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Teignbridge Sports Personality of the Year Awards finalists revealed

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 10/27/2015 - 11:51pm

The finalists of 2015’s Teignbridge Sports Personality of the Year Awards have been unveiled.

The judges have been busy selecting and writing to the committed and talented people who have been selected as finalists for the Awards, which recognise sporting success and contributions at all levels around the district.

Winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony on Friday 4 December at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren.

Featuring a diverse range of categories, the Awards recognise athletes, volunteers, sports teams, committee members, coaches, and...

Toy Train and Collectors Fair

Event Date: 
01/11/2015 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter

Catering for all collectors, walk, browse and look for those elusive and hard to find models - the list is endless:

Dinky, Corgi, Minichamps, Hornby Bassett Lowke, Meccano, Spot-On, Marklin, Scalextric, EFE, Actionman, Dolls,Teddies .......and much more all under one roof!

Sunday 1st November: 10.30am - 3pm

Admission:

Adults: £3.50

Children: under 15 years - Free of Charge with an accompanying adult

Admission:

Adults: £3.50 Children: under 15 years - Free of Charge with an accompanying adult (prices quoted are for 2015 admission)...

Bonfire night at Topsham Rugby Club

Event Date: 
05/11/2015 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Topsham RFC Bonfire Field, Exeter Road, Tospsham

Wrap up warm and join Topsham RFC for another amazing Bonfire Night on Bonfire Night, Thursday 5th November.

Gates open at 6pm, fire lighting at 7 pm, fireworks display at 7.30pm.

Tickets: Adults £5, child £3 (under 12), family £15 (maximum two adults and two children under 12).

Hot food and bar.

www.topshamrugby.co.uk

Michaelmas Fair

Event Date: 
05/11/2015 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Powderham Castle, Kenton

Michaelmas Fair in aid of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity

Thursday 5th November 10am-3pm

A chance to do some early Christmas shopping with many gifts you won’t find on the High Street.

Tickets £3 in advance from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity 01392 492650/496412 or Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets 01392 665885.

£5 on the door without

Christmas Shopping Fayre 2015

Event Date: 
27/11/2015 - 9:30am to 29/11/2015 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter

3 fun-packed days of festive shopping, all under one roof! Join us for our 20th anniversary fayre - it'll be the best one ever!

Every year exhibitors come from far and wide to transform Westpoint into an Aladdin's cave of wonderful gift ideas and essential Christmas items. It's a magical few days and we know they enjoy the Shopping Fayre as much as our many thousands of regular visitors.

This will be our 20th anniversary Christmas Shopping Fayre and we're going to make it memorable - an amazing Christmas spectacular, will you be joining us? Whether it's as a new exhibitor...

Scary sum of money up for grabs at Mecca Exeter

A local bingo club is set to host one of the most sought-after evenings of bingo in and around Exeter by offering a potential share of £100,000 in its free Mecca Firecracker prize draw* as part of its national live link game this Halloween.

The team at Mecca Exeter will be hosting its ‘Firecracker Evening’ from 6330pm on Saturday 31 October, with £100,000 up for grabs during the live link game at approximately 8.30pm, which will be shared equally amongst customers playing in the club that evening.

Mecca customers from all over Exeter will be flocking to the club on North...

Opening date revealed for Smiggle store

Smiggle, Australia’s most colourful stationery brand is set to open its doors in Princesshay on 30 October 2015.

The new store will be located at the Bampfylde Lane entrance to Princesshay off the High Street offering bright and bold stationery, bags, lunchboxes, accessories, gadgets and more.

Smiggle prides itself on delivering original and fun products for children, from pencils and pens, to backpacks, lunchboxes and drink bottles, and ‘must-have’ gadgets and gizmos.

Wayne Pearce, Princesshay Centre Director said: “Smiggle is a fun new brand offering something...

New after-sales director for Medland Sanders & Twose

Medland Sanders & Twose (MST), the leading supplier and servicer of specialist land machinery across the South West, has appointed Matt Hellyer as its After Sales Director.

The senior post has been newly-created following a strong period of growth at MST together with fresh investment by parent company Longhouse Group.

Matt joins MST from Masons Kings where he was Group Parts Manager.

Nigel Godefroy, director at MST, described Matt Hellyer's appointment as "a real step forward" and "positive statement of intent for the company".

He added: "Matt, who...

Don’t suffer effects of breast cancer alone

This October for breast cancer awareness month, Macmillan Cancer Support wants to raise awareness of the side effects faced by people living with or beyond the disease.

Breast cancer survival rates have been improving for 40 years. More women are surviving breast cancer than ever before, thanks to improvements in treatment and earlier diagnosis. In the 1970s around 5 out of 10 women with breast cancer survived the disease beyond five years. Now it is more than 8 out of 10.

Alison Authers, Lead nurse of the Macmillan Lymphoedema team at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation...

Cast announced for A Christmas Carol

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 10/27/2015 - 12:20pm

The Exeter Northcott Theatre and Creative Cow are delighted to announce the cast for their magical new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ much-loved Christmas classic.

Leading the cast is celebrated local actor, Derek Frood, in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. Derek was recently seen in BBC1’s Poldark and has previously entertained Devon audiences in his work with Theatre Alibi.

Derek said, "The prospect of stepping into the shoes of Ebenezer Scrooge fills me with delight. In 1843 Dickens intended the story as a strong condemnation of greed, and the transformation of Scrooge...

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