A trio of Teignbridge parks have received the prestigious Green Flag award yet again for their high standard of quality and cleanliness.
Decoy Country Park and Courtenay Park, Newton Abbot, and The Den, Teignmouth, are confirmed as among the best parks and open spaces in Britain.
Decoy Country Park has won the award for 12 years, The Den 10 years and Courtenay Park eight years. A Green Flag flying overhead is a sign to visitors that the space is of the highest quality standard.
All three Teignbridge sites boast open grassed areas with beautiful walks, as well as...
A celebration of Exeter's historic buildings through a loving look at our locally quarried "Heavitree Stone". Family-fun performance, information and friendly chats with our "Quarrymen".
Sign up here! - http://www.heavitreesquilometre.org/heavitree-quarries.html
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, headed to its local school, Cranbrook Education Campus yesterday (11th July 2018) with an enthusiastic team to inspire the next generation of recruits with a talk on aviation-related careers. Some 150 students aged 11 to 14 enjoyed getting up close and personal during an interactive talk with some of Flybe’s pilots, cabin crew and engineers who gave interesting insights into how they qualified for their particular role, the training they received, explained their own individual path to joining the airline – and what their day-to-day jobs involved....
BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s all-time favourite professional, Robin Windsor, has decided to hang up his dancing shoes, after a long and successful career and he plans to go out with a bang!
Robin, who was part of the hit TV show for five years, and whose celebrity partners included Patsy Kensit, Anita Dobson, Lisa Riley, and Deborah Meaden, is excited to create a show that will be action packed and energetic to match his personality... which he's bringing to Exeter's Barnfield Theatre on 11 November.
Robin is no stranger to touring, having been involved in many shows over...
Australian guitarist and songwriter Jeff Lang is coming to Exeter Phoenix on 28th July.
Jeff has earned worldwide acclaim as a virtuosic guitarist, a dynamic songwriter and a startlingly unique live performer. Over the course of 16 studio albums, Jeff has blended rock, roots, folk, blues, ballads, instrumentals, improvisation and a devastatingly high level of musicality. Jeff Lang is a singularly unique performer in our world.
Never constrained by genre definitions, Jeff is not one to be easily pegged, though in a general sense it’s fair to say he largely trades in roots-...
The Fleetwood Mac Songbook are a six piece Devon / Cornwall based tribute band performing a non stop, hit packed show spanning 50+ years of Fleetwood Mac's stellar career. They are appearing on 1st September at The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter and tickets are on sale NOW ! To book click HERE
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 July):
THEATRE
The Comedy of Errors Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Set sail for Greece with Exeter Little Theatre Company as it brings William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors to life. http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk/ Amendments Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount. Fear of offending an increasingly sensitive populus is widespread, and any language deemed inappropriate or discriminatory is...
The Devon Fire and Spice Festival comes to Powderham Castle this August for a celebration of barbecuing , chillies and spice,
This fiery weekend takes place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August, set between the castle ramparts and the Exe estuary, and this themed food festival will focus on hot sauces, spice rubs and mixes, chilli plants, barbecues, smokers and barbecue sauces, with plenty for the non-chilli lover too.
For those with a competitive nature, the organisers are encouraging entries into the barbecue competition on the Saturday, where teams compete throughout...
WiFi SPARK is delighted to welcome Fiona Bayle as its new Head of Healthcare.
Fiona will be supporting the company’s continued expansion into the Healthcare market, helping to grow its already prestigious reputation as the premium WiFi provider for over 75 healthcare organisations globally. Evolving patient expectations in Healthcare means that today’s hospitals and GP practices must deliver an optimised digital experience. Seamless WiFi connectivity is essential for this, supporting communication and browser access as well as the latest entertainment streaming services, instant...
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will be attending the Honiton Gate to Plate event on Wednesday 18 July, Clarence House has announced today (Friday July 13).
The news has been warmly welcomed by East Devon District Council Leader Cllr Ian Thomas who said that the Royal couple’s visit to the Honiton fine food and craft event acknowledges the vital role that food and craft producers play in the economy of the district, and to Devon as a whole.
He said: “We are absolutely delighted that Their Royal Highnesses have chosen to visit the inaugural Gate to Plate...
