CORONATION Street's Dev, played by Jimmi Harkinshin, launched Saturday night's fireworks bonanza, the Sky Rave, at Thruxton Circuit.

Andover Round Table and the Rotary Club of Andover organised the event with Wall's Fairground, music and a spectacular firework display.

More than 3,000 people gathered on the race track banks and watched a live performance from Nokando and a firework display to clubbing music by Xtreme.

Alex Collister, spokesman for the Rotary Club of Andover, said: "We were pleased with the event. Numbers were a little bit lower than we hoped but the reaction we got from people was that they really enjoyed it."

Ticket sales alone made more than £7,000 which will go toward the charities supported by Andover Round Table and the Rotary Club of Andover.