Exeter

Grease

Event Date: 
23/06/2015 - 7:30pm to 27/06/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

GREASE is the word – the UK’s favourite musical comes roaring into the Northcott this Summer!

Slip on your blue suede shoes, pull up your bobby-socks and take a trip to a simpler time, when high school romances and heart-breaks were accompanied by a king-size soda pop! Featuring such unforgettable songs from the hit movie as Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Greased Lightnin' and many more, this is the show to get you dancing in the aisles.

Following the spectacular sell-out success of Les Miserables in 2014, Stage by Stage returns with another high-energy explosion...

Aliens Love Underpants

Event Date: 
16/06/2015 - 4:30pm to 18/06/2015 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!

This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!

Performances at 4.30pm daily and 10.30am on...

Exeter prepares for an extraterrestrial invasion

Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!

This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!

For tickets and performance times visit www....

Exeter attractions scoop top awards

Exeter’s visitor attractions have scooped a hat-trick of top awards from an online review site.

TripAdvisor, which is the world’s biggest online travel review website, has awarded its coveted Certificate of Excellence to the City’s Red Coat Guides, the Underground Passages and Exeter Guildhall.

Now in its fifth year, the TripAdvisor award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to services that consistently achieve great reviews on TripAdvisor by continually delivering a high quality customer experience. 2015 is the third consecutive year that the Red Coat...

Autumn Wedding Fair

Event Date: 
01/11/2015 - 10:30am to 2:30pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

Join us at Sandy Park for our Autumn Wedding Fair, taking place on Sunday 1st November 2015.

Between 10.30am and 2.30pm the Exeter Suite will be showcasing an extensive range of local wedding suppliers. Sandy Park's Chiefs Suite will also be set up for a Civil Ceremony and Wedding Breakfast to display our facilities as a Wedding Venue.

Our dedicated Events Team will be on hand to assist you with every detail of your big day and for you to find out more about Sandy Park's unique wedding packages.

Entry is free for all guests with a complimentary glass of bubbly,...

Oil tanker collision leaves woman injured

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 1:22pm

A serious collision between an oil tanker and a car closed the A35 near Honiton for several hours today.

Two fire appliances from Honiton, one appliance from Colyton, the Heavy Rescue Vehicle from Middlemoor and the water carrier from Danes Castle were sent to a report of a road traffic collision involving a car and an oil tanker near Home Farm Hotel in Wilmington, near Honiton shortly after 11am.

On arrival crews confirmed that the collision involved a car and a road tanker and that one female person was trapped in the car.

The female was released by fire crews...

Stagecoach needs talent!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 12:22pm

Although the latest season of Britain’s Got Talent has drawn to a close, bus operator Stagecoach is continuing its own search for the very best in local driving talent with the launch of the latest installment of their reality TV inspired recruitment campaign.

‘Stagecoach Needs Talent’ features popular Exeter Park & Ride driver Neal Mills, who regularly receives compliments for his customer service skills and rapport with his passengers. Neal will be appearing as a larger than life advert on the rear of one of the operator’s city buses, on A4 posters and – in a first for the...

Two arrested and cannabis seized following drugs warrant

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 11:23am

Police in Okehampton have arrested two men following the execution of a drugs warrant.

Following community intelligence and concerns officers executed a warrant obtained under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a property in Fore Street, Okehampton during the afternoon of Thursday 4 June.

Following a search of the premises approximately fifty bags of suspected herbal cannabis were seized.

Two men aged 23 and 22 years were arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class B controlled drug with the intent to supply.

Following interview both men were released on police...

Respected police officer retires after 46 years service

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 11:13am

Colleagues past and present gathered to bid farewell to a respected colleague, Jeff Mead, on Wednessday 3 June who has retired after serving 46 years with Devon & Cornwall Police as both an officer and police staff member.

Jeff joined the Force in May 1969 as a Police Constable, and served in Torquay, Bideford, Exeter Traffic, HQ PNC, and Newton Abbot CID.

He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1984 serving in both the Exeter and HQ Communications Departments, Heavitree Road and Exmouth police stations, before retiring in 1999.

Three days later he returned...

Free upcycling workshops in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 10:35am

Recycle Devon continues its series of public, free to attend repair, refurbishment and upcycling events to take place throughout 2015. The events will pass on skills and ideas to keep bikes, electrical goods, furniture, clothes and other textiles from going to waste.

A range of FREE to attend workshops designed to help residents upcycle their old furniture and household items starts on Saturday 6th June

The workshops will focus bringing them back to life where otherwise they might have been thrown away.

The events are being run in conjunction SITA who are providing...

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