Devon based charity Dream-A-Way has smashed all records with its 2017 Golf Classic event and raised an incredible £33,000 in one day!
The event took place at the stunning Woodbury Park Hotel and Golf Club attracting a full field of 32 team entries from as far afield as Truro and Shropshire.
A forecast of thunder and lightning was not a good omen as it was feared the course would be closed but following a cooked breakfast, the intrepid players teed off. A couple of showers followed and a welcome sausage and Thatcher's cider barbecue was served on the 9th hole later. A lot of...
When registration desks at the London Marathon Expo at ExCeL London closed at 17:00 today, a total of 38,262 accepted applicants for places had picked up their running numbers and Ipico Sports Timing tags.
Around 37,800 are predicted to start today, making the 2015 London Marathon the biggest in the event’s 35-year history.
The previous record was set in 2012 when 37,227 started and 36,705 finished the race.
The London Marathon’s three inaugural champions, Dick Beardsley, Inge Simonsen and Joyce Smith, will set the elite wheelchair racers on their way from...
Devon has smashed the record for the number of new businesses launched in the area in a single year, according to new research. Statistics, compiled by www.informdirect.co.uk , have revealed that there were 5,501 companies formed in 2014, up from a previous best of 5,280. This brings the total number of businesses operating in the region to a high of 42,661. There are now 4.4% more active companies than there were a year ago and 28% more than there were five years ago. Henry Catchpole, CEO of Inform Direct, said: “This is clearly an area where fledgling firms are flourishing and where...
A host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West along with a couple of returning dealers that have not attended for a while.
With all the dealers having masses of good quality Vinyl Records, CDs and much more to choose from and following on from the success of the last fair, it should be another good event for everyone.
Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the earlybirds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 4pm.
Exeter Record Fair is now on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/...
Forecasters say 2012 was the ninth warnest year in record.
The prediction follows provisional figures for the observed temperature in 2012, published by the Met Office and University of East Anglia.
These showed that global average temperatures in 2012 were 0.45 °C above the long term average based on data from the three international global temperature datasets used by the World Meteorological Organization and 2012 is currently ranked the 9th warmest year on record.
The global average temperature for 2012 falls well within the range predicted by the Met Office for...
