Exeter

Carol Service

Event Date: 
21/12/2014 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Venue: 
Sowton Parish Church EX5 2AF

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Sowton Parish Church on Saturday 21 December at 5.30pm.

Christmas Carol Service

Event Date: 
21/12/2014 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: 
Clyst Honiton Parish Church EX5 2LZ

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Clyst Honiton Parish Church on Saturday 21 December at 6.30pm.

Christmas Carol Service

Event Date: 
21/12/2014 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Venue: 
Broadclyst Parish Church EX5 3EL

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Broadclyst Parish Church on Saturday 21 December at 6pm.

Christmas Carol Service

Event Date: 
22/12/2014 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: 
Pinhoe Parish Church, Exeter

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Pinhoe Parish Church on Sunday 22 December at 6.30pm.

Rockbeare Christingle Service

Event Date: 
24/12/2014 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: 
Rockbeare Church EX5 2EG

Children, parents, grandparents, enjoy the shimmering lights of our traditional Christingle. Celebrate the birth of Jesus in this special way...

Crib Service

Event Date: 
24/12/2014 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Broadclyst Parish Church EX5 3EL

Children and parents, come along to Broadclyst Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Crib Service

Event Date: 
24/12/2014 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Pinhoe Parish Church EX4 9JF

Children and parents, come along to Pinhoe Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Come dressed in costume, in your best Christmas jumper, or wear one of the nativity costumes provided.

Weather warning for gales and heavy rain

The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the end of this week as severe gales and heavy rain are set to hit the region.

A yellow warning of wind is in place for Friday, from the early hours of the morning, valid until noon.

A spokesman for the Met Office said: “There is the potential for gales, or local severe gales, to develop across much of England and Wales during the first half of Friday, before easing by early afternoon.

“A band of heavy rain will accompany the low pressure system, this pushing quickly east through the day.

The public are...

Plaque to Vanbrugh sisters unveiled

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 12/09/2014 - 11:51am

Paul Jepson, artistic director of Exeter’s Northcott Theatre, has unveiled the Civic Society’s newest plaque to actresses Violet and Dame Irene Vanbrugh

The blue plaque was unveiled on 4 December at the walkway between Roman Walk and Southernhay, near the Exeter Blitz Memorial, and close to the site of the house in Southernhay Place where Violet was born in 1867, but was demolished as a result of bombing during the Second World War. Her sister Dame Irene was born in 1872 in Heavitree Vicarage. They were two of the six children of the Rev Reginald Barnes, vicar of Heavitree, and his...

The 12 scams of Christmas

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 12/09/2014 - 11:25am

Fifty per cent of people in the UK are expected to use the internet to buy more than half of their Christmas presents this year.

Harmful viruses in e-cards, online shopping fraud and adverts for bogus holidays are three of the twelve scams of Christmas that have been identified in a new campaign launched by local authorities.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards service is warning residents to be aware of these common scams.

The new initiative sees the National Trading Standards eCrime Team join forces with Action Fraud, GetsafeOnline, Crimestoppers and a host of...

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