For nearly 25 years, Exeter has been twinned with Yaroslavl, a city in Russia, North-East of Moscow. This is a most unusual link as there are very few English cities linked to Russia.
Each year a group of Russian guests are hosted by English families and a group from Exeter spend a week in Yaroslavl, staying in Russian homes. It is a wonderful opportunity for both English and Russians to experience everyday life in an ordinary family and for everyone it is an unforgettable experience.
Every December the Twinning Committee holds a Christmas Fayre in the city's historic...
Christmas Wreath Workshop : £15 Thursday 5 December 1pm - 3pm Cathedral Education Centre
Join Hannah, a professional florist, for a fun and festive afternoon creating your own fresh Christmas door garland for your home! Tea/coffe and mince pies are included. Booking is essential as places are limited. Please call 01392 413174 to book your place now.
Before hitting the Christmas Market for all your shopping why not bring the kids along to make the perfect personalised Christmas present for family and friends! They will create a beautiful stained glass design and then watch it being shrunk down to size!
Make your very own wet-felted flower brooch. Ideal as a gift for a loved one or as a special treat for yourself! Bring your under fives along and we’ll keep them entertained while you create!
Wednesday 11 December 11am-noon or Friday 13 December 11am-noon.
£5.
Booking is essential as places are limited. Call 01392 413174 for your spot now.
A 5k fun run of a mile and a half on Exeter's Quayside on a flat traffic free route. All participants are required to wear a Santa Suit to join in the festivities and monies raised will go to children's charity Dream-A-Way.
For downloadable booking form and other information please visit the organiser's website www. ironbridgerunners.co.uk. You can also get a form from the Ironbridge Runner shop at 15 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, EX4 3BG
A signature on the form from all entrants is required. Unsigned entries will be void.
The Friends of Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre will be holding their Christmas coffee morning on Saturday 14th December between 11am and 2pm and are looking for donations of homemade cakes, mince pies, biscuits and other goodies that they can sell at the coffee morning to help raise much needed funds for the cats and kittens in their care.
They are also looking for donations of tombola prizes for the day. Every penny raised goes directly to looking after local cats and kittens in their care, which is approx 200+ at any one time.
On 28 November the Cavern Cub will see two exciting new bands playing in one night. Both 'Nine Black Alps', a grunge-rocker group, and their supporting act, 'Then Thickens', have new singles coming out on 2 December produced by Leeds-based label 'Hatch Records'.
'Nine Black Alps' will coincide their new single with a short run of live dates in November, heading to Exeter, Manchester and London, among other venues. The song marks the first release for new Leeds-based record label, 'Hatch Records', which has emerged from the demise earlier this year of the influential and underground...
Exeter Chiefs may have huffed and puffed, but ultimately they could not blow over Aviva Premiership leaders Saracens in a hard fought encounter at Sandy Park.
In a compelling fixture – one in which neither side were willing to give an inch throughout – Saracens withstood a late attacking onslaught from their Devon hosts to record a notable scalp on the road.
Prior to this engagement, just Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers had prospered in 2013 from league visits to the Westcountry, so it was only right Saracens were pleased as punch...
Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is seeing an increase of people left with no wages and no money to pay their bills because of the closure of their employers’ business.
Following changes to the fee structure for employment tribunal claims, employees are left with no money and faced with an issue fee of up to £160 to lodge a claim for unpaid wages, holiday pay, notice pay, or redundancy pay, and a further fee of £230 for a hearing.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau said: “This cannot be right. In these circumstances the employee has kept up...
