Opinion

The Mayor and Mayoress joined Northampton Town Council for their official light switch on event

Mayor's Monthly - November 2023: Here's what Northampton's Mayor has been doing

Mass migration is undermining societal cohesion

'Mass migration is causing us harm': Andrew Lewer MP column

The Mayor and Mayoress at the High Sheriff's Court Service. Picture: Stu Vincent Photography

Northampton Mayor’s Monthly Update

This weekend many will consider past conflicts - Standing With Giants at Stowe Gardens might help.

John Griff column: When reflecting on the past might help secure the future

Khalessi and Aurora

Twins to donate their hair to The Little Princess Trust

World Mental Health Day 2023 - Mental Health Is A Universal Human Right

World Mental Health Day: 'Mental health as a fundamental human right in the UK'

Image Source: Rahul Chakraborty via Unsplash

Behind the Filtered Life: The damaging effects of social media

Northants Litter Wombles during their visit to Parliament in June, with Andrew Lewer, Philip Hollobone and Tom Pursglove.

Flexi-volunteering – everyone can do it

Tranquility on the water - peace and quiet on the Grand Union Canal

When the silence is deafening

The civil engineering is impressive - how much more of it will the HS2 project generate?

HS2 – RIP or TBC?

Extinction rebellion protestor in London

Opinion: Sunak is finally giving us the net zero debate we need

Cllr Rosie Humphreys

Opinion: Now is not the time to play games with Net Zero say West Northants Lib ...

Lucy Rigby

Liz Truss was only Prime Minister for 45 days but in Northampton we’re still pay...

Cllr Matt Golby Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Public Health, West Northants Council

Working together to help residents ‘live their best life’

Pound to a penny... who pays for inflation in our economy, and who fuels it?

Is the real age of austerity now with us?

Could there be a new Cummings StartUp Party starting up shortly?

The John Griff Column: Cometh the hour – Cummings the man?
If I was to ask you for your favourite ever US drama series on television (series, mind), what would be your choice? If I was then to ask you WHY it is your favourite, would you be able to tell me? Lots of people have a reaction to what they see - but either don’t stop to consider why they react as they do – or are even unaware of that reaction, being seemingly oblivious to it. Why is that?

Last preparations before beginning to close a career chapter

The John Griff column: All good things come to an end…why the BBC and I have par...

Not this year - but available again in 2027

The John Griff column: All Hail The Lionhearted!

WEST Northants Councillor Wendy Randall says "this Tory Government is seriously putting our lives at

Opinion: Lack of government funding is putting residents at risk

THE FAB FOUR: (left to right) Spencer Berry, Sammy Riggins, Jon Chomicz and Graham Peace.

Northants firm BioVate Hygienics announces recruitment of four new staff in late...

NASA got back in touch with Voyager by 'shouting' at it, from Camberra in Australia

The John Griff column: When ET's call home nearly didn't ring...

Lucy Rugby

Opinion: 90% of crime is going unsolved: we can’t go on like this.

The Lionesses in action at the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool

The Summer of Sport is teaching lessons for life - are we learning?

Taking small steps in the county to create a more viable world for all, everywhe...

Litter Wombles with local MPs

Andrew Lewer, MP column: Litter Wombles secure a Westminster litter summit

Ella the Puppy has joined the Griff pack

The John Griff Column: When Time Brings an Unexpected Change - for the Better

Watch out below! A tree surgeon brings down another section of dead tree

The John Griff Column: When you want a job doing well...
Take a good look at the picture here – what could this possibly have to do with a much loved, multi-million album-selling musician who just over a week ago at the age of 76 brought down the curtain on the live performance part of his illustrious, and occasionally controversial career? The answer is surprisingly simple.

Going Green: Warmer waters aren’t healthy for our wildlife

Decathlon’s green ‘No tent left behind’ campaign

Electric vehicles are here to stay

Going Green: Driving home case for more electric vehicles

Enjoy the seaside

Going Green: Make little changes before visiting the seaside

Cherie Lunghi. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

Going Green : Make your barbecue environment friendly

Get out into the great outdoors this Father's Day

Going Green: Go back to nature with your dad on Father’s Day

Deborah Meaden (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Going Green: How awful is climate change for gardeners?

Excellence at the third time of asking - Lionel Richie at Blenheim Palace

Showman Lionel puts on a genuine masterclass in the face of adversity

Photo by OpenClipart-Vectors on Pixabay

Mental Health and Politics: An Intricate Connection

Andrew Lewer, MP for Northampton South

OPINION: We need to clarify the Equality Act to protect women

Submit your article to the Chronicle & Echo

Reader's letter - Opinion on Greyhound racing track in Towcester

Stewart Tolley in South Northamptonshire

OPINION: 'Time to wake up. British food and farming is in crisis'

The National Infrastructure Commission has warned that the UK's changing climate presents increased risk to energy and transport infrastructure.

COLUMN: Climate Action group fact checks MP Andrew Lewer article

Will Artificial Intelligence bring brighter, or darker days to humanity?

John Griff: How soon before Artificial Intelligence takes over the intelligent?

Energy policy debate must move beyond the doomsday cultists like XR and Just for Oil

Political Opinion: We need to talk about Net Zero, by Andrew Lewer MP

Lucy at the Racecourse

Opinion: Data reveals long mental health waiting lists in Northampton

Some of our favourite memories.

Skydiving to fund treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia

The asylum system currently costs us an eye-watering £3 billion a year and - since 2018 - some 85,000 people have illegally entered the UK by small boat.

OPINION: The boat migration crackdown accelerates

Letter to Guardian/Observer 26/3/23

OPINION: Why we need more than charity to tackle food poverty

Gary’s victory - now licence payers must have the same BBC freedom

Northampton town centre before work started on Market Square

'I led town centre revamp in 1980s...this is my view on current plans'

We need to show support to the traders while there at the market site in Commercial Street car park.

READER LETTER: 'I'm sad and angry about the Northampton market move'

We need to show support to the traders while there at the market site in Commercial Street car park.

'We need everyone to unite to give Northampton market the support it needs'

Andrew Lewer and Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke Smith joined calls for more funding for MND research in 2021

Andrew Lewer MP: Victory for MND researchers one of my proudest achievements

Lucy Rigby at The Racecourse

OPINION: The Tories’ flagship “levelling up” policy exposed as empty rhetoric

Pat Phoenix with Tony Booth whom she married in a dramatic hospital wedding after diagnosis with cancer (photo: Getty Images)

Ruling soap queens who reigned Supreme and lit up our television screens

The gallows were once a typical sight (photo: Adobe)

The gruesome business of public execution put under the microscope

With more than 20,000 small businesses operating across the county, West Northamptonshire Council has pulled out all the stops this year to promote what is on offer – working with Northampton Town Centre BID and Chronicle & Echo.

Opinion: Why we must fight plan to push up parking fees in town centre