THE world's leading darts players will return to the Westpoint Arena in Exeter for the 2016 Betway Premier League.
The £700,000 Betway Premier League, televised live on Sky Sports, sees an initial ten-player field competing across four months at 16 arena venues to contest for the prestigious title, which was won by Somerset-based Gary Anderson in May 2015.
The opening nine Thursday nights see the players face each other once in the league phase, with the bottom two players from the league table following Judgment Night being eliminated.
A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks could reduce obesity rates in the UK by five per cent by 2025 - equal to 3.7 million fewer obese people - according to a new report from Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum published today (Friday).
The report predicts the impact a 20 per cent sugary drinks tax could have on obesity if current trends continue. This stark number (3.7 million) is equivalent to the combined populations of Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol and Leicester.
More than one in five (22.3%) children in the South West are overweight or obese...
Heating solutions company, ZERO, is celebrating winning a £40,000 innovation award at the Shell Springboard Award regional finals held on 16 February.
The company’s soon-to-be-launched ‘Minibems’ heat network control technology was recognised as an exciting innovation that is able to deliver significant reductions in carbon emissions.
One of six regional finalists selected from over 120 applicants, ZERO now stands to win a further £110,000 at the national Shell Springboard Award final in March.
The culmination of three years of research and development, ZERO will...
Shoppers across Exeter are being invited to indulge in an exclusive evening of shopping, discounts and treats on Thursday 3rd March from 6pm – 9pm.
Princesshay’s ‘Spring Spree’ event will be filled with pampering, goodies and fabulous offers that will give shoppers a fantastic shopping experience and help upgrade their spring style or treat a loved one this season.
Over 40 retailers and restaurants including New Look, Reiss, Giraffe, Café Rouge and Fat Face will take part in the exclusive shopping evening, with many retailers offering up to 25% off. As well as the fantastic...
People are being invited to have their say on plans for a new bus station in Exeter at an open forum next month.
Exeter City Council will be holding the event at the Corn Exchange in Market Street, Exeter on Thursday (3 March) between 8am and 5.30pm.
The Council want to hear from members of the public and interested groups to inform the concept design of the new bus station. The Council want to hear people's views on:
Overnight resurfacing work will start on Station Road and Fore Street in Cullompton next week. (Monday 22 February)
The night-time work, which is needed to improve the road condition and extend its lifespan, will start on Monday (22 February) and is scheduled to take three weeks.
Station Road will be closed to traffic from 7pm to 7am each evening from Monday (22 February) to Wednesday (24 February). Fore Street will be closed overnight from 7pm to 7am between Wednesday (24 February) to Saturday 27 February, and from Monday 29 February to Friday 4 March. Work will begin at...
Work begins next month on a brand new slipway for Mamhead as East Devon District Council invests £1.2 million to restore the vital maritime access to Exmouth’s wonderful waterside.
When completed, the slipway will be a larger, safer and more resilient facility for people to use for decades to come. It will be able to take bigger craft with space to turn and manoeuvre off the highway. There will also be new signage and publicity to encourage people to use the new slipway when they might be using other water accesses, such as the nearby Belshers Slipway.
Pupils from Exeter School’s Year 9 German classes took part in a variety of competitions on the theme of presents organised by the Goethe Institut in the run-up to Christmas.
Two groups of pupils were commended for their entries: one group wrote the speech bubbles for a comic strip and won sunglasses; the other recorded a story and won earphones.
Both groups also received pencil cases with a variety of goodies inside.
Linguist Hannah Sheppard said the competition was a great opportunity and really fun. Congratulations to all participants and well done to Hannah...
Exeter-based Rainbow Living is inviting local children and disabled adults to celebrate Mother’s Day by getting involved in a special competition to show their mum how much they love them.
All entrants need to do is design a Mother’s Day card to be in with a chance of winning an amazing Mother’s Day hamper, kindly donated by Sainsbury’s Pinhoe.
The charity is delighted to announce the support of Sarah Turner (aka the ‘Unmumsy Mum’ Exeter blogger!) as a guest judge. Sarah is an award-winning blogger and her first book - The Unmumsy Mum - has just been published.
