Oxjam Exeter Takeover is delighted to announce tickets are now on sale. This year the main event is being held at Exeter Castle who is also hosting their own Exeter Castle Festival of Rugby. It means that Exeter music and rugby fans can be raising money for Oxfam, whilst enjoying Rugby World Cup Games on a large screen and an eclectic mix of Devon’s emerging, musical talent performing on the main stage.
Oxjam began in 2006, with the aim of creating a network of music-loving people across the UK, all united by a shared goal - to raise money to fight poverty and suffering around the...
A free 90 minute talk given by Exeter Red Coats guides. Find out about some of the sport played in Exeter from Roman times right up to the present day, including reference to and anecdotes of some of the great sporting personalities that have graced the city of Exeter over the years.
Custom House Sunday 27th September 11.00 a.m. Custom House Friday 9th October 2.00 p.m. Custom House Thursday 22nd October 2.00 p.m.
A free 90 minute talk given by Exeter Red Coats guides. Find out about some of the sport played in Exeter from Roman times right up to the present day, including reference to and anecdotes of some of the great sporting personalities that have graced the city of Exeter over the years.
Custom House Sunday 27th September 11.00 a.m. Custom House Friday 9th October 2.00 p.m. Custom House Thursday 22nd October 2.00 p.m.
A free 90 minute talk given by Exeter Red Coats guides. Find out about some of the sport played in Exeter from Roman times right up to the present day, including reference to and anecdotes of some of the great sporting personalities that have graced the city of Exeter over the years.
Custom House Sunday 27th September 11.00 a.m. Custom House Friday 9th October 2.00 p.m. Custom House Thursday 22nd October 2.00 p.m.
Someone somewhere in the city next month is going to have a monopoly - on Exeter MONOPOLY. That's because they will get their hands on the very first board in the city. The game officially launches at 10am in the heart of the Cathedral city at a venue to be announced. It is to be a public event and the whole city is being invited to the launch! But before then one person is going to get their hands on the much-anticipated official board. They will be presented with it by Mr MONOPOLY, the board’s moustached (and costumed) icon, at 9am on October 14th -Exeter MONOPOLY launch date – and it...
The £12 million Queen St Dining regeneration project which will see the creation of a brand new dining destination in the heart of Exeter has reached its latest milestone.
Owners Aviva Investors are breathing new life into the Guildhall Shopping Centre by reconfiguring the existing buildings to create a series of high-specification restaurants and improvements to the public realm space.
Work on this complex project is now shifting from the deconstruction stage, where materials are being removed from the existing buildings and adaptions made, to the construction stage, with...
An Exeter hotel is gearing up to welcome one of the teams playing in The Rugby World Cup 2015.
Tonga face Namibia at Sandy Park, home of the Exeter Chiefs, on Tuesday September 29.
By then they will be truly settled into their new West Country surroundings, as the players and coaching staff arrive, with their families, at the Mercure Exeter Southgate hotel this Saturday (September 19), the day after the Pool C side take on Georgia in Gloucester.
The squad will use the hotel, in Southernhay, as their base, whilst training at Exeter University, as they prepare for the...
Police are very concerned for the whereabouts of a 60-year-old man from Exeter.
Richard Beattie was last seen on Wednesday 9 September having left his accommodation in Alphington with no personal property.
Richard is described as 5ft 10ins tall, grey short thinning hair and of slight build. He was formerly in the Royal Navy and has spent most of his more recent life living in the Newton Abbot area.
He may frequent pubs or other licensed premises.
Anyone who sees Richard or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call 999 quoting reference 319 of 12 September...
Three local men have completed the challenge of a lifetime by cycling the length of the country to raise funds for Exeter charity Rainbow Living’s third Rainbow house.
Over 13 days, Duncan, Will and Jools spent an average of eight hours a day in the saddle cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End. The trio braved torrential rain, lashing winds, and mile after mile of vertical ascent followed by steep slippery descents. Herds of cows, flocks of sheep, punctures, saddle sores and overall tiredness may have slowed them down, but they were not deterred during their 1,000 mile journey...
Six hundred people gathered outside Exeter Cathedral this Saturday 12th September, in response to the escalating European refugee crisis. The shocking pictures of children dying in the Mediterranean, and reports of treacherous journeys being undertaken to escape war and persecution, stirred the hearts and minds of the people of Exeter to help. The compassion rally was called to show the government that refugees are welcome in Exeter and to ask the government to do more to help refugees. A petition asking Exeter City Council to provide homes for 50 refugee families, signed by 1313 people,...
