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Westcountry Business Summit 2024

This year's event is themed around three pillars: Connect, Learn and Innovate.

The summit aims to galvanise the business community, fostering an environment where diversity in thought and practice is encouraged and harnessed as a strategic asset. By highlighting the importance of neurodiversity and innovative leadership, the event underscores the emerging paradigms in business culture that prioritise inclusivity and creativity.

Ben Williams, Lucy Smith, Adrian Brown, Chris Charles, and Jeremy Grove will speak at this year's summit. They will share their invaluable expertise...

Ollie's month of multiple marathons raises £2300 for Exeter dementia care non-profit

Authored by Daisy Hall
Posted: Tue, 04/09/2024 - 9:41pm

Ollie Price, from Bristol, who grew up near Exeter, Devon, has just completed five half marathons over five consecutive days, followed by his first full marathon less than three weeks later, to raise funds for local dementia care non-profit The Filo Project .

In the last month the 31 year old has run over 91 miles across four half marathons in Bristol and one in Lisbon.

He completed his running challenge with a full marathon on Sunday in Brighton, finishing the course in 3 hours, 53 minutes and 51 seconds.

Ollie’s mother Libby Price co-founded the dementia care...

Bright sun, yellow cloudy sky, orange mountains. Text: Compline | a celebration of Ascension

Compline: a celebration of the Ascension

Event Date: 
09/05/2024 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Venue: 
St Olave’s Church, Fore Street, Exeter EX4 3AT

Date and time

7.30pm on Thursday, 9 May 2024

Location

St Olave’s Church is at the top of Fore Street, between the North Street-South Street-High Street junction and the Bike Shed and Mint Methodist Church. The nearest car park is Mary Arches. Many buses stop at the High St stands nearby.

Details

The ancient close-of-the-day service of Compline, with plainchant and polyphony. Hosted by Margaret Aagesen Hughes (Soprano) and Clare Bryden (Alto). Featuring musicians Joshua Hamilton and Sarah Rimmington (Violin), Catherine Bradley (Cello), Andrew...

Keeping tight-knit on the pitch! World’s longest multi-club scarf launches Kellogg’s football camps

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 04/09/2024 - 7:11am

The world’s longest multi-club football scarf, featuring more than 70 football clubs across England, Wales, and Scotland, has today been revealed to mark the launch of the Kellogg’s Football Camps programme.

In partnership with the English Football League, Manchester City, Celtic and Rangers, the football camps for girls and boys aged 5-15yrs will reach from Exeter to Edinburgh, supporting parents in keeping their kids active and entertained across the nation during the school summer holidays.

To celebrate the announcement, Kellogg’s is giving away 30,000 free places for...

Pint of Science Exeter brings the stars behind the latest research to a venue near you

Tickets are launched today for the world’s largest festival of public science talks, which will see more than 30 scientists take to the stage in venues across Exeter.

On 13–15 May, the Pint of Science festival will simultaneously bring thousands of scientists and their research out of the lab and into pubs, cafes, and community halls near you. The three-day festival has grown astronomically since its inception, and 2024 will see events in over 25 countries and hundreds of cities around the world. Each night will provide a unique line up of talks, demonstrations and live...

Schools across the south west encouraged to join national film challenge

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 04/08/2024 - 8:25pm

Calling all budding Spielbergs, aspiring Coppolas, visionary Spike Lees and passionate storytellers in and across the South West!

The Schools 48 Hour Film Challenge UK is back, calling on schools in the region to get involved and compete nationally.

Now in its fourth year and set to be held from Friday 10th May, the challenge brings together students aged 7-18 years to unleash their creativity and filmmaking skills in a thrilling 48-hour challenge.

Teams of students will have the chance to write, shoot, edit, and submit a short film in just two days, pushing...

Exciting new library reading programme for under 4s aims to boost children’s love of books

An exciting new early years reading programme with stickers to collect has been launched in libraries across Devon and Torbay, aiming to inspire a lifelong love of reading.

Libro’s Friends is an extension of Libraries Unlimited’s hugely successful The Secret Book Quest, which was launched in 2021.

Both programmes have been created as part of Libraries Unlimited’s drive to boost the reading skills of children in the county.

The Secret Book Quest uses a free sticker collection book to set older children a 50-book goal and takes them on a journey through topics...

Exeter’s Scouts and Guides return to the Barnfield Theatre for Gang Show 2024.

Authored by Daisy Hall
Posted: Fri, 04/05/2024 - 10:28am

After a couple of years away from Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Scout and Guide Gang Show will make a welcome return to its natural home for their 2024 show.

Taking place from Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th April, Exeter Gang Show 2024 is packed full of popular songs, dance, comedy and laugh out loud sketches performed by Scouts and Guides from across Exeter and the local area.

The cast of almost 70 Cubs, Brownies, Scouts, Guides, Explorers, Rangers and their Leaders are coming together to raise the roof and raise a smile of audiences throughout the week.

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Iconic Devon Truck Show back with a new location

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/05/2024 - 9:19am

Devon Truck Show is back and bigger than ever, promising an adrenaline-packed weekend.

The highly anticipated family extravaganza is returning on 18 and 19 May to a new location with even more space, offering a weekend filled with non-stop entertainment and excitement.

After much anticipation, Devon Truck Show is proud to announce its move to Smeatharpe Airfield providing four times the space with a mix of concrete and grass – the ideal venue for all weather. This expansion marks the event's biggest year yet with over 1000 International trucks to view, guaranteeing...

Devon-born author A.B. Decker studies the fine line of revenge and where it can take you in his new novel

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/05/2024 - 6:33am

Tasked by Ben, an old friend, to locate a man in Turkey, private investigator Matt Quillan soon finds himself out of his depth when he has a flash drive thrust on him by a stranger who is arrested by armed officers shortly afterwards.

When Ben reveals that his mission is to avenge the murder of his sister, the conjunction of this assignment along with the flash drive burning a hole in Matt’s pocket puts them both – along with holidaymaker Amber – in mortal danger.

As the case lands Matt in the crosshairs of a local mobster, it is not only Ben’s search for vengeance which...

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