Skin Angels, a group of campaigning beauty therapists from Exeter’s Purity Boutique Spa, recently spent the day Crealy’s Tag Rugby Festival.
The event, held in celebration of the Rugby World Cup coming to Exeter in 2015, featured 300 children from 30 primary schools across Exeter, Mid and East Devon.
Mariam says: “The Skin Angels love getting out and about to talk to people young and old about protecting their skin. We educate about the importance of wearing sun protection all year round and demonstrate the best techniques for application.”
Organisers of the sixth annual Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival are still buzzing after yet another successful festival with top authors such as Kate Atkinson, Michael Morpurgo, Kate Adie, James Lovelock and Hilary Mantel.
The impressive line-up this year saw family favourite Michael Morpurgo reading an exclusive extract from his new novel, Listen to the Moon, and much loved Kate Atkinson chose Budleigh audiences to be the first in the UK to hear an extract from her new novel, A God in Ruins, not due to be published until May 2015.
Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a missing Taunton man who may be in the Devon and Cornwall area. William Douglas, 52, has not been seen since 7am on Wednesday 1 October when he left for work, which he did not attend.
He was reported missing to police who have been conducting enquiries to locate him. William is described as white, 5ft 11ins tall, with grey hair and a Scottish accent. He was last seen wearing jeans, a grey zip-up coat and glasses. It is possible William may be in the Devon and Cornwall area and that he may be travelling in his 2012 registered grey...
The team at the utterly exquisite Deer Park Country House Hotel, near Honiton, were celebrating on Monday 29th September when they were named the ‘Best Small Independent Hotel Employer of the Year’ in Caterer.com’s Best Employers in Hospitality Awards 2014. The awards were presented by TV personality Sue Perkins at a prestigious ceremony which took place at Lancaster London.
The epitome of a quintessential English country house, inspired by the best of British, the Deer Park fought off hundreds of competitor employers to join the heady ranks of the ‘Top 60 Best Employers in...
Four golfers from a South Devon golf club took on an epic sporting challenge with a difference last week to raise money for the Children’s Hospice South West.
The challenge combined a love for cycling and golf as the group from Wrangaton Golf Club covered over 220 miles by bike and played 72 holes in just four days.
The four-man team was headed up by Stuart Newberry, Club Captain, Wrangaton Golf Club, who wanted to mark his year of captaincy by doing something memorable and ‘slightly mad’. He was joined by three members of the club, Charles Grose, Andy Dykes and Matt...
People are being asked to help shape the future for Exeter.
Exeter City Council has launched a major public consultation as it looks to save a further £4 million over the next three years.
The authority wants to find out what services are most important to the people of Exeter at a time of deepening public spending cuts.
The City Council’s grant from central government has already shrunk from £12 million in 2011-12 to £7.7 million in the current financial year. Now it is bracing itself for further reductions, to around £5 million, by 2017-18.
The finalists for this year’s Natwest Venus Awards Devon were announced this week at a sumptuous cream-tea event.
More than 70 guests and sponsors attended the prestigious afternoon held at The Deer Park Country House Hotel, near Honiton. They were invited to network with each other and the press and to interact with their own and other sponsors: and celebrate their success so far.
The awards were launched in April and have been whittled down to the finalists through a combination of public and private voting. Sponsors and nominees have enjoyed a variety of events since...
Be part of an exciting research and development project with Dreadnought South West:
Dreadnought South West – the organisation that brought you 'Oxygen', a play in celebration of the great 1913 suffrage pilgrimage – is researching and developing material through a range of activities, asking – what is a rebellious sound?
Dreadnought will be hosting a free workshop at Exeter Central Library on Tuesday 21st October to talk about Rebellious Sounds and how you can get involved.
Is there a particular woman or event – a speech, a book, a photograph – that...
Hunters Ales have brewed a special fiery beer for Powderham Food Festival.
Fire King, an amber beer, lightly hopped to allow the hot chilli flavours to zing out, complements the chargrilled flavours of barbecue food.
The bottles have been specially brewed by Hunters and will raise money for The C Group Royal Marines charity. A donation from each bottle sold will go to their fund, inspiring business to support marines in need.
Award-winning Hunters Ales have a reputation for superb and innovative brewing and Fire King is another winner.
The world’s first and most successful equity crowdfunding platform, Exeter-based Crowdcube, has won yet another award in recognition of the work it does to help entrepreneurs and businesses access the funds they need to grow and thrive.
The company was selected as the best equity crowdfunding platform for startups and young businesses at the inaugural AltFi Awards last week.
This is the fifth award Crowdcube has won this year and is a testament to how Crowdcube has empowered entrepreneurs to bypass angel networks, venture capital firms and banks.
