Awards

Sandy Park, home to Aviva Premiership club Exeter Chiefs, has been shortlisted for Rugby Venue of the Year at the upcoming Rugby Expo Awards.

The Devon venue, which was built in 2006, will battle it out for the honour along with Allianz Park, the home to top flight rivals Saracens.

Last season, Aviva Premiership supporters from all 12 clubs voted Sandy Park as the best match-day experience, whilst in 2015 the stadium will also play host to three Rugby World Cup games.

Off the field, the venue continues to be a popular attraction for businesses, charities and...

The South West collaboration website http://www.growmycharity.com have been delivering free workshops for over four years and they want to see how South West charities have benefited from the positive use of social media.

With kind sponsorship from Charles Stanley stockbrokers, any South West Charity can enter the 2013 South West Social Media Awards. GrowMyCharity are looking for South West based charities who can demonstrate how Social Media has become an integral tool in their marketing strategy and how successful this had been. The prize for the winning charity is a cheque for £...

One of the biologists whose work on cell systems won him the Nobel prize for Medicine thought he was the victim of a practical joke when first hearing the news. German-born Professor Thomas Sὔdhof, aged 57, said: “I thought at first it was a joke. I have lots of friends who might play these kinds of tricks.” Sὔdhof along with Randy Schekman, 64, and James Rothman, 62, won a share of the 8m Swedish Kroner prize (£776,000) for their work into the internal ‘cargo delivery’ in cells. The scientists worked independently at separate institutions on how ‘vesicles’, bubbles of fat, operate in...

Exeter’s Bike Shed Theatre has been shortlisted as one of the UK’s most welcoming theatres in a national competition. More than 225 theatres were put forward for the award before being narrowed down to a shortlist of seven theatres by a public vote. Jack Dean, General Manager of the Bike Shed Theatre, welcomed the news. He said: “We're thrilled to be shortlisted for this award. We like to think we make people feel as welcome as possible at our theatre. “Whether it's the sofas, barista coffees or our lovely tall, handsome bar staff, whether they're seeing a show or just hanging out playing...