Two neighbouring takeaways in Wellingborough have been closed until further notice after health inspectors found live German cockroaches crawling around the premises.
Northamptonshire County Council got a mention in a council chamber in North Yorkshire this week - as an ominous warning for what happens when local authorities go bust.
Opposition groups should be given a say in the formulation of the new town-wide masterplan, Labour's Parliamentary candidate has argued, in accusing a newly formed improvement board of being 'undemocratic'.
The new North Northamptonshire unitary authority will elect councillors based on existing county wards and not on borough and district ward boundaries because there is not enough time for a full boundary review before the election.
The children’s commissioner sent in to help turn around Northamptonshire’s failing children’s services has said the service is ‘still very fragile and there remain unacceptable risks in the system’.
The face of local government in Northamptonshire will change forever after the government this afternoon approved the formation of two new unitary councils.
Northampton's shoppers want to see the a multi-million-pound vision for the town succeed - but they say they have been hurt before by unfinished schemes.
Residents of a Northampton estate are becoming increasingly frustrated by out-of-control grass and trees after the maintenance of the green areas stopped a year ago.
‘Tired’ listed buildings housing modern shop fronts around the town could be given a fresh lease of life if Northampton's bid for government funding is successful.
