only days left to get your entries in for St David’s Neighbourhood Partnership (SDNP)’s photographic competition.
The competition – called 'Scene in St David’s' – is open to all St David’s residents and offers a £100 top prize, and £50 for the runner up – plus the same for under-16s. Alongside views of the area, entrants are asked to describe why the place in their photograph is special to them. The competition will be judged by a panel of regional arts and community professionals, it closes on 4th January and the winners will be announced at the SDNPs AGM in February....
If you’ve wandered past the Christmas tree in Exeter Library you might have noticed the interactive flashing lights and Christmas carols playing from its branches. But did you know the tree was programmed by young coders from Exeter’s very own CodeClub?
Meeting every Thursday afternoon after school, two groups of children aged 7-11 have been learning how to code with the expert help of Simon Belshaw, Kris Sum and their brilliant team of volunteers.
Whether it’s Python or Scratch, top Minecraft tips, Sonic Pi or programming sensors, these two groups are learning digital...
A University of Exeter scientist has been awarded a Distinguished Investigator Award by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, a US charity that funds research into the causes of mental illness.
Professor Jonathan Mill, of the University of Exeter Medical School, received the $100K (£66,000) award to support his research into the role of neurodevelopmental processes in schizophrenia. Professor Mill will look to study the mechanisms by which genes are activated and regulated during human brain development and how these processes may be involved in psychiatric illness.
Higher Woolbrook Park in Sidmouth is set to get brand new streetlights this year, following a routine maintenance inspection by Devon County Council contractors SSE.
In addition, in a separate scheme, Government funding will mean that 24,000 more lanterns across Devon will be converted to energy efficient alternatives by March 2018.
This follows a successful bid by Devon County Council to secure over £10m from the Department for Transport Challenge Fund.
Included in this will be the replacement of 5,000 streetlamp columns on mainly A and B roads in Devon, including...
People in Exeter can recycle their Christmas trees in the New Year.
For those not on the City Council's garden waste collection service there will be an opportunity to take Christmas trees to one of the following sites on the weekend of 9 and 10 January
Car park at Mincinglake Valley Park (top end, off Stoke Hill near the community centre)
Car park at Heavitree Pleasure Ground (next to recycling banks, Whipton Lane near junction with Stanwey)
Car park at Holman Way, Topsham
For those who are enrolled on the garden waste collection...
Having headlined the 2015 Glastonbudget Festival last year (the biggest tribute festival of the year), Totally Tina comes to TORQUAY – Princess Theatre on Saturday 20th February 2016! Totally TINA is an award-winning tribute to the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner, being given the “Official UK number one” honour by the Agents Association of Great Britain. Currently touring the UK theatres in a full production version with live band, dancers and our leading lady Justine Riddoch. Rather than being a biography, this show focuses on Tina's live concert career, replicating scenes from...
A man has died after trying to rescue his dog from the sea on New Year's Day.
The emergency sevices were alerted to people in difficulty in the water off Portmellon near Mevagissey at around 11am.
Two people were subsequently recovered from the sea.
One was recovered by a member of the public and brought to shore, the second person was recovered from the sea by the Coastguard helicopter and was taken to hospital.
The RNLI Lifeboat from Fowey and Mevagissey Coastguard Rescue Team were also in attendance.
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (January 1-3)
THEATRE
Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk. But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse. The show runs until 9 January. Performance times and tickets: www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
A Christmas Carol Exeter Northcott Theatre Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is determined not...
