Christmas and the New Year is a time when you can make the most of East Devon’s improved recycling service and recycle as much of your household waste as possible to enable us to re-use our valuable resources.
East Devon residents are keen recyclers and have had an excellent year as they now recycle 57% of their household waste.
During the festive season – and all year round - please help to collect as many valuable materials as possible by recycling your plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays, food tins and drinks cans, foil trays and aerosols, food and drink cartons (...
Panto at Exeter Corn Exchange has a reputation for bringing a novel approach to the classic storylines. This year, Devon favourite: Daniel Page ('Billy Elliot', 'Hairspray') is playing TWINS in the exotic and magical 'Aladdin'! He promises "Double the fun and double the trouble" as he is playing Abanazer and also Widow Twankey!
It's a plot twist which will allow Daniel to let out his naughty side as much as his damely nature!
Daniel explains, “I played Abanazer in 2012 and it was great fun- my baddies are never scary- I play the villain like Humpty Dumpty having a bad day....
On Tuesday 11th December the Devon and Cornwall region of the Lord’s Taverners held their Christmas Lunch at Exeter’s famous Sandy Park. A record-breaking 636 people descended upon the grounds; comprising of local business, organisations and their guests. A lunch of this scale is a first for Exeter.
Through generous sponsorship and donated prizes the lunch raised just over £70,000. That is a fantastic amount and will allow the Lord’s Taverners charity to continue their work of enhancing disabled young people’s lives, through the use of sports such as cricket.
Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (21-23 December):
THEATRE
Robin Hood Barnfield Theatre, Exeter The Exeter Little Theatre Company Panto! Head to Sherwood Forest and meet Robin and his Merry Men, outlaws robbing the rich and always landing themselves in trouble because of their terrible plans. Trying to keep them in line are Maid Marian and her Girlpower Gang, but the girls will have their work cut out for them unless both groups learn to work together to take on Nottingham’s meanest Snotty Notty and Sir Guy. Tickets £10-£14. http://www....
Europe’s largest regional airline, is gearing up for a busy festive holiday period from Exeter Airport which includes a boost its 2018-19 Winter schedule with extra flights to meet demand on seven popular routes - Belfast City, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and Paris. In total, Flybe will operate 426 flights to and from Exeter over the 14-day holiday period (21st Dec 2018 – 3rd January 2019) with this coming Saturday 22nd proving its busiest day of the entire holiday period as people head off to enjoy seasonal celebrations. Sun and ski routes to Alicante, Faro, Malaga...
Around this festive time of year, many of us experience the same workplace traditions in the lead-up to Christmas – the constant influx of mince pies, and the often underwhelming roast dinners at the work party. Stovax & Gazco, a market-leading fireplace manufacturer based in Sowton, Exeter, is shaking up Christmas this year for all of its employees, doing something a little different this time. Honing in on employee engagement, Stovax & Gazco has undergone a number of changes in the past year to enrich its staff’s job satisfaction and boost company morale. From hog roasts and...
Patients and staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital had a special visitor in the form of Exeter Chiefs yesterday, as members of the team put on their festive jumpers and spread some Christmas cheer around the hospital.
Leading the way was Don Armand, who was joined by team-mates Henry Slade, Moray Low, Matt Kvesic, Ben Moon, Sam Skinner, Elvis Taione, Pete Laverick, Tom O’Flaherty, Ollie Devoto and James McRae.
Armed with gifts and presents for the children and young people on Bramble Ward, the team took on the role of Santa as they spent time handing out the goodies...
The reopening of the pool and health suite at Exeter’s Riverside Leisure Centre will not take place early in the New Year as previously expected.
The building suffered fire and smoke damage to surface coatings, mechanical and engineering plant, roof decking and structural elements, as well as smoke damage throughout the facility, following the blaze in February 2017.
The sports hall, gym and fitness studios reopened to the public soon after the fire. But the pool and health suite remain closed.
A spokesperson said: "The majority of the repairs from fire damage are...
You don’t need to pay to have your council tax valuation band reviewed, Exeter City Council has pointed out. The local authority said that anyone could apply to the Valuation Office Agency if they felt the property they were living in was in the wrong council tax band. However, appeals to the government department may also see the banding go up rather than down! The advice from the City Council comes after an elderly resident was contacted by a company offering to appeal against their council tax banding in return for an £80 fee. Cllr Emma Morse, Lead Councillor for People, said: “Whilst...
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is urging people only to call 999 in a genuine emergency this Christmas. Demand for the service is likely to peak between Saturday 22 December and Boxing Day when staff are expecting to deal with more than 3,100 incidents a day. Managers warn that unnecessary calls over the busy festive period could delay emergency help for people in real need of an ambulance. SWASFT has released a montage of clips from 10 inappropriate calls it received from the public recently, as examples of people calling 999 for the wrong reasons. The 10...
