Exeter’s renowned Property Ball returned to Dart’s Farm on Friday 1st July, raising £50,000 for local charities. There were 650 guests.
Complete with funfair rides, tepee, cocktail bar, steel band, sports cars and a speed boat, the Property Ball lived up to its name of entertaining guests from all walks of Exeter’s business community.
The event, sponsored by Eagle One, M J Stevens, Blue Cedar Homes and NatWest Bank began with a mouthwatering meal, followed by an auction and music by Risky Business.
The auction, presided over by former Exeter Chiefs legend, Chris "...
On 23 July (4-8pm), Topsham-based luxury hair salon, Energy Hair, is inviting its clientele and the wider community to a spectacular summer party.
Salon owner, Nathan Plumridge, and his team will be hosting a glamorous afternoon tea on the Darts Farm lawn as part of a series of events celebrating 18 years of styling success.
Guests are being encouraged to dress for the occasion and enjoy gin and fizz, live music and games for some old fashioned fun. Anyone wishing to attend are being encouraged to sign up via Facebook or email laura@attention-media.co.uk .
Visit Devon has been nominated for the Best UK Holiday County or Destination in the prestigious 2016 British Travel Awards (BTAs).
The winners will be determined by the consumer, who has until 30 September to cast their vote, with the successful companies announced at the BTA Gala Awards Dinner, being held in London on 23 November 2016. British Travel Awards’ chief executive Lorraine Barnes Burton said: “This year there are nearly seven hundred nominations listed against 83 Award categories and competition to win a British Travel Awards will be fierce. In 2015 more than a million...
Falmouth and Exeter student’s union won the Officer Team Award at the NUS awards 2016.
The ceremony was held on the 6 July at the Arena and Convention Centre in Liverpool. NUS received 295 nominations for the ten NUS awards.
The NUS judging panel said that the officer team at Falmouth and Exeter had worked incredibly hard over this past year, and their decisions and actions are based on what is best for students and the union.
The union also won a highly commended Green Impact award.
Alexa Webster, Falmouth and Exeter student union president of community and...
A new East Devon attraction has attracted its 20,000th visitor as it prepares for a busy summer season.
Seaton Jurassic was only opened in early April but its mix of quirky displays and interactive exhibits aimed at families already seems to be a hit. Owned by East Devon District Council and operated by the charity Devon Wildlife Trust, Seaton Jurassic has brought visitors and the attention of the nation’s media to the town of Seaton.
One glowing review in The Guardian newspaper spoke of the journey through prehistoric time that visitors to Seaton Jurassic could enjoy as...
A divorce lawyer from the South West has been featured on an independent list of some of the best advisors in private wealth management in the world, for the 8th consecutive year. Liz Allen, head of the family law team at Exeter-based Stephens Scown LLP, has been selected to appear in the Honours section of the 2016 edition of the ‘Citywealth Leaders List’ which has just been published. Liz also features in the ‘Power Women’ list. She is the only family lawyer in Devon and Cornwall to have been named in the Honours section of the eleventh edition of the annual directory. The Citywealth...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (8-10 July).
THEATRE
Comedy at the Park Friday, 7.30pm, Sandy Park, Exeter Three top comedians, plus MC Dave Ward - one of comedy's most sought after presenters! The first comedian of the night will be Javier Jarquin, a half-Chinese, half-Latino Kiwi who promises to deliver a brilliant set every time. Jarquin will be followed by Quincy, aka the Cockney Prince - a bold act that is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. The evening's headliner is Richard Morton, who is described as possibly Newcastle's finest export...
Vodafone, the mobile network company, is reaching out to the South West to apply for their new programme.
Rural community centres such as pubs, shops, and village halls are being encouraged to apply for Vodafone’s new programme, Community Indoor Sure Signal, if they have unreliable mobile coverage.
The programme will give the centre an Open Sure Signal box which will bring Vodafone indoor 3G mobile coverage to create a rural community hotspot.
It will be open to 100 rural community hubs and builds on the success of Vodafone’s Rural Open Sure Signal which provides 3G...
Join The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth for an evening stroll around the Sanctuary and use a bat detector to listen for bats as they fly and hunt for insects. Many species of bat use these woods, hedges and fields, and you’ll find out about these fascinating animals and how to identify their calls.
When: Friday 15 July 9:15pm
Where: The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 0NU
What: During the Bat Walk, you will be taken around the woods, fields and hedges at Slade House Farm and shown how to use a bat detector so that you can listen for different species of bat as...
Up to 50,000 people are estimated to have visited the poignant 19240 Shrouds of the Somme Project in Exeter that depicts all 19,240 allied soldiers who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
On the eve of the closing ceremony, due to take place on 7th July at 9pm, organisers say that in just one week they have been inundated with people from all over the UK, and beyond.
The project was opened in the city's Northernhay Gardens at 7:30am on 1st July, exactly 100 years since the whistle was blown to go ‘over the top' in one of the bloodiest battles in British...
