Exeter Bach Society and Orchestra will perform JS Bach's sacred oratorio the St John Passion on Saturday 29 March in Exeter's Mint Methodist Church.
The St John Passion is a dramatic representation of the Passion as told in the Gospel of John. It was composed for the the Good Friday Vespers service of 1724 when Bach was responsible for church music at the St Thomas Church and the St Nicholas Church in Leipzig.
The Exeter Bach Society was founded in 1995 by Alderman Ramon Yeo, an accomplished organist and admirer of Bach’s many compositions. Since its formation the society...
Coming to the Westpoint Arena in March 2014, The Big Cake Show will feature celebrity chefs, competitions, baking demonstrations, kid's kitchen, Winners of TV's Biggest Baking Show as well as lots of opportunities to browse and buy with over 100 stands.
Featuring the chance to meet and watch the nations favourite baking chefs including, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood, Phil Vickery, John Whaite, Edd Kimber and the MasterChef finalist.
Over her 42 years of touring Joan Armatrading has never done a solo world tour.
For her last major tour she has decided that this is the perfect time to perform her first ever full scale solo concerts, and will be performing at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 21 November.
Her performances will include songs that span her entire career so far.
Joan said: "I will never retire but this will be the last major tour that I will undertake. For the first time these concerts will be me solo on stage playing the guitar, piano and singing.
The landslip that closed the A377 Cowley Road running between Exeter and Credition on Friday afternoon has now been completely cleared and the road is fully open.
The road had been closed to ensure the safe removal of 400 tonnes of slippage material from the site which involved the use of heavy excavation and haulage plant.
The road closure had prevented bus services from serving stops between Cowley Bridge and Crediton, affecting the 50, 51, 315 and 377 stagecoach bus services. Everything is now back to normal.
The future is looking promising for Exmouth Rowing Club as they look to refurbish their new premises at the old lifeboat station on the seafront in Exmouth.
As part of East Devon District Council's regeneration of the seafront, the club has been able to relocate from their old premises, adjacent to the old lifeboat station. The old premises are currently in the process of being demolished as part of the regeneration of Queen’s Drive.
Councillor Andrew Moulding, Deputy Leader of East Devon District Council and Chairman of the Exmouth Regeneration Programme Board said: “The...
Cowley Hill in Cowley is closed in both directions between the St Andrew's Road junction and the Langford Road junction, because of a landslip and emergency repairs.
Diversion in operation - A3072 and A396 via Bickleigh.
Sleep Easy, a sponsored sleep out event organised by local homelessness charity Exeter YMCA, last year attracted over 180 participants and raised over £30,000.
Adam worked with Exeter YMCA in the lead up to Sleep Easy 2013, even writing a song entitled Sleep Easy with the Exeter YMCA residents.
The song aimed to articulate the issues and prejudices experienced by the young residents who had gone through homelessness and it was debuted at the event itself.
Adam explains: “I was shocked to hear that one in every 100 young people in the UK experience homelessness and...
Devon County Council has almost tripled its number of road repair teams after 11,500 potholes are reported since the beginning of 2014. The number of reported potholes is unprecedented with a normal winter typically seeing only around 2,000 reported across the whole season. The Council has since brought in an extra 52 staff to carry out pothole repairs, bringing the number of teams up from 13 to 34 costing approximately £65,000 each week. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood Prevention, said: “The Government has said that it will...
It’s the kind of thing you dream of as a youngster, but tomorrow Jack Nowell’s dreams will become reality when the Exeter Chiefs star runs out for England at Twickenham for the first time in his fledgling international career. The 20-year-old has again been named in Stuart Lancaster’s starting XV for their latest Six Nations encounter against Ireland. Fresh from victory away to Scotland a fortnight ago at Murrayfield, England will now be looking to throw a spanner in the works of the visiting Irish, who themselves have yet to taste defeat in this season’s competition following wins over...
Police in Devon are appealing for information following a spate of burglaries targeting commercial properties. The burglaries occurred at commercial premises in both Mid and East Devon between Thursday 16th January and Friday 31st January and it is suspected that a stolen vehicle on false number plates was used during the raids. The vehicle, a Toyota 4x4 Hilux was stolen from a driveway of a property in Chevithorne near Tiverton on Monday 13th January.
This vehicle was recovered by Police in Avon & Somerset on.13th February having been abandoned in the Yeovil area. The first...
