Comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man-half-Xbox, Daniel Sloss, announces 35 date UK and Irish tour of his new show DARK, which includes a stop off in Exeter.
Twenty-four-year-old Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss started writing and performing stand-up aged 16 and has sold out each of his 8 Edinburgh Fringe seasons to date...
Daniel’s TV appearances include 2015’s John Bishop Show, Sunday Night at the Palladium, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Russell Howard’s Good News, Conan (4 guests appearances in one year- the first stand-up ever to achieve...
Rail passengers are set to benefit from better and faster journeys after the government gave the go-ahead for a brand new fleet of trains running between London and Cornwall.
The deal will allow First Great Western to buy 29 new long-distance trains to serve the South West from 2018.
The state-of-the-art trains will have up to 24% more seats compared to the majority of the trains serving the route today, creating more than 1,000 additional peak-time seats into and out of Paddington every day.
The privately funded £360 million fleet, which will be manufactured by...
Plymouth & Devon Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the Government’s announcement, made today, giving the go ahead to a £360million investment in state of the art trains between London and Cornwall.
The deal comes following a letter written by Plymouth & Devon Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive, Peter Hartland, to Devon MP’s earlier this summer, urging them to reach a positive decision on the First Great Western Franchise award and investment in the new fleet of trains.
The new fleet of 29 long distance trains, agreed to today, will have up to 24% more seats compared...
After rupturing her ACL last October, Rachel Gabriel from Plymouth, is impressively set to run Exeter’s Great West Run almost exactly one year on.
Being a member of the Armed Forces and having a very active lifestyle has made Rachel aware of how disheartening an injury can be, but she has not let this affect her motivation. In October 2014, Rachel slipped on wet grass during a warm up for a morning circuit at work. She said: “I immediately knew that I’d hurt my knee as I heard a snap.” After an MRI scan in November 2014 revealed that Rachel had completely ruptured her anterior...
Figures have been released for Devon and Cornwall Police’s summer drink driving campaign for 2015.
Police officers administered a total of 788 breath tests of which 163 were positive, refused or failed to provide, equating to 20%.
Last year the comparable figures were 776 breath tests with 132 positive, refused or failed to provide which equates to 17%.
Examples which stood out during the campaign included a 37 male driver who blew 143 at 8:50am on a Saturday morning and a 71 year old male who blew 120 at 9:20am on a Tuesday morning. The legal limit is 35.
Countdown to the weekend and enjoy a thrilling afternoon of summer jumps racing at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Wednesday 12th August.
Racing starts at 14:10 and gates open at 12:10. The last race will be at 17:20.
The Family Enclosure will be open, providing garden games and inflatables for children to enjoy while parents can enjoy a great view of the track from the centre of the course.
Tickets can be bought online until 17:00 on Tuesday 11th August. There will also be tickets available to buy at the gates on the day.
An animal that has only been recorded once in the UK before and was thought to be extinct has been found alive and well living on a Devon Wildlife Trust nature reserve.
The fly, Rhaphium pectinatum, was last recorded on 19 July 1868 when the renowned Victorian entomologist George Verrall caught a male and female at Richmond in Surrey. In the decades since it was presumed that the fly was extinct, but now, nearly 150 years later it has been spotted again, this time at Devon Wildlife Trust’s Old Sludge beds nature reserve, near Exeter.
Over 90 business leaders from across the city attended the July Chamber lunch with guest speaker, Ben Bradshaw.
The event that was held at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum saw Ben give delegates an update on his Deputy Leader campaign as well as covering topical subjects such as better broadband for Exeter, city wide congestion and renewable energy.
The next Chamber lunch will take place in the Guildhall in Exeter on the 19th August. Last year, the end of summer lunch saw over 80 delegates meet for a networking focused lunch with catering from Exeter based business, Posh...
Pathfinder Homes have announced an expansion leading to the recruitment of at least 50 new team members.
The Newton Abbot based, UK’s leading luxury lodge manufacturer plans to create new apprenticeships and skilled jobs in the forthcoming year. The new recruits to Pathfinder Homes will work in a range of areas, including carpentry, painting and decorating, plumbing and even sales, accounts and HR.
Pathfinder Homes has recently become the only lodge manufacturer to win the prestigious ‘Ultimate Lodge of the Year Award’ for three consecutive years and have always focused...
With the first part of its finance and support programme successfully complete, Seedbed is now looking for more social ventures in the Exeter area to join the exciting next stages.
The new recruits will join existing social ventures for the Development and Growth Stages of the South West’s Seedbed accelerator programme, starting in September 2015 and finishing in January 2016.
Each social venture will have access to cutting-edge support to help it grow and become stronger and more sustainable.
The development programme will provide access to social finance loans of...
