Exeter

Five outstanding young soloists, who have already had considerable success, will be joining Exeter Philharmonic Choir for the Lord Mayor’s Concert, Mozart Requiem, on March 10th.

The Choir is excited to welcome vocalists Natalya Romaniw, Oliver Johnston, Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Tristan Hambleton whose voices are sure to excite individually and together as a quartet. The talented singers will be joining more than one hundred members of Exeter Philharmonic Choir to perform Mozart’s Requiem, one of the most cherished and well-known works in the choral repertoire. The programme...

Thousands of people will mark Chinese New Year at the University of Exeter with fireworks, dancing and dragons.

Stalls illustrating Chinese traditions and crafts, delicious Chinese cuisine, martial arts demonstrations and performances will be on offer at the Streatham campus for the family-friendly celebrations on Sunday, March 4.

More than 2,500 people are expected to attend the annual event, in the Forum building, which ends with a spectacular firework display at the XFI Building at 6:30pm.

The event is organised by members of the University of Exeter’s Chinese...

Exeter College students have won the prestigious Bristol Grammar School Model United Nations (MUN) best delegation title for the fourth year in a row, cementing the college’s reputation as one of the leading debating and diplomacy team in the South West.

More than 150 students representing a range of schools took part in the 10th annual Model United Nations (MUN) Conference, held at Bristol Grammar School, on Sunday, 4th Feb.

The conference is a simulation of the United Nations, with student teams allocated a specific country which they represent in a variety of committees...

Number one bestselling author Joanna Trollope heads to Exeter Library to discuss her brand new book, An Unsuitable Match, on Saturday 3rd March from 2pm.

Joanna will hold an informal talk about her latest book over a quintessentially English cream tea at Exeter Library as part of her south west tour. An Unsuitable Match is an uplifting story of love, family and second chances and is the twenty-first novel to be written by the talented artist.

The critically acclaimed author said: “As a huge supporter of libraries and librarians, and a great fan of Devon, I am really looking...

Tickets for the 2018 Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink have been released and are now available from the festival website.

For the second year, 2018 sees the festival take place over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, from Saturday 5th May to Monday 7st May, running for all three days of the Bank Holiday.

The 15th Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink will take place in Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle and will feature a wide variety of producers from the region as well as demonstrations from top chefs, hands-on workshops, live music and food-...

A research lab at Exeter Medical School opened its doors to an 11-year-old boy who has Type 1 diabetes so that he could learn about groundbreaking research into his condition. Daniel Lindley and his mum Karen from Lostwithiel in Cornwall joined a tour of the Islet Cell Biology lab to meet Professor Noel Morgan and other diabetes researchers who are funded by Diabetes UK. The visitors learnt how Professor Morgan and his team have access to a rare set of pancreas samples, taken from people who had been recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In Type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune system...

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (23-25 February).

THEATRE

Soldier On Friday, Exeter Northcott Theatre What happens when a company of ex-soldiers becomes a company of actors? A theatrical band of brothers. Although it’s not a cure all, the bonding, the humour, the theatre of war helps to put them back together again - as a company of veterans and actors rehearse a play about a company of veterans and actors. Although worlds apart they begin to realise there are more similarities between military life and the theatre than they bargained...

The construction of the Exeter flood defence scheme is now well advanced with completion of the whole scheme expected at the end of 2018.

The scheme is a partnership between the Environment Agency, Devon County Council and Exeter City Council.

The flood defences will reduce the risk of flooding to more than 3,200 homes and businesses in Exeter.

As part of the new defences being built in the north of the city it will be necessary to close Station Road from 9 April 2018 for nine weeks.

Station Road is located near St David’s Station and links Exwick Road to...

British Transport Police are appealing for information after a train guard was assaulted on a train between Newcourt and Digby and Sowton.

At around 3.40pm on Monday (19 February), four teenagers became abusive towards their train guard when he asked to see the tickets.

The group – made up of three girls and one boy – all spat at him, which landed on his face and uniform.

Though uninjured, it left the guard extremely shaken.

Were you on the train and did you see what happened? Or do you have any information which you think might help?

Investigating...

The market takes place at America Hall in Pinhoe on Sunday (25 February), and runs from 10am-noon.

We have loads and loads of fantastic baby and children’s bargains including prams / travel system / jumperoo / steriliser / walker / cot mobile / toot toot toys / stair gates / toys / breast pump / clothes / Moses baskets / high chair / books / car seat / buggy / bedding / bounce and spin zebra / laugh n learn chair / ball pool with balls / piano floor Matt / ride on toy / baby swing / puzzles / shopkins / design a friend doll / I love my bear nursery set up / trike / bumbo / travel...