The waiting is over and rugby returns to Sandy Park today (Saturday) as Exeter Chiefs prepare to kick-off their 2015-16 campaign with the visit of Gloucester in the inaugural match of the West Country Challenge Cup (4:30pm).
After two months of gruelling work in the gym and the training field, Rob Baxter's side will at last be able to put into practice new ideas and fresh plans in the first of four warm-up fixtures for the Devon club.
With the forthcoming Rugby World Cup not only ensuring a later start to the domestic year, but also robbing clubs of key personnel for the...
Enjoy a FREE visit to Dartmoor National Park's Higher Uppacott medieval longhouse as part of Heritage Open Days 2015.
A longhouse is a medieval farmhouse in which both people and cattle were accommodated under a single roof. Higher Uppacott is rare and of national importance. It is one of the few remaining examples of this historic building type, which has retained its lower or shippon end (cattle shelter) in its original unaltered state. It is a Grade 1 listed building.
One of the things that makes Higher Uppacott so special is that its development from its medieval...
UK fisheries survey logbooks from the 1930s to 1950s have been digitised for the first time, revealing how cod responded to changing temperatures in the last century.
Scientists at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and the University of Exeter found that at the time, the warm seas experienced around Norway benefitted the cod, similar to the conditions there today.
Most cod eaten by the UK comes from northern seas including the Barents Sea around Norway, because the stocks there at the moment are at record highs. Cod stocks were also big...
The 1st XV at Exeter School, Exeter were treated to a Masterclass with none other than Exeter Chiefs' Head Coach Rob Baxter on Wednesday 2 September.
Sponsored by Westerly Exeter BMW, Exeter School were pleased to welcome Rob for the exclusive training session. A local sports celebrity in his own right, Rob played for, captained, and is now Head Coach at Exeter Chiefs, and has been supported by Westerly Exeter BMW since 2006.
Rob made history taking Exeter Chiefs through to the Rugby Premiership finishing fifth last year and winning the LV cup in 2014. Rob was also part of...
The first students started their classes at the new Cranbrook Education Campus on Thursday 3 September, a brand new ‘all through’ school for pupils aged between two and 16 run by The Ted Wragg Trust.
The school opened with around 60 places filled in the Nursery, 17 primary school students and 31 Year 7 students. The classrooms are being opened in phases, with more space used in line with student numbers as the community continues to grow.
Moira Marder, Executive Head Teacher at the Ted Wragg Trust said: “It’s so exciting to be part of the inception at this new school,...
The Cranbrook & Exeter Macmillan Fundraising Group invite you to tea at the Younghayes Centre, Younghayes Road, Cranbrook on 26th September. Please come along for tea, coffee, cakes, scones and raffle.
If you curious about Cranbrook or thinking about moving to the newest town in Devon why not check it out at the same time and have a chat with the locals. We're a really friendly bunch!
Your guide to the best of what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (4-6 September).
THEATRE
Boeing Boeing Friday & Saturady, 8pm, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth It's the 1960's and swinging bachelor Bernard couldn't be happier, a flat in Paris and three gorgeous stewardesses all engaged to him without knowing about each other! www.manorpavilion.com
MUSIC
Rave On - Tribute to Buddy Hollyl Friday, 7.30pm, Exmouth Pavilion Marc Robinson and the Counterfeit Crickets bring you an authentic evening of pure Rock n Roll, celebrating the music of the man himself...
This family, fun cycle event is the length of a half-marathon: about 13 miles along the Exe Estuary cycle trail.
Raising money for two great local causes:
Dream-a-Way, which provides holiday grants for people with disabilities in the south west Football in the Community, which encourages people to get active the several different sports and fitness programmes It’s not a race. Even young members of the family can take part.
Police in Exeter are appealing for information following burglaries at three separate building sites.
Since Friday 28th August three building sites have been targeted with power tools being the main focus for thieves.
Sometime over the bank holiday weekend between Friday 28th August and Tuesday 1st September, the Barrett & David Wilson building site on Hill Barton Road, Exeter was targeted and items stolen from insecure plots.
Amongst the property stolen were guttering, piping and plumbing equipment.
The offender(s) also stripped and stole copper from...
After the shocking pictures of children dying in the Mediterranean, people across Devon are rushing to donate money and goods to refugees caught in the camps at Calais.
On Thursday 10th September hundreds of people will be bringing their donations to Exeter Friends Meeting House.
The collection event has been organised on facebook in a very short time.
Over 200 people signed up to attend within the first 48 hours after the initial announcement.
“People are being astonishingly generous” said Ghee Bowman, one of the organisers “our crowdfunder page has raised...
