Exeter-based pharmaceutical software specialist Rx-info is giving back to the community by donating £3,000 to local charity, Rainbow Living.

The donation has been offered in line with #GivingTuesday - a global day of giving on 1st December, and as a significant contribution towards fundraising efforts for Rainbow Living’s third Rainbow House.

Founded in 2003, Rx-info develops software for NHS Trust’s across the UK. Company founder and Director Colin Richman pledged his support to Rainbow Living in order to help reach the fundraising total of over £450,000 that is needed to...

Standing on a chair taking pictures is not ideal, but when the local newspaper photographers turn out in force to an official event its best you give them the front row.

A media frenzy in Devon, well yes, sort of. Press photographers were eagerly snapping Exeter’s sporting heroine Jo Pavey as she opened our new £1.2m day hospice in Honiton.

Flashbulbs were going off like crazy, watched by patients, supporters and staff who loved being part of the action. Being the Hospiscare press officer is more than balancing on a chair taking photographs, I also had to balance a pad and...

Dartmoor National Park archaeologists are looking for volunteers to help complete the conservation of prehistoric stone rows near South Brent on 6 December 2015. Join others with an interest in Dartmoor’s archaeology, working with Rangers in a stunning moorland setting at Glasscombe Corner.

Dartmoor’s landscape is among the richest in western Europe in terms of its prehistoric archaeological remains. Dartmoor contains the longest stone row in the world and has the greatest number of archaeological sites out of all the UK National Parks. In fact 60% of all stone rows to be found in...

If you've delayed digging out your winter woolies, now’s the time to act.

Plunging temperaturs and strong winds are set to make the weekend a nippy one.

Temperatures will struggle to rise above 7C and winds could reach gale force.

Those attending tonight’s rugby match at Sandy Park should put on an extra layer or two.

The cold snap comes in marked contrast to the recent conditions which led to it being the second mildest start to November on record.

The Met Office has issued weather warnings for snow, wind or ice for most of the UK

There will...

Hundreds of people flocked to see Exeter's Christmas lights being switched on.

Entertainment was provided by the Exeter University Jazz Orchestra, pantomime performances from Wonder Productions and Pinhoe Pantomime cast and the sounds of the Exeter Universities A-Capella groups.

Michael Caines MBE and Tony Rowe OBE, who have recently been awarded the freedom of city, switched on the city centre’s Christmas lights together with the city’s rising stars Sound of the Sirens.

The Christmas lights switch on event marked the start of late night shopping in the city with...

Aspiring ballerinas danced their hearts out to their favourite tunes!

The babyballet stars aged between 18 months and 6 years in Exeter raised £116.60 by taking their weekly ballet and tap lessons wearing their favourite super hero costumes or pyjamas.

Teacher Miss Harley, said: “Our babyballet stars have been having a great time, the little dancers have been tapping their toes and dancing their socks off whilst raising pennies for Pudsey”

Babyballet has been running for over 4 years in Exeter, a franchise operated by Ava Barron Thomas. Ava said “We are absolutely...

Killerton House will throw open its festive doors on Saturday 21 November to unveil its much anticipated Christmas transformation inspired by ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, by C.S. Lewis.

The National Trust property, just outside of Exeter, invites visitors to step through the wardrobe and embark on a festive journey to experience the magic of this Christmas classic.

A beautifully transformed mansion themed on the story will send shivers down spines, each room adorned with decorations and sparkling displays. The house will reflect places from the classic story,...

Congratulations to Patricia Peralta from Exeter whose correct entry was drawn to win the Monopoly: Exeter Edition board game in this competition.

The competition is now closed.

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It’s the perfect celebration of Exeter... And makes the perfect present for Christmas too.

The new official Monopoly: Exeter Edition is a wonderful gift: A gift of Exeter lives, loves and landmarks. And it has been hot property since being launched on 14 October, with the board now on its third print-run. This unique board is...

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce its exciting spring/summer 2016 season. The season will see the theatre produce two new shows and will mark artistic director Paul Jepson’s directorial debut for the theatre.

Harold Pinter’s Betrayal begins at the end of an affair and pursues an enthralling journey to its very beginnings. As memory reels backwards towards the moment the affair started, the lies tangle into a web of deception. Smart, darkly funny and full of yearning, this is one of Pinter’s most accessible and riveting plays.

Exeter Northcott will also...