Baroque Venice in all its musical glory will be brought to life in Exeter Cathedral on 18 March with a large-scale performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers, conjured up by the combined forces of Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Devon County Junior Choir, top professional singers and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir. The children will be involved in four movements of this...
In a large-scale performance, Exeter Philharmonic Choir and professional musicians bring the musical magic of Baroque Venice to Exeter.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir, six outstanding soloists who have performed this work many times around the world and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
The 17th-century Italian musical prodigy Claudio Monteverdi wrote his Vespers (an ancient form of...
Devon based charity, Step One, is delighted to confirm Ben Greaves as their new CEO following a recruitment process during which he impressed both service managers and trustees with his strong leadership skills and positive, practical attitude towards delivering our mission to support people with disabilities and mental health issues. Ben will start in January 2023. Ben brings 20 years’ experience from various leadership roles in the British Army, recently leading a team of 500 people across 6 sites in the UK and in 12 countries globally as a Commanding Officer and, as a result, has a...
RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is the largest garden wildlife survey in the world and provides a snapshot of how garden birds are faring in the UK.
The world’s largest garden wildlife survey returns this month, with hundreds of thousands of people watching and counting the UK’s garden birds over the last weekend in January for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.
Nearly 700,000 people took part in 2022, counting 11 million birds. In Devon, nearly 18,500 people joined in.
This year’s event takes place on 27, 28 and 29 January 2023. People in Devon are asked to spend just one...
Love guitars? Love Planet Earth? Love supporting local/independent businesses? Then the Crowdfunder recently launched by Devon-based Life Guitars Co is for you! With a strong vision and set of ethical values, the team at Life Guitars are on a mission to take over the guitar world, one high-quality used repurposed guitar at a time.
A brief history
Established in July 2020 amidst the start of a global pandemic, award-winning Life Guitars Co burst onto the UK independent retail scene with a vision to breathe new life into old and used guitars, amps and effects pedals....
Multi-million schemes to improve transport links in Exmouth and Okehampton are among more than 100 projects receiving a share of £2.1 billion through the government’s latest round of Levelling Up funding.
Devon County Council has been awarded the full amount of its £15.7 million bid to complete the Dinan Way link in Exmouth, while West Devon Borough Council has successfully received £13.4 million to develop a new railway station on the eastern edge of Okehampton.
The funding for the Destination Exmouth project will enable the completion of Dinan Way link road, helping to...
A DEVON-BASED printed packaging company is celebrating its 40th anniversary in the business this year (2023).
Newton Print Ltd, which specialises in assisting food and drink producers to bring their products to market on time, first opened as Newton Printers in 1983.
Tim Besley, Founder and Managing Director at Newton Print Ltd, which is based in Newton Abbot, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be celebrating our 40th anniversary this year. The company started in 1983, initially as a traditional printers run by my father, who ran a stationery business too, and I before...
Devon’s gritter drivers are facing another busy 24 hours as the big freeze continues across the county.
Following today’s wintry showers in parts of the county, wet roads could become icy this evening as temperatures again drop below freezing.
With road surface temperatures set to fall below -4C from this afternoon and into this evening, gritters have already headed out on all of the county’s main precautionary gritting routes and they will carry out a further treatment at 2am.
Around 14 miles of cycle routes around Exeter are also being treated twice today....
Sam Hammond, 30, is a man on a mission – with his fridge! The Royal Marine from Redruth is no stranger to running around the country with white goods strapped to his back to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. On the 11th February he will be running the Exeter Half marathon - with his fridge.
Sam said: “ I have been doing this for a while to raise money for charity and I just wanted to take it to the next level. I’m going to begin with the Exeter Half and then move on to the Brighton Half, with a view to breaking the full marathon Guinness World Record of running...
People who have a learning disability and those who care for them are being reminded that it’s not too late for them to have a free flu vaccination and additional Covid-19 booster.
Preventing Covid-19 and flu is particularly important for people with learning disabilities, who are much more vulnerable to both viruses.
A series of three new films, launched by NHS Devon and Devon County Council highlight the importance of having both the vaccinations and annual health checks.
The films follow Damon , who has a learning disability and is needlephobic as he has his...
