Denley's Essence of India in Topsham has been crowned the winner of the Asian Restaurant of The Year (West Country) at the 2019 Asian Curry Awards. Jay Miah and Islam Khan, owners of the popular East Devon restaurant attended the awards ceremony on Sunday 17th November at Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London. The owners, together with their families accepted the prestigious award.
The Asian Curry Awards, now in its 9th year was attended by 700 VIP guests, including guest of honour, Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. The awards were set up in order to recognise the huge successes by business...
Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their squad with the signing of Argentinian prop Enrique Pieretto until the end of the season.
Chiefs’ Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, has moved swiftly to capture the 24-year-old forward following injuries to fellow tight-heads Tomas Francis and Greg Holmes.
Francis suffered a serious shoulder injury during Wales’ Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa in Japan and is now likely to be sidelined for up to four months following surgery.
Holmes, meanwhile, has been out of action with a troublesome Achilles injury since Exeter’s...
Students at Exeter College will have the chance to put their questions to Exeter's next MP on 19 November, thanks to a hustings organised by Vote For Your Future and Exeter College. Ben Bradshaw, the Labour Party candidate for Bristol West, John Gray from the Conservative party and Joe Levy, representing the Green Party, are already confirmed to speak at the event. After an introduction by a representative from the College's politics course, there will be a five minute speech by each candidate, followed by brief questions from the host. Students will then have 30 minutes to pose their...
BMW Motorrad has opened a new Rider Training centre in Exeter to bring the brand’s top-quality road skills training to experienced riders, plus those new to motorcycles. The South West centre boasts its own training pad and even a private network of roads to enable riders to refine their skills away from traffic as part of their tuition.
The new Rider Training school joins already established BMW Rider Training sites in Royston, Stoke-on-Trent, Darlington, and Edinburgh, offering the same comprehensive selection of training for those who are learning to ride, through to the RoSPA...
AROUND 50 guests attended a coffee morning at the Mint Methodist Church in Exeter on Saturday, November 16, to "Ask a Muslim" anything they wanted to about Islam and Muslims.
The event was organised by Inclusive Mosque Exeter in partnership with the Devon Faith and Belief Forum as one of the Inter Faith Week 2019 events in the city.
Local Muslims from a range of backgrounds invited members of the public to go along and chat over refreshments with the aim of building bridges, dispelling myths and showing the diversity within Islam. None of the Muslims present claimed to be...
With the festive season fast approaching, The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth has something for all the family with a trio of seasonal events.
The Christmas Fair is the perfect place to start your Christmas shopping and the children will love meeting Santa in his grotto. Carols by Candlelight is a truly magical evening as the Sidmouth sanctuary is lit up with thousands of candles. The Adoption Donkey Christmas Stocking Trail is a great way of exploring the sanctuary and runs right through the festive season up until January.
Held over the weekend of 23 and 24 November between...
Princesshay has announced a series of late-night shopping experiences and festive guests over the magical period for the whole family. From Father Christmas to illuminated entertainment, Princesshay will be taken over by festive joy this Christmas.
Each late-night Thursday Princesshay has fabulous, free family entertainment lined up including:
Thursday 21st November – Diamond- a spectacular aerial display will transform Princesshay Square at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm.
Thursday 28th November – Winter Statues and a walking Snow Globe will visit Princesshay Square
The mother of a 13-year-old girl from Exeter, has publicly thanked Caudwell Children, the national charity that provides practical and emotional support to disabled children and their families, after they funded a specialist sports wheelchair for her daughter.
Amelia Kwiecinska has spinal muscular atrophy, a condition that makes the muscles weaker and causes problems with movement.
Amelia cannot stand or walk and is a full-time wheelchair user. Her condition has affected her social life as it makes it difficult for her to mix with other children.
The Devon County Show 2020 marks the 125th in the Show’s history.
To celebrate this milestone, as well as the Women’s Institute’s 100th anniversary and the Exeter Knutty Knitters 10th anniversary, the Show organisers are planning an ambitious Guinness World Record attempt - to beat the Longest Knitted Bunting World Record.
Deborah Custance Baker, Chief Steward of Crafts & Gardens at the Devon County Show, the Show Committee member behind the challenge, is confident of achieving the target of 31,200 flags, the amount required to smash the existing record and giving the...
Data scientists, artificial intelligence experts and clinicians are among a range of professionals invited to join a new national network to find innovative ways of conducting dementia research and care.
The ARUK Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network is led by the University of Exeter and is supported by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the Alan Turing Institute and Dementias Platform UK. It aims t o unite experts from a wide range of fields to find new solutions to research in dementia.
DEMON Network lead Professor David Llewellyn of the University of Exeter Medical School and...
