Exeter

Phil Murray's Diamond Dogz ** CANCELLED **

Event Date: 
21/02/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The General Buller, Cowick Street, St Thomas, Exeter

Please note this gig has been cancelled.

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Phil Murray’s Diamond Dogz bring glam rock to Exeter this weekend when they play live at The General Buller in St Thomas on Saturday (21 February).

A fantastic night is promised as the band take you on a trip through the glittering seventies, featuring early Bowie hits, along with other glam rock hits from the era.

An original star of the seventies Glam New Wave era, Phil Murray has an illustrious past, fronting the band U-Boat with drummer Woody Woodmany who was David Bowie’s drummer in Spiders from...

Nine & The Last Nickel at Cygnet

Cygnet’s graduating actors have begun working with Jemma Gross on two strong and wonderful plays, Nine and The Last Nickel by American writer Jane Shepard.

Jemma first excited Exeter audiences when she brought Gary Henderson’s Skin Tight to Cygnet Theatre during IGNITE 2012. Her production of Chicken Shop with Epsilon productions won the West End Frame’s London Fringe Production of the Year Award in 2014.

These contrasting pieces show the versatility of two actors in different roles. Women who find themselves in extreme circumstances, develop ways to cope and transcend them...

Nel

Event Date: 
12/05/2015 - 7:30pm to 16/05/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The BikeShed Theatre

Meet Nel; a quirky, shy foley artist, who, for the first time in her life finds herself completely alone. Her cat’s died and she accidentally poisoned her fish. She needs a friend. But she is afraid. And finding a friend in today’s world is more than a little stressful. Especially for someone who spends her day recording sounds with vegetables in a box. She needs help.

Struggling she starts to steal from her filmic world in a bid to connect with others. A world of car chases, explosions and dramatic underscoring. What could possibly go wrong?

Combining folk-tale, on-stage...

Princess Royal opens new Ambulance Special Operations Centre

A cutting-edge Ambulance Special Operations Centre in Exeter (ASOC West) was officially opened today (Monday 16 February 2015) by a very special visitor.

HRH The Princess Royal attended and was welcomed by a host of dignitaries.

The innovative new ASOC is part of the impressive £210 million SkyPark scheme, and is the base for the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). There are two well established HART teams across the area served by SWASFT; one in Bristol and one in Exeter. This base for the Exeter team was chosen owing to its location, its proximity to the M5 and...

Love is in the air at Hospiscare

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Mon, 02/16/2015 - 4:11pm

An elderly Exeter couple are tying the knot after finding love at the city hospice.

Christina Crocker, 67, and Charles Harris, 78, met at the Hospsicare bereavement support group after losing both their spouses. Their friendship blossomed into romance and the couple are marrying in May.

Both had spent many weeks at the hospice in Dryden Road as their partners were cared for by Hospiscare nurses and doctors. Their spouses died within three months of each other.

Now the happy couple have decided to ask wedding guests to donate money to Hospiscare instead of presents....

European Sevens Series a major coup

Exeter Chiefs skills coach Ricky Pellow believes news that the European Grand Prix 7s Series is heading to the Westcountry is a major coup for the rugby-mad region.

Tickets, which have officially gone on sale, will see the cream of European Sevens talent descend on Devon on July 11-12 for the final leg of the Series, which also takes in rounds in both Moscow (June 6-7) and Lyon (June 13-14).

With qualification for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil on the line, the weekend promises to be an important competition for the seven-a-side game – and will see the home unions of England,...

Highbullen Hotel takes silver at SW Tourism Awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/16/2015 - 3:03pm

Hot on the heels of its Gold award for Large Hotel of the Year at the Devon Tourism Awards (which were hosted in its own brand new events venue The Palazzo) in November 2014, Highbullen Hotel is pleased to announce it has taken the silver for the same category at the prestigious South West Tourism Awards which took place on 12 February in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. Highbullen, a 37 room hotel which sits in its own 125 acre estate, was up against some exceptionally strong competition in the Large Hotels category, with hotels represented from across the region.

They included...

Lib Dem plan to save Devon's bus services

Devon's bus services could be back on the road and saved from planned Conservative cuts under new budget plans delivered to County Hall today (16th) by the County's Liberal Democrats.

In changes being put forward to Devon County Council when it meets on Thursday (19th) to decide the budget for the new financial year, the Lib Dems want to put back £1.7million to keep the county's buses on the road.

Fixing Devon's roads, tackling road drainage problems and weed spraying will also get a £1.5million boost says Cllr Alan Connett, leader of the county's...

Whitten keen to kick on

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Mon, 02/16/2015 - 10:15am

Ian Whitten admits there was a glowing sense of satisfaction within the ranks after Exeter Chiefs returned to winning ways in the Aviva Premiership with a 46-17 victory over Newcastle Falcons on Saturday.

After four successive defeats in the last block of top flight fixtures, Rob Baxter’s side rediscovered their winning formula with an outstanding display that yielded six tries at Sandy Park.

Fly-half Henry Slade claimed 19 points for the Devon club, including a first half try, and there were touchdowns for Jack Nowell, Thomas Waldrom, Phil Dollman and Haydn Thomas, as well...

£210m up for grabs by switching energy supplier

Households across the South West are missing out on their share of £210 million by sticking with their energy company.

By shopping around and taking advantage of the best energy deals on the market, millions of people can save around £200 - and some can save even more.

The ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, launched today, encourages people to switch supplier and save money by visiting www.BeAnEnergyShopper.com .

With 26 energy companies on the market and some fixed deals £100 cheaper than they were a year ago, there’s never been a better time to find a great deal, switch...

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