Exeter welcomed Robin Cousins to Princesshay on Friday 13 September. Launching ticket sales to his new show ICE, Robin met shoppers, ice show enthusiasts and business leaders, answering their questions on his new venture, an exciting new ice show touring the UK from January – March 2014. The show comes to Westpoint, Exeter from Wednesday 19 February 2014 – Sunday 23 February 2014, which is perfecly timed for February half term, but you might want to get in there quick, as tickets are selling like hotcakes.
Members of the public were in for a rare treat too, when Robin answered...
The Guardian Charity Awards 2013 shortlist, announced today, has St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless, among its list of successful charities. Five of these charities will find out in October whether they will share the £25,000 prize money and other prizes.
Speaking on behalf of St Petrock’s, Mel Hartley, project manager, said “Obviously we’re delighted to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award and would love to think that we may win an award.
“If we are successful with the Guardian Charity Award, we will use the prize money towards...
Exeter and Sandy Park are celebrating the two-year countdown to the start of Rugby World Cup 2015, by placing rugby posts right in the heart of the city.
One of 11 host cities for the tournament which will be a celebration of rugby across the country, Exeter has been awarded 10 full size rugby posts by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as part of its “Posts in Parks” legacy programme. This is designed to help raise the profile of the game and encourage more people to get involved at a local level, particularly in the run-up to three games being played at Sandy Park The rugby posts...
The rapidly-growing 50+ Show, which is already held each year in London, Manchester and Glasgow and will be held for the first time in Birmingham this 2013, is about to take place for the first time in Exeter in 2014. The 50+ Show is the largest exhibition in the UK specifically for the active over 50s.
The popularity of the 50+ Show around the country led to calls for it to take place in the West Country, and the organisers have now announced that the 50+ Show will launch at the popular Westpoint arena outside Exeter, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 September 2014.
Exeter Rugby Club chief executive and chairman, Tony Rowe OBE, says excitement is already mounting as the two-year countdown to the Rugby World Cup 2015 begins today. In a series of events across the country, including at Southernhay Gardens in Exeter, England Rugby officials have launched its ‘Post in the Parks’ scheme. Single rugby posts are being installed in parks in the 10 RWC2015 English host cities, including here in Exeter, as visible symbols of the RFU’s commitment to broadening the appeal of rugby and to reaching out to new audiences and new areas. Across the land, the specially...
Councillors will hear Devon County Council’s vision for Exeter’s libraries next week in a report to the Exeter Board.
The County Council has been reviewing library provision in the city to ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to the city’s network of four libraries, Central, St Thomas, Pinhoe and Topsham.
Councillor Roger Croad, the Council’s Cabinet Member responsible for the library service says:
“We are investing a huge amount of money in transforming Exeter Central Library into a new multi-million pound resource for information, learning and culture at...
120 guests attended the opening night and exclusive awards ceremony of The Exeter Contemporary Open, now in its eighth year and held at the Exeter Phoenix.
Sponsored by Chartered Accountants Haines Watts, the exhibition provides an important national platform for contemporary visual artists and is open to the public from 13 September – 2 November 2013.
The winner of the prestigious £1,000 award was Wales-based artist Rachel Busby.
Guests were welcomed with a specially mixed cocktail and invited to enter the ‘Untitled cocktail competition’ inspired by the works of...
Following the launch of the city garden and the housing of three bee hives on the roof tops of the Princesshay Shopping Centre in April 2013; the busy honey bees have produced their first pots of honey!
The nucleus hive, also known as a beginner’s hive does not usually produce honey during its first year, however, the Princesshay bees have produced 3 pounds of honey in just four months, which has equated to three jars of delicious, dark runny honey.
The expertly chosen bee friendly flora and fauna combined with an amazing summer and attentive care has boosted the production...
Stoptober – the 28-day stop smoking challenge which last year saw over a thousand people in Devon complete the challenge, is set to return this October, and Devon County Council’s public health team is marking the national campaign with a range of support for those trying to quit.
Smoking remains the nation’s biggest killer with half of long-term smokers dying prematurely from a smoking disease.
New research shows that people who quit smoking for Stoptober, and don’t smoke again, could gain an extra week of life, every 28 days, for the rest of their life. And anyone who...
Retirement planning is much in the news and on television with workplace pensions currently going through a period of great change and upheaval. Last October the government introduced Auto Enrolment, which is designed to improve the living conditions of millions of people in retirement.
In short, auto enrolment is a way to ensure that all employees, who are eligible, will be auto enrolled into a qualifying pension scheme with contributions that are high enough to build up a worthwhile pension pot.
What this means is that rather than having to opt in, as currently, they will...
