Despite failing to add to his tally of four majors last year, Rory McIlroy plays the prominent role in the third season of Netflix’s Full Swing docu-series which has just dropped on the streaming service. This is golf’s inside the ropes answer to the hit Formula 1 series Drive to Survive. Initially McIlroy was reluctant...
HEADLINES Will Devon’s eleven councils find common ground as local authority reorganisation deadline looms? A county-wide consensus is gaining traction with most Devon councils already on board and only Exeter City Council standing in its way while County Hall has yet to make up its mind. Read more. Exeter City Council approves own planning application...
A cop hunts down drug dealers who killed several police officers during a botched raid Source link...
Exeter Seed Bank is holding its third annual seed swap on Sunday 2 March with hands-on activities, stalls and displays and a programme of talks at two Sidwell Street venues. The event begins at 11am with talks from noon. Attendees can add to a map showing the locations of Exeter’s growing spaces and groups. There...
Exeter City Council approves own planning application to demolish, rebuild and part-refurbish existing community and sports facilities beside Ludwell Valley Park. Read full article at source...
A free one-day festival celebrating women is being held at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 15 March following International Women’s Day on Saturday 8 March. The programme includes music from the Newtown Roots Band and The Corduroy Curiosities with a workshop and choir led by Wren Music. There will also be panel discussions and a screening...
Theatre company Little Bulb is bringing a family-friendly performance inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons to Emmanuel Hall on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March. Four Seasons uses music, puppetry and clowning to tell the story of a team of intrepid magical gardeners tending to flora and fauna through the changing seasons. The production is...
Devon County Council is planning more bus priority schemes in Exeter’s arterial roads following changes made in Cowick Street, Heavitree Road, Pinhoe Road and New North Road. The Department for Transport has allocated £10.5 million to deliver bus service improvement schemes in Devon during 2025-26, with further funding expected to follow in future years. In...
Exeter Bach Choir is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor on Saturday 8 March at Exeter Cathedral . Led by musical director Jonathan Lucas Wood, Exeter Bach Choir is a mixed-voice choir of around 50 members representing a broad spectrum of musical ability and experience. Formed...
At its recreational level the post-covid boom is being sustained. More people are playing, ‘influencers’ are attracting dedicated followings and the latest season of a behind the scenes docu-series is about to drop on Netflix. What’s not to like? Tiger Woods makes his latest comeback this week at Torrey Pines and we are edging ever...
The developer of an energy plant proposed for a Riverside Valley Park public open space has said that its “primary source of heat generation” will be from on-site air source heat pumps despite previously presenting River Exe water source access as central to the scheme. Exeter Energy, a Leeds-based company controlled by 1Energy Group and...
HEADLINES Exeter Energy plant replaces rationale for Grace Road Fields location near River Exe with reliance on air source heat pumps Developer nevertheless seeks planning permission to build in Riverside Valley Park, claiming public open space “not bound” by local plan policy, as scheme ambition and city council environmental leadership claims begin to drain away....
Theatre company Half a String is bringing a family-friendly tale of trees and nature told with puppetry, music and live camera work to Emmanuel Hall in St Thomas on Friday 21 February. Breathe is set on a hectic forest floor, with larger than life fungi and creaking tree roots. It recounts an extraordinary journey from...
But the final group of McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka were regularly held up by the group in front, with Tom Kim particularly culpable. The young Korean – regarded as one of the game’s exciting prospects – took so long over so many shots, including his second to the sixth which he sprayed into...
Iain Carter and 2-time Solheim Cup winner Trish Johnson preview of the 2025 golf season. Source link...
