Residents along the river frontage in the estuary-side town of Topsham were full of praise for the flooding exercise that took place on Wednesday evening of this week.
The exercise was aimed at raising awareness of the risk of flooding in the town – which suffered from floods in the storms of February 2014 – which allowed residents to test their own property defences.
The exercise also tested the readiness of Topsham’s recently recruited Flood Wardens, 10 of whom were deployed across 5 sectors covering the town’s 1.5 mile river frontage, from the recreation ground through...
Exeter’s first Yoga for Children classes have now been launched.
There are 4 types of yoga classes designed specifically for children from aged 2 – 16 years old.
Parent and toddler yoga (aged 2-4 years, yoga cubs (3-7) yoga bears (8- 11) and yoga for teenagers from age 12 +. Yoga for children have also set up new innovation family yoga classes where families and children can practice yoga together.
Yoga is fun, it helps with concentration, it improves coordination and balance, it is a great way to build confidence and keep children fit and healthy.
Brass rubbing was known as a collectable hobby and is still alive today. Exeter has a fine collection of brasses for you to discover. For £2 choose a medieval costume of your choice to feel the part, then take the brass rubbing trail around the Cathedral to find the pictorial clues.
Take a little piece of Cathedral history home for your wall along with that important photo selfie! Accompanying adults dress-up for free (Cathedral admission applies. Gift aid your admission at no extra charge and come...
FORCE will launch a new support group at its headquarters this autumn and the Exeter cancer charity is keen to hear from anyone who would like to get involved.
The Family and Friends Support Group is available for anyone who is close to someone affected by cancer - a partner, family member or close friend.
This group offers an opportunity to meet other people in a similar situation and will run on Wednesdays over six sessions fortnightly.
You will need to book in advance as space is limited and FORCE asks where possible for a commitment to attend all six sessions to...
This week my dining companion and I were fortunate enough to be invited to the launch of the new menu at Bella Italia in Queen Street, Exeter. I was particularly excited about this having enjoyed my precious visit so much.
Again, we were warmly welcomed by our previous Italian waiter, Manuel and an extremely friendly and highly professional manager called Mykolas. Good staff count for a lot these days, and I have to say, Bella Italia are extremely lucky to have such good staff working for them.
The new menu tasting involved a set menu of new dishes accompanied by a drink of...
The Exeter & District Netball League starts this week at the University of Exeter Sports Park with games being played on a brand new high-grade surface.
The University of Exeter - which recently won the Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2016 award - has invested to significantly improve the playing surface of the Covered Courts facility. Their aim is to both improve the playability of the surface and also improve the look and feel of the Facility. The new surface which exceeds England Netball surface requirements and is LTS competition standard will be a...
Comedy at the Park returns to Sandy Park on Friday, October 16th.
Compere for the evening will be Dave Thompson, who’s best known as Tinky Winky in the Teletubbies. Dave has also regularly appeared in and written for shows by Al Murray, Ben Elton and Harry Hill.
The first comedian up will be Neil Cole, who’s described as a ‘relaxed, amiable presence’ with ‘an easy chemistry with his audience’. Neil has a wealth of experience working as a TV and radio Presenter, and an actor, writer and comedian.
Next up will be Mark Dolan, who hosts Channel 4 Comedy show Balls of...
The Dean of Exeter has honoured the Tongan national rugby team during their stay in Exeter as part of this year’s Rugby World Cup.
Players from the squad, who were visiting the Cathedral on Tuesday with their families, accepted honorary membership of the Friends of the Cathedral of behalf of the entire national team. They were met at the west door by the Dean of the Cathedral, a keen rugby fan, who welcome the Tongans to Exeter and its Cathedral and presented them with their certificate.
The players and their families enjoyed a short tour of the Cathedral, saw the carving...
Amongst all the cake guzzling, sweet quaffing and sugar-hyped activities on offer for kids this half term, there is another event in town that promises not only to entertain the children but to get them truly excited by carrots and the good stuff! Tortoise & Hare: Making a Meal of Storytelling re-imagines Aesop’s fable to look at the conflict between slow and fast food.
Hare is a fun but unreliable chocoholic whilst her friend Tortoise is moody, slow but a rather fine chef.
They set off on a race to see who can deliver a meal faster to their party guests. Whilst Hare...
People in Exmouth will soon be able to access and use part of the town’s former Rolle College site, it was revealed yesterday.
Community benefit society Rolle Exmouth Limited (REL) has signed a licence with the owners of the site, Plymouth University, on behalf of the Exmouth community, granting them the right to use the Owen Building.
The group is describing it as a ‘major step’ in reinvigorating the site, empty since the University relocated its Faculty of Arts and Education in 2008.
It means REL and local groups can access and start to use the building, which has...
