Cumberland Grange care home, in Exeter was filled with flowers, cards and decorations in celebration of Valentine’s Day.
Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by throwing a Valentines party inviting along their family, friends and the community. There was live music, sweet treats and delicious cocktails including Chocolate Martini’s, Sex on the Beach’s and Giggle Juice. Everyone sang and danced along to their favourite love songs.
General Manager, Marc, said: “We’ve all had a lovely day celebrating Valentine’s Day! Staff and residents done a fantastic job at...
Celebrate the most romantic day of the year with a decadent four-course dinner in our elegant Wear Park Restaurant, with a glass of Prosecco on arrival to get you in the mood.
There are some fabulous Valentine’s Spa Offers available in Wear Park Spa, perfect to treat your loved on to some R & R, ‘romance’ and ‘relaxation’.
Exeter Racecourse’s Super Sunday fixture, which coincides with Valentine’s Day, has drawn a strong card of entries for its seven races, including plenty on target for the Cheltenham Festival that begins in five weeks time and the Crabbie’s Grand National which takes place three weeks later.
The ten entries in the listed Bathwick Tyres novices’ hurdle include the Nicky Henderson-trained Buveur D’Air an impressive winner of his last two starts over hurdles and an entry for both the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, for which he is currently 7-1, and the Neptune Investment Management...
Martin Bingham, 44, from Exeter is celebrating with the woman he is wooing, June Vowsy, this week thanks to a declaration of love that he posted in the window of Card Market at 247 High Street.
Martin, who has been smitten with June the past four months, wrote the perfect sonnet to his woman and entered it into Card Market’s Valentines window hoping his well-chosen words would win him and June a romantic dinner for two.
Martin’s love note, captured the hearts and minds of Card Market staff and customers alike, it reads: “To my darling June, Roses are red, Violets are blue,...
Devon and Cornwall Police are reminding people that domestic abuse can happen to anyone and although Valentine’s Day is associated with love and romance, for some, it can prove a traumatic time of year.
The Force is running its ‘Is This Love?’ campaign which aims to raise awareness of the different aspects of abuse – emotional, financial, physical, and sexual.
Domestic abuse is the cruel misuse of power and control by one person over another. It can begin at any time, can be obvious or subtle and can happen suddenly or gradually.
Love should be in the air in Exeter this weekend as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, yet new research finds old fashioned romance is under threat from 21st century living.
Michael Spiers Jewellers, renowned independent jewellers based in Exeter, polled people in the South West to gauge attitudes to love in 2015 and found that busy lifestyles and technology addictions are stunting relationships and putting a dampener on romance.* The survey revealed 42% of people think that there are too many distractions in modern society that get in the way of true love. They point the finger of...
Fancy climbing out a window to escape a date? In your average day, you see so many different faces yet no-one really talks to each other. Lots of single pringles are still waiting to find their perfect match; but human nature takes its toll with nerves kicking in on the first date and many of the UK unsure how to even start talking to someone.
So why do so many citizens bail out last-minute because we are just too scared to commit? In day-to-day life, everyone checks out some-one or other, whether it’s checking out their bum or even thinking the person is hot whilst drunk on the...
29% of people in Exeter who are in a relationship will spend nothing on their other halves this Valentine’s Day, according to new research commissioned by shopping and price comparison website Give as you Live.
Exeter is less romantic than the rest of the country, as a quarter of Brits will spend nothing this Valentine’s Day. In the gender stakes, the ladies across the country are the least romantic this Valentine’s Day with nearly a third (29%) of women in a relationship planning to shun gift buying this year, compared to 23% of men in relationships.
‘Red Tuesday’ is the top dumping day of the year, just four days before Valentine’s Day, according to new research released by IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s top dating website.
3,000 people were surveyed on Illicit Encounters and one in five - 22% - had broken up with someone the week before Valentine’s Day.
Dumping someone electronically is also rising in popularity with 7.5 in 10 people breaking up with someone over their phone.
The top six ways people chose to dump their partners were:
Did you spent Valentine's on your lonesome? Maybe these tips for bar scene success will help for next year..
#1 – First Impressions Last a Long Time
When you’re in a social setting such as a bar – you are in a setting where you are under more scrutiny because people are checking you out. These days it’s not uncommon to find both sexes noticing you. So, whether you are there for a date or for friendship, make sure you watch your attitude. Engage in positive conversation and never let the “demon rum” take over and lead you into spilling the beans about your last relationship...
