Over 250 guests were welcomed with a glass of Pimm’s in the VIP marquee of the St. Austell Brewery Ladies Day at Newton Abbot Racecourse.
Beautifully dressed ladies adorned with fabulous hats enjoyed pampering with the Aztec Spa therapists; colour and personal style tips from Kate Lamport, Queen of Style; skin advice from the Beresford Clinic and personal consultations by stylists from V&M hair.
A selection of stunning millinery was available to hire from Mrs B’s Bonnets and popular broadcaster, Judi Spiers compered the fashion show hosted by sponsor, Exiv (formerly...
Hundreds of fake England football shirts have been seized during the World Cup at London’s Heathrow Airport - by Rooney and his temmates.
A team from Border Force – containing officer Sean Rooney – discovered the consignment of more than 400 home and away replica jerseys in freight on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 June.
The shirts, which had been imported from Hong Kong, have now been confirmed as fake by the official England kit manufacturers, Nike.
Sean said: "The package from Hong Kong was labelled up as being glassware, so when I opened it up and saw the shirts I...
East Devon MP Hugo Swire visited Costa Rica and Colombia this week, following recent elections in both countries. He met the new administration in Costa Rica and renewed ties with President Santos’ re-elected government in Colombia. He also visited Guatemala, where he held talks with President Otto Perez Molina.
The Foreign Office Minister met representatives of UK firms in each country, to support their investment and export efforts and boost jobs and growth back in the UK. He promoted British expertise in sectors from energy to agricultural technology, and lobbied on important...
Alice crawls through the mirror into a looking glass world where she has to outwit Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and gets the rough end of Humpty Dumpty’s tongue on her journey to become Queen.
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Lewis Carroll’s classic sequel to Alice in Wonderland gets an imaginative treatment in this adaptation by Katherine Kingsford.
Performance Dates: Cygnet Theatre June 28th & 3rd July 7.00pm 12th July 2.00pm
Poltimore House (Open Air) July 18th 7.oopm July 19th 3.00pm
The Cygnet Company with guests in a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies. The world order is turned upside down: servants dress up as their masters, and men as women. Amid such confusions, what happens to Love and Fancy? Wit changes place with Folly, as Malvolio, Lady Olivia’s puritanical steward, gets ideas above his station, donning ‘yellow stockings, cross-gartered‘ and shipwreck brings handsome twins to shore …
Jacquie Crago, actor, director and RSC voice coach, is currently resident voice and dialect coach on the National...
Dr Pradnya Apte has launched her aesthetics practice Revitalise Rejuvenate at Sara Paleschi Hair Design in Exeter.
Guests enjoyed pink bubbles and canapés and raised over £180 for Kidney Research UK on 19 June.
Darryl Hagley, Manager of the Kidney Research Shop in Exeter said: "We're delighted to receive this donation from Pradnya and the team at Revitalise Rejuvenate. This is a fantastic example of how local businesses can support charities by adding a simple activity to an existing event."
Dr Apte first began working with facial aesthetics in 2007, and has worked...
Sandy Park Conference and Events Centre, are to become one of the first companies in Europe to use a ‘Proximity App’ at an Exhibition Venue, when they launch at the Meetings Show between the July 8-10 in London's Olympia. Tied in to their competition where visitors can win a VIP Rugby Weekend in Devon watching the Premiership Rugby Exeter Chiefs team, the innovative new App will allow anyone to enter, simply by being within a three-metre range of the Sandy Park stand at E33b. The revolutionary App works with one of the latest Proximity Beacons to deliver messages to and from a Virtual...
The latest Exeter Business Survey, carried out by Exeter Chamber of Commerce, shows the highest number of Exeter businesses working at capacity levels since March 2008.
In addition to this, members have also reported the highest level of business confidence since September 2007.
Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with the Bank of England, on 26 June 2014 to report the findings of their Business Survey, for the last quarter.
The Business Survey also shows that investment has increased in the last quarter with 53% of members investing in their company, up 10...
A lucky Exeter art student has won the opportunity of a lifetime – to design posters, adverts and a video to promote the three Rugby World Cup 2015 games being played at Sandy Park.
Robert Boyd, aged 19, of Newton Abbot had his designs picked by Exeter City Council ahead of others at Exeter College.
As part of the preparation for Exeter being a Host City for Rugby World Cup 2015, the City Council set a design brief for the students of Exeter College to design a poster to promote the three games being held in Exeter.
Horseracing fans looking to take advantage of 2-4-1 tickets for Monday fixtures at Newton Abbot Racecourse are reminded that the booking deadlines for July fixtures are fast approaching.
On Monday 7th and 14th July, horseracing fans can enjoy two Paddock Enclosure tickets for the price of one when booked by 5pm one week in advance. These are two of six fixtures in total which fall under the Super Monday promotional offer for this year.
The 2-4-1 Super Monday Special promotion has been in operation at the course for a number of years and continues to be an attractive offer...
