After almost 1,000 years of peace, Viking hoards are again amassing their forces for a show of strength in mid Devon.
But locals don’t need to be too alarmed, the Norsemen and women have an unlikely mission, the quest to find Thor’s hammer!
Silverton’s drama troupe, the Silverton Luvvies, is sharpening battle axes and honing their hammers up for a new musical saga – Norse by South West, or How Thor Lost his Hammer.
The play, as with all of the Silverton Luvvie’s productions, is an original work written by director Portia Smith and cast members and promises plenty of...
After almost 1,000 years of peace, Viking hoards are again amassing their forces for a show of strength in mid Devon.
But locals don’t need to be too alarmed, the Norsemen and women have an unlikely mission, the quest to find Thor’s hammer!
Silverton’s drama troupe, the Silverton Luvvies, is sharpening battle axes and honing their hammers up for a new musical saga – Norse by South West, or How Thor Lost his Hammer.
The play, as with all of the Silverton Luvvie’s productions, is an original work written by director Portia Smith and cast members and promises plenty of...
An extraordinary musical event is shaping up for a Westcountry Choir when they sing at the opening night of a world premiere Theatre show TINY HEROES at Exeter’s BikeShed Theatre next week.
Local folk choir Voices In Common have been invited to sing the opening three nights of a newly written theatre piece by award winning playwright Daniel Bye.
Daniel Bye who was last at The Bike Shed theatre with the phenomenal Going Viral, has been developing the world premiere of his new show Tiny Heroes, on our Devon Residency programme.
The first bricks have been laid as part of an ambitious project to build a new Cathedral in the centre of Exeter – out of LEGO® bricks! The Bishop of Exeter, Dean of Exeter and members of the Cathedral’s Big LEGO Build team were joined by Ashburton Primary School pupil Isaac Mark to officially launch the build at a special ceremony on Thursday 11th February. Isaac, who attended the launch with his parents, schoolteacher and his friend Alfie, won the opportunity to kickstart the build after winning a Devon-wide competition to answer the question “If you could build anything out of LEGO,...
Sale Sharks whipped up their own on-field version of ’Storm Imogen’ to wreak havoc on the high-flying hopes of Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership.
Undone on home soil by league leaders Saracens the week previous, Rob Baxter’s side crashed to a second successive league defeat as the Sharks delivered a telling first half bite that the Chiefs never really recovered from.
Johnny Leota, Nev Edwards and Mike Haley all crossed for tries during the opening 40 minutes for Steve Diamond’s side – and fly-half Danny Cipriani did the rest of the damage as he slotted a conversion and...
Ping!, the nation’s favourite ping pong festival, will be bouncing back onto the streets of Exeter this summer for its third succesive year!
Active Devon, who coordinate the festival of ping pong in Exeter, are placing the focus for this year’s Summer long affair with table tennis on getting more people at work to pick up a bat and play.
Last year, Ping! tables saw nearly 1.3 million visits from members of the general public nationally during the festival (which takes place between June-August) and even more are expected this summer with five new cities signed up to deliver...
Two Exeter School pupils are celebrating their selection on the England Hockey squads.
Sixth Former Sophie Jefferson and Upper Fifth Former Bill Taylor have the opportunity to represent their country in the U18 and U16 squads respectively.
The two Exeter School hockey players are the latest pupils to be included in the national age group squads – six pupils have been selected over the last five years.
Head of Hockey Ed Jones said their selection put them in the top 26 players in the country at their age.
“The next training camp will take place over the half...
Natural pet food manufacturer Forthglade, from Winkleigh, have been honoured with an international industry award – ‘2016 Dog Product of the Year’. The prestigious awards run by leading pet industry magazine Pet Product Marketing, recognized the Devon firm for the huge success of its popular grain free natural pet foods.
The coveted PPM awards celebrate leading international pet brands and most successful new products sold in pet shops throughout the UK. Forthglade introduced its grain-free range just over a year ago, and it has rapidly become a best seller.
Devon and Cornwall Police is promoting a new campaign around sexual consent, which aims to educate and inform young people around what can sometimes be a confusing issue.
The campaign, which targets 16 to 21 year olds, also promotes the message that there are #noblurredlines – sex without consent is rape.
Young people may feel pressured into having sex when they don’t want to or aren’t ready to as a result of peer pressure, fear, lack of knowledge or the consumption of alcohol and/or drugs which clouds their judgement.
The Met Office and Exeter Science Park mark a significant phase in the construction of the new home for the new supercomputer.
Built by Willmott Dixon, the complex will house part of the new Met Office supercomputer and marks another significant milestone in its High Performance Computing (HPC) project.
The complex forms part of the region's vision of a world-leading centre of predictive environmental science at the Exeter Science Park and will help exploit UK scientific excellence, supporting collaboration and partnerships between science, business and academia.
