Don't go anywhere this weekend without consulting our essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter.
THEATRE
The Business of Murder Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Stone, a humourless and dour man, invites Dee, a television playwright, over to his flat on the premise of discussing a script. Once there, she is surprised when superintendent Hallett, the man with whom she is having an affair, also arrives for an entirely different reason. But nothing is as it seems, and as the plot twists and turns the motive of their host Stone gradually becomes clear....
From Easter egg hunts to eggtastic activities, there's loads going on in and around Exeter to keep the family entertained this Easter...
Daily, until 12 April:
Exe Egg Chase Exe Estuary Trail, Exeter A special Easter egg hunt inspired by Rugby World Cup 2015. Participants have to find small, Rugby-ball shaped chocolate eggs which are hidden at a number of businesses along the estuary trail route including, Saddles & Paddles, Toby Buckland Plant Centre, Stuart Line Cruises, Darts Farm, the Salutation Inn and Double Locks. The Rugby eggs can be found by following clues...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes new signing Will Hooley is a “great fit” for his side after he today sealed a move from Aviva Premiership counterparts Northampton Saints.
The 21-year-old fly-half is the latest addition in what is proving a busy period of squad strengthening from Baxter ahead of the 2015/16 season.
Already the Devon club have brought in Geoff Parling, Ollie Woodburn, Michele Campagnaro, Ollie Atkins and Shaun Malton - and Hooley’s arrival will further boost what is looking like another powerful mix at Sandy Park next term.
Five “legal highs” are set to be banned by the Government.
The drugs will be made illegal from tomorrow (10 April) for up to 12 months while the independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) decides whether they should be permanently controlled.
The government accepted the ACMD’s advice to make a Temporary Class Drug Order (TCDO) on five compounds related to methylphenidate, a Class B drug, due to concerns about their misuse as new psychoactive substances (NPS).
Ethylphenidate, one of the drugs being banned, has emerged as an alternative to cocaine and...
The funding shortfall for Devon’s road network will be raised with the next Government, Devon County Council has announced.
In setting out its programmes for its capital and revenue budgets for highway maintenance, the County Council’s Cabinet yesterday (Wednesday 8 April) gave a commitment to make further representations to the incoming government.
The Council is receiving £42.3 million from the Department for Transport for its capital budget 2015/16 to deal with planned structural maintenance on Devon’s 8,000 miles of roads, which is the biggest highway network of any...
The Luna Cinema is coming to Devon this summer, turning the grounds of Powderham Castle into an outdoor cinema.
From May to October, the two screens will tour across England to the Isle of Wight, and to Scotland and Wales, showing films in some of the UK’s most iconic venues.
Powderham Castle will play host to three screenings from 28-30 August, offering an audience of up to 1,500 the chance to watch Dirty Dancing (1987), Mamma Mia! (2008), or Top Gun (1986) under the stars.
Now in its seventh season, the company has expanded its reach to 120 screenings (up from 70...
Businesses from Exeter are exhibiting and sending delegates to the Business Showcase South West 2015.
The event, which organisers hope will attract 3,000 delegates, is held at Colston Hall in Bristol on May 14 and 15.
Business Showcase South West 2015 is the biggest event of its kind in the region, and celebrates the best in innovation, creativity and enterprise. Last year’s event proved to be one of the biggest business events of the year, with 1,719 tickets ordered and a sell-out exhibition.
More than two-thirds of the 91 exhibition stands have already been...
Devon has smashed the record for the number of new businesses launched in the area in a single year, according to new research. Statistics, compiled by www.informdirect.co.uk , have revealed that there were 5,501 companies formed in 2014, up from a previous best of 5,280. This brings the total number of businesses operating in the region to a high of 42,661. There are now 4.4% more active companies than there were a year ago and 28% more than there were five years ago. Henry Catchpole, CEO of Inform Direct, said: “This is clearly an area where fledgling firms are flourishing and where...
People all over Devon are putting their trainers, shoes and boots on and taking to the streets and pathways of their towns and villages in celebration of Devon Walking for Health Week from 13th-19th April.
Walking for Health is a successful national partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support and the Ramblers to promote walking as a free, fun and inclusive form of regular exercise for all ages. Although walks happen every week all around Devon, the Celebration Week focuses on nine established walks from Tavistock to Silverton where walkers will be winding through their local...
An exciting opportunity for East Devon District Council’s Countryside team and River Cottage to collaborate has been cemented following a series of meetings held at River Cottage’s HQ at Park Farm and the Seaton Wetlands.
Both teams are keen to inspire visitors about East Devon’s outstanding natural environment by working together on each other’s sites. Initial discussions have led to agreement to the following joint working:
• East Devon District Council’s Countryside team to attend River Cottage’s Food Fair on May 23 and 24 as one of their exhibitors and to promote East...
