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Free places available for summer adventure

Free places on a unique four-week personal development course, including two 'residentials', are being offered by Devon charity Community Action South West.

Local 16 and 17 year olds in Exeter, East Devon and Torbay could sign-up for a life-enriching summer adventure with volunteering at its centre, giving valuable personal development skills under the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme.

Just 22 places are available.

NCS facilitates a combination of residential and community activities which, say organisers, will develop life-long skills.

In...

Essex Energy Comes To Exeter - Olly Murs wows the crowds at Powderham

Temperatures reached a scorching 27 degrees Celsius as revellers from across the UK came to Exeter to watch Olly Murs perform in front of 20,000 at Powerham Castle over the weekend.

Essex star, Olly, who struggled to perform his set at Robbie Williams' Wembley concert just two days before, managed to treat the crowd to his famous hits 'Dance With Me Tonight' and 'Please Don't Let Me Go', to a welcome response from the audience.

During the show the 'Troublemaker' singer got his fans shaking their stuff to Beyonce's 'Crazy In...

Exeter students on top of the world

Exeter College is celebrating being top of the world again, with two of its International Baccalaureate students achieving top spots of an outstanding 44 points out of a possible 45 in the international qualification results.

The two were amongst the highly successful 37 students completing their two-year diploma this year who achieved average points of 34.2 out of a possible 45. Six of the elite group scored over 40 points with many gaining top marks in their individual subjects, with 30 top scores of grade 7, putting them in the top 10% worldwide.

IB students take six...

Postcards give domestic abuse holiday warning

Special postcards are being given to holiday parks, local attractions, historic properties and tourist information centres across Teignbridge this summer as part of a domestic abuse awareness campaign.

The postcards show images associated with the summer bearing the message ‘Domestic abuse doesn’t take a holiday!’ on one side with information about the signs of domestic abuse and helpline numbers on the other side.

South Devon and Dartmoor Community Safety Partnership are asking businesses in the tourism industry to put a supply of the postcards in reception areas or other...

New Devon Opera presents Viva Verdi!

Event Date: 
17/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Viva Verdi! offers a celebration to Verdi, in his bicentennial year, with scenes and extracts from some of his most famous operas. In concert format with a stellar cast, pianoforte accompaniment, and with a "golden thread" about Verdi's life linking the whole performance, this opera gala production has all the ingredients to be an exceptional operatic experience.

Tickets: £24

www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Box office: 013923 493493

The Festival Players: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Event Date: 
10/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Community Arts Theatre, Bolham Road, Tiverton, Devon

Shakespeare's wonderful fantasy comedy has always been a firm favourite for open-air production. As in the Bard's day, The Festival Players will be performing with an all-male company of skilled professional actors, and invite you to share in the colour, poetry, and magical mayhem. Summer fun for the whole family!

Tickets: £14

An open air production in the grounds of Tiverton Community Arts Theatre, presented as part of the Two Rivers Festival.

www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Box office: 01392 493 493

New Blood, Bare Bones

Event Date: 
23/07/2013 - 4:30pm to 27/07/2013 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre

In 1913, the Great Suffrage Pilgrimage mapped eight connecting routes across England and Wales, mobilising one of the largest political rallies in the campaign, Votes for Women. One hundred years later what do we feel about suffrage (the right to vote) in the Twenty-First Century? Does having the vote mean democracy and equality for all?

Three brand new pieces have been written in response to this provocation. Come see them all each night at the Bike Shed in a week of debate, discussion and performance.

I'm Suffraging, Callum Elliott-Archer

While at school we...

HSE announces new director for South West, Wales & Midlands

Samantha Peace has been appointed as the new Divisional Director for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the, South West, Wales and Midlands.

She has taken over the top job after almost four years as Head of Operations for the East Midlands, replacing Rosi Edwards who retired last month.

Mrs Peace first joined HSE in 1995 having previously worked in the Fire Service and Probation Service. She has worked in a variety of areas within the organisation including the national Paper and Printing and Agricultural and Food sectors. She has also been a Principal Inspector in...

The Magic Carpet Community Choir and special guests

Event Date: 
22/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Hub on the Green, Cathedral Green, Exeter

The Magic Carpet Community Choir is performing to raise funds for Magic Carpet. This performance will take place at 7.30pm at the Hub on the Green (Cathedral Green). Doors open at 7.10pm.

There will be special guests, a raffle and refreshement available.ickets: £5 available by calling 01392 422938

James settling in nicely at Chiefs

Newcomer Tom James may only have been at Sandy Park a matter of weeks, but already the Welshman says he is settling in well to life with the Exeter Chiefs.

One of a a handful of new recruits brought in by head coach Rob Baxter during the close season, James is clearly keen to make his mark in English rugby having spent the past six seasons with the Cardiff Blues.

The challenge of tackling English rugby’s elite sides was a key factor in the 26-year-old’s decision to join the Chiefs – and he knows the hard work put in by himself and his new colleagues during the current pre-...

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