Exeter

Launch of Fit Food cooking school

Event Date: 
15/07/2017 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Bradbury's Kitchens, Denbury Court, Matford Park, Exeter, Devon EX2 8NB.

Fit Food is all about making healthy eating, easy. Fit Food will provide simple and easy vegetarian and vegan recipes, all prepared and ready to eat in under half an hour. My aim with this course is to encourage people to move step by step closer to living a healthier lifestyle. So please come have some fun and find out what Fit Food is all about.

Admission is by ticket only

Coronation Street star and BGT finalist headline Exmouth panto

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/26/2017 - 5:41pm

Coronation Street’s Steven swaps the cobbled street of Weatherfield for The Exmouth stage as the Pavilion panto gets extended by huge demand with its biggest pantomime ever!

It may only be June however panto bosses at Exmouth Pavilion are already working hard towards their biggest pantomime to date.

This year Trio Entertainment will return to produce The fun-filled family favourite “Cinderella” starring Coronation Streets and Dancing On Ice star ‘Steven Arnold” best known for his role as Ashley Peacock in Coronation Street.

It was in 1996 that he made his debut in...

Exe Model Railway Society exhibition

Event Date: 
01/07/2017 - 10:00am to 02/07/2017 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
The Matford Centre, Matford Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter,

The South West's premier model railway show comes to Exeter.

You'll find over 35 model railways and exhibits, 20-plus trade support stands, modelling demonstrations and 'show you how' stands and lots more!

Refreshments available, free on-site parking, disabled friendly.

Opening times

Saturday 10:00 – 17:00 Sunday 10:00 – 16:00

Admission

Adults £7 Concessions £6 Children FREE when accompanied by a paying adult

http://exemrs.co.uk/2017-show/

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Get into model railways and model trains yourself...

Grassroots in the spotlight at Bicton Arena

Authored by Lucy
Posted: Mon, 06/26/2017 - 4:28pm

The glorious parklands of Bicton Arena come under the spotlight during the second weekend of July (8-9) when its second British Eventing-affiliated horse trials take place.

Classes ranging from BE80T to open novice will be staged, attracting both grass roots riders and those riding horses that are moving up through the levels.

Measures have been implemented to ease the ground including intensive sward maintenance using the arena’s Terra Spike Verti-Drain, which has resulted in vigorous growth and deep rooting thereby allow the dense grass to have a cushion effect.

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Bryan Adams announces special guests for Powderham Castle show

Indie-pop quartet The Dunwells have been announced as special guests for Bryan Adams’ show in Exeter this summer. The band, which has a strong following across the UK, will perform ahead of Bryan Adams at Powderham Castle on Thursday 13th July 2017. The Dunwells are a quartet from Leeds whose music is intimate yet epic, and fuses acoustic instrumentation and electronics with down to earth song writing and big choruses. The band comprises four lifelong friends, two of whom are brothers: Joe Dunwell, singer/guitarist Dave Dunwell, bassist Rob Clayton, and drummer Adam Taylor and its hits...

Devon fish paying high price for Scottish salmon farms

A Devon-based wildlife charity is calling for immediate action to control a fishing practice which is leading to thousands of local fish – from a family of fish known as wrasse - being removed from around the coast of Devon. The fish are being transported alive to Scottish salmon farms where they are being used as a ‘natural’ control against parasites. Today Devon Wildlife Trust is calling for a ban on the live capture of the fish from Devon’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)* – places which have been recognised for the richness of their marine nature. The Trust is requesting people in Devon...

Seven men charged after ram raid in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/26/2017 - 1:39pm

Police were called around 9.35pm to reports of two vans involved in an alleged ram raid at a premises on Thorverton Road, Exeter, on Saturday 24 May 2017.

Officers were dispatched and a pursuit ensued, assisted by the National Police Air Service who tracked the two vans along the M5 and M4.

Devon and Cornwall Police were also assisted by Dorset Police and Avon and Somerset Police.

Bobby Ryan, 36, Gary Mcintrye, 35, Alan Mcintyre, 36, Brian Hitchcock, 37, Kenneth Cozens, 36, Darren Grant, 27, and Jamie Cox, 26, all from London, have been charged with conspiracy...

Appeal for witnesses to crash near Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/26/2017 - 11:16am

Police were notified at approximately 3.15pm on Saturday 24 June, to a two vehicle collision on the A377 near the Half Moon village.

A man in his 30s was airlifted to Derriford Hospital with multiple serious injuries when his motorcycle, a black Yamaha XJ600, was involved in a collision with a silver VW Passat car.

Both vehicles were travelling towards the Exeter direction.

The road was closed for four hours whilst the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit carried out an examination of the scene.

Police are appealing for further witnesses to come forward and...

Lockdown returns to Powderham Castle

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/26/2017 - 10:55am

Lockdown, the South-West’s biggest dance music festival, will return to the magnificent Powderham Castle, near Exeter on the weekend of 1-3 September 2017.

Acts already confirmed: DIZZEE RASCAL CHASE & STATUS (DJ) (SEE WEBSITE FOR THIRD HEADLINER) WILEY GIGGS WILKINSON (DJ) SIGMA DJ GORGON CITY (DJ) BASEMENT JAXX (DJ) AJ TRACEY BECKY HILL SASASAS TQD JAX JONES SAM WHITMORE J.MASSISION SAM DEVINE KURUPT FM METRIX MY NU LENG CONGO NATTY

Plus many more live acts and DJs to be announced.

LOCKDOWN will be spread across four stages over the three days and will feature...

Exeter diabetes researchers recognised as “Rising Stars”

Two researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School have been recognised as rising stars in diabetes research.

Dr Andrew Wood and Dr Hanieh Yaghootkar have been awarded two of just four €30,000 (£25,500) awards made across Europe, from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes e.V. (EASD). The award, made under the Rising Star Fellowship Programme and supported by global healthcare company Novo Nordisk, is designed to fund selected research projects of promising and innovative young researchers. Winning academics also give a presentation to the EASD Annual Meeting,...

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