Exeter Sports Academy to host day of indoor Parkour/Freerunning taster sessions on Sunday 27 April 11am - 4pm.
No doubt you've seen it on TV, in your favourite action movie or computer game. Freerunning is the thrilling contemporary urban sport which involves leaping effortlessly between walls, vaulting over railings and navigating the urban landscape in a way you may never have considered possible!
Contrary to how it appears, with a bit of expert guidance in a friendly and supportive environment, picking up the basic movements is easy, even if you have an no prior...
Award-winning independent gift and lifestyle store Insideout is celebrating its 10th Birthday this month, with a fantastic array of competitions and giveaways both in store, and on their website www.gottohaveit.co.uk
Owners Nicky and Paul Edmunds opened their first store in Tavistock in 2004 and subsequently in Dartmouth and Exeter's Princesshay shopping centre in 2007. This forward-thinking independent has continued to go from strength to strength despite the tough economic climate.
Owner Nicky Edmunds said "We work hard to offer our customers something a bit...
Pets at Home has demonstrated its commitment to Exeter pet owners by investing more than £225,000 in renovating its store located on Exeter Retail Park.
Pet lovers in Exeter will now see a Vets4Pets veterinary surgery inside the store. The Vets4Pets surgery houses a full operating theatre, digital X-ray facilities, in-house laboratory and a hospital ward providing a full range of treatments from health checks to emergency operations.
Store manager, Matt Ledgerwood-Barr, said: “We’ve listened carefully to what our customers have been telling us and we’re confident the store’...
Exeter’s Guildhall Shopping Centre is making the city a safer place to shop with the help of the nation’s leading first aid charity.
The centre’s management team has purchased a portable Automated External Defibrillator (AEDs) – life saving equipment that can shock the heart to restart it after a cardiac arrest – from St John Ambulance.
And first aiders have been given training to ensure they can respond quickly in a life-threatening emergency.
“This is just one of several measures we have in place to ensure the safety and security of our customers, and we are...
Local charity Hospiscare is calling on the ladies across Exeter, mid and east Devon to get the girls together and get sponsored to walk 12k for their local hospice.
The annual Ladies Starlight Walk will take place on Saturday 10th May along the beautiful Exmouth coastline.
This popular event starting and finishing at the Exmouth Rugby Club offers the chance to remember the life of a loved one whilst having a memorable evening out with the girls. The walk kicks off with a zumba warm-up, featuring Exmouth rugby players and The Exmouth Shanty Men and finishes with a well...
A team of students from Clyst Vale Community College in Exeter have been crowned the national champions in Land Rover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge UK Finals, one of the UK’s most successful school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) challenges.
Over the past six months, thousands of young people aged 11-19 have participated in the Challenge and have been designing, building and testing miniature remote-controlled 4x4 vehicles with support from Jaguar Land Rover engineering graduate mentors. In each stage of the Challenge, teams must successfully negotiate a...
Food handlers working in Exeter’s Chinese restaurants and takeaways are being offered the opportunity to gain a hygiene award when the Council runs a Cantonese and Mandarin training event next week.
The Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering is delivered by a tutor who speaks both languages and covers topics such as food poisoning and contamination, food storage and temperature control, cleaning, personal hygiene and pest control.
Cllr Keith Owen, Lead Councillor for Environment, Health and Wellbeing, said: “It’s important that all food handlers receive appropriate...
Conservationists have been awarded funding to develop plans to protect a rare species of bat in Devon. The funding secured by Devon Wildlife Trust from the Heritage Lottery Fund for will go towards a project protecting the Greater Horseshoe Bat. The project plan to be developed over the next 12 months by the Greater Horseshoe Bat Partnership could then see a further £750,000 in long-term funding. “In the last century they’ve seen their numbers decline by 90% and Devon and the wider South West, is really the last remaining stronghold for that species.” said Steve Hussey of the Devon...
Byron is set to open its newest restaurant in Exeter’s Princesshay. The group of hamburger restaurants has a number of outlets across the UK, mainly in London, as well as a number of other cities including Manchester and Oxford. The Exeter restaurant is set to open in early summer and will occupy the current La Tasca unit.
The restaurant offers high quality hamburgers with sides, salads and desserts. Byron launched in 2007 and since then has proved hugely popular around the capital and beyond.
Prop Hoani Tui says Exeter Chiefs’ week off could not have come at a better time as they look to recharge their batteries.
The Sandy Park outfit have lost twice since lifting the LV= Cup a fortnight ago, with Saturday’s 14-13 reverse against Gloucester coming after a 45-15 defeat at Leicester Tigers.
Due to their success in the Anglo-Welsh competition, the Sandy Park players have not had a week off from matches since early August.
Most other teams had a fortnight without a game last month while the Chiefs competed in the knock-out rounds of the LV= Cup. Tui, who has...
