Exeter City Swimming Club had a hugely successful South West Regional event this year with more of its swimmers than ever achieving the qualifying times required to enter. In total 43 swimmers qualified with 39 swimmers taking part in 182 individual races, with 47 finals being swum and a total of 20 medals achieved. All those that took part either beat their entry times or confirmed personal best times which is excellent given the hard racing they had taken part in recently.
In the Youth event which attracts swimmers of 15 years and older, Exeter had gold medals from Dominic...
Fay Knowles, a former Exonian, has just released her romantic suspense novel “Love at Sunset”, which shows the determination of Violet and Gordon, a feisty older couple in love for the second time around, to enjoy their autumn years to the fullest.
The novel is a spin off from the short story of the same name, first published in “The Lady” magazine and featured in Fay’s first book “Sunbeams from the Heart – A Collection of Twelve Romantic Short stories”.
“Love at Sunset” the novel is set in Scotland and The Bahamas, with scenes in Devon, London, Fort Lauderdale, and New...
A unique piece of artwork celebrating HM The Queen’s 90th birthday will be on show at Castle Fine Art, Exeter on Cathedral Yard from Monday 13th June.
With public celebrations and events taking place throughout the UK from Friday 10th – Sunday 12th June, British artist Nic Joly – who specialises in creating miniature wall sculptures – has produced a new piece in honour of the longest reigning Monarch in British history.
Named ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ the hand-signed, framed wall sculpture is being produced in an edition size of 90 – a nod to HM The Queen’s age. It features...
Nine Below Zero tour with the classic line-up of all four original band members; Dennis Greaves (guitar/vocals), Mark Feltham (harmonica), Mickey ‘Stix’ Burkey (drums) and Brian Bethell (bass). Mickey played live with the band for the first time since the 80s in November 2012 at the 30th Anniversary gig in Islington and now rejoins the band on permanent basis. Since their genesis in the 1970s, Nine Below Zero have been known for providing unique and innovative music in the form of alt blues-rock, a breath of fresh air in a pop punk era. Speaking about the tour, front-man Dennis Greaves...
For people interested in fitness and running from beginners to expert in Devon looking for free static gait analysis, expert footwear and recovery advice, special offers and free gifts are invited to a special event at a local sports store.
Intersport Tony Pryce in Exeter will be hosting a fitness and technical focussed event from 6pm until 8pm on Monday, June 13th and will have expert staff offering advice and a free goody bags for attendees.
Karen Chamberlain, Manager of the store located in the Guildhall Shopping Centre, said: “We wanted to host an event that appeals to...
Are you a young farmer with an innovative idea of how to make your job easier? If so then you could be in with a chance of winning £500 to develop your concept thanks to a new Mole Valley Farmers competition.
The Mole Valley Farmers Innovation competition is exclusively open to young farmers up to 26 years old and includes three age group categories; 10-14 years old, 15-18 years old and 19-26. £500 is up for grabs for each of the category winners, with one overall winner also gaining support from Mole Valley Farmers to develop and/or share their idea.
The Samaritans charity in and around Exeter is celebrating Volunteers’ Week by saying a great big thank you to its team of lifesaving volunteers.
Every six seconds someone contacts Samaritans, and across the UK and Republic of Ireland, over 20,000 volunteers give five million hours of their time a year responding to calls, fundraising, supporting people in prisons, workplaces and schools, and running local branches like the one for Exeter, Mid and East Devon. It would cost £72m a year to operate the charity if all volunteers were paid.
A study commissioned by Devon County Council has looked into the reasons why some children miss school due to anxiety.
The findings are helping the Council provide practical advice and information to schools in order that they can better support students, enabling them to keep up their attendance.
Educational Psychologists conducted the study as part of a wider exploration of ‘anxiety based school avoidance’ across Devon.
Their report acknowledges that students miss school, or find it hard to attend, for various reasons such as following a period of illness or...
An exhibition of beautiful early 19th-century illustrations of Indian flora exploring the plants’ usage in traditional Ayurvedic and modern medicine.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the East India Company controlled much of the Indian subcontinent. Keen to exploit and export valuable natural commodities, the Company set out to record the flora of India and commissioned Indian artists to create detailed botanical illustrations.
Many of the plants were known through their use in Ayurvedic medicine. One of the world’s oldest medicinal systems, it has been practiced...
Exeter Respect returns to the city on Saturday 11th June and Sunday 12th June 2016. Our diversity festival has grown dramatically along with the diversity of the city’s population, and provides a great, safe, space in which more communities than ever before can come and celebrate and share their cultures.
Exeter Respect is the city's annual celebration of diversity where we use the performing and creative arts to engage the wider community in sayign no to racism and all forms of prejudice. The Respect ethos is a simple one: racism and prejudice often spring from fear, and fear is...
