As Exeter Philharmonic Choir prepares to begin its 2024/25 season of concerts this autumn following a sell-out season last year, 47 choir members will soon be packing their song sheets to travel to Salamanca in Northern Spain for a five-day tour.
Ahead of their departure there’s an opportunity for local people to enjoy their Spanish tour repertoire at a free event near Exeter. St Margaret’s Church in Topsham is the venue for A Concert of English Choral Music for Spain on Saturday 21 st September from 4.30 pm to 5.30...
As Exeter Philharmonic Choir prepares to begin its 2024/25 season of concerts this autumn following a sell-out season last year, 47 choir members will soon be packing their song sheets to travel to Salamanca in Northern Spain for a five-day tour. At the end of September, the group will perform concerts in the Old Cathedral of Salamanca and Valladolid Cathedral and sing in a Mass at The...
A fugitive drug trafficker who headed a crime group that supplied huge amounts of heroin to the South West of England has been arrested in Tenerife.
Stephen Blundell, aged 36, of Leathers Lane, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin but fled to Spain before he could be sentenced in April 2013. He was later jailed for nine years eight months in his absence.
Crimestoppers’ latest campaign to hunt suspected criminals in Spain includes appeal for man with links to Devon convicted of drug related offences.
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers’ latest campaign to locate 13 wanted fugitives, believed to be hiding in Spain, includes an appeal for a man wanted for a series of drug offences, with links to Devon.
Convicted cigarette smuggler Malcolm McGowan, who featured on HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Most Wanted list last month, has been successfully extradited from Spain via Plymouth Ferry Port, and now begins a four-year jail term.
McGowan, 61, originally from Edinburgh, fled the UK 12 years ago after being found guilty of smuggling 28.3 million cigarettes into the country. His crimes...
