Brace yourselves for an unprecedented collaboration as Eat the Bird takes over the kitchen at Turk's Head, one of Exeter's top boozers. Get ready to embark on outrageous flavours and exciting events that will leave you craving more!
Eat the Bird, renowned for its independent, multi-award-winning premium fried chicken burger palaces, is set to bring its culinary magic to Turk's Head. Known for flavours that "slap hard," Eat the Bird is a place where every bite takes your breath away and all your naughty food dreams come true.
Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) offers a masterclass in ‘stitching with style’ at their first mending workshop for local sewing beginners and enthusiasts.
The event, run by the DAA retail team, aims to educate people about the positive impact that extending the life of much-loved garments have on the planet and inspire their supporters to learn new mending skills. This will help to reduce the amount of pre-loved garments that might usually be sent for recycling whilst increasing funds for the life-saving charity.
Those who are already skilled menders or those that are keen-to-...
Councillors have approved plans which set out priorities for developing cycling and walking improvements in a number of areas of the county.
Devon County Council’s Cabinet yesterday (Wednesday 10 January) backed the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) which outline cycling and walking improvements for Exeter, Teignbridge, and Barnstaple, Bideford and Northam over the next 10 to 20 years.
LCWIPs put the County Council in the strongest possible position for bidding for Government funding for walking and cycle schemes, as well as leveraging external...
The first phase of conservation work on National Trust Killerton’s historic Grade I listed chapel is now complete.
The restoration of the chapel has seen repairs to different elements of the building. The iconic rose window, which was showing signs of decay, has been removed, re-leaded and reinstated. Broken panes in some of the other stained-glass windows have been repaired and cleaned. Tom Coombe, Collections and House Manager at Killerton, talks excitedly, “I was delighted to see the rose window return to Killerton after being cleaned and conserved. The nineteenth century...
MGF, a leading provider in excavation, structural support and lifting solutions is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new 16-acre depot in Exeter, United Kingdom. This expansion comes as a direct response to the feedback provided by its valued customers, as MGF continually strives to enhance its service offering to meet the growing demands of the business.
The new depot, which brings the total number of depots to 14, not only furthers MGF’s commitment to the South West region but brings additional support to its customers and the local community by providing additional...
An Exeter Mum will share her love of Spanish at her new children-only language club, starting this month.
Embarking on the journey of learning a different language or finding a new job, are usually in the top 10 of most peoples New Year's Resolution lists.
Finding a dream job linked with languages was at the top of local Mum Kerry Balchin’s list of goals for the year in 2024.
This week the Exeter Mum’s new business ‘Amiguitos - Spanish Classes for Kids’, is bringing valuable and educational Spanish language lessons to children in the area.
Students and staff at St James School in Exeter, part of the Ted Wragg Trust family, are celebrating after being rated Good by Ofsted.
The Ofsted report notes that the school motto of ‘work hard, be kind’ is lived by the pupils and staff at St James School and that it is an inclusive school built on warm, respectful relationships. That the school has high expectations for behaviour was also singled out, along with the fact that the calm school environment enables students to focus on their studies.
Inspectors stated that the school provides opportunities for pupils to...
The Magpie Arc is a cross-Border band out of Sheffield, Arran and Edinburgh featuring the multi- award-winning talents and wide musical influences of Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Tom Wright, Alex Hunter and UK folk legend, guitarist Martin Simpson.
Formed from the idea of bringing together a group of established folk musicians who would mix their song-writing styles and musicianship in a full-on electric band to create exciting new music and update the classic 60’s and 70’s British folk/rock sound, the possibilities of The Magpie Arc being something special and unique on today’s...
Community arts enterprise the Music in Devon Initiative CIC (MIDI) are delighted to announce that the first “Midi TV Awards” will be held at Bomba on Exeter Quay, Friday January 26th from 7.30pm.
MIDI TV is an online TV Station, akin to MTV for Devon. The MIDI TV awards aim to recognise and celebrate the huge amount of musical talent in Devon, with awards across 10 categories for the public to vote for.
There will be an announcement in mid-January about five Devon bands performing alongside the awards, hosted by a comedian, with a panel made up of local music industry...
Maximus Foundation UK, the not-for-profit arm of Maximus, has awarded a grant of £2,500 to Rock 2 Recovery to help fund free mental health support for veterans and their families.
The charity, based in Exeter, works across the country to support veterans and their immediate family members to adjust to life after the armed forces through specialist one-to-one change management coaching.
Rock 2 Recovery provides free sessions that are designed to support armed forces members and their families with their mental health, offering a practical framework for dealing with stress...
