County council

The Guildhall, Northampton, home to West Northamptonshire Council. (Image: Nadia Lincoln LDRS)

West Northants won’t sign off first two years of audited accounts

NMPAT CEO Peter Smalley showing Andrew Lewer MP some former students who work in the music industry

OPINION: We need to secure our local music education service

Protesters gathered at Northampton Guildhall on September 28th 2023

”1000 Voices” clean air campaign vow to return to West Northants Council Chamber...

The 1000 Voices Campaign

Northampton Community Group to bring hundreds to council meeting for ‘toxic air’...

Northampton town centre before work started on Market Square

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

Northampton has an overall rate of 70.8 per 100,000 people according to latest government figures

Ten areas in and around Northampton with two Covid cases or less in the last wee...

Northamptonshire's test and trace team is successfully tracking down 90 per cent of its targets. Photo: Getty Images

Test and Trace team tracking nine out of every ten Covid-19 targets in Northampt...

County Council chiefs will give schools £3million to meet the costs of making classrooms Covid-secure

Council's £3m kitty to ensure Northamptonshire schools won't be left footing bil...

The areas of Northamptonshire where Covid rates are still rising nearly a month into lockdown

Northamptonshire neighbourhoods where Covid case rates are going UP

Posters spell out the message to avoid spreading the virus. Photo: Getty Images

"This is no time to celebrate" warning from council leaders in Northants despite...

NHS England confirmed 15 more coronavirus deaths in our hospitals since Monday

Northamptonshire reaching "breaking point" as NHS confirms 15 more coronavirus d...

Union launches 'Northamptonshire Needs To Work' campaign to secure future of loc...

Students are due to break up from school a week before Christmas Day. Photo: Getty Images

Northamptonshire schools ignore parents plea to close early for Christmas

Thousands of kids are learning at home as schools struggle to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Getty Images

One mum's plea: 'Northamptonshire's schools need to let parents know what’s goin...

The council has been awarded £1.3m to make cycling and walking safer in Northamptonshire.

County council awarded £1.3m to make cycling and walking safer in Northamptonshi...

Some county council services will continue during the lockdown

County Council services: What's open, what's not in Northamptonshire during the ...
Libraries closed but register offices and rubbish tips are still working
Kevin Nicholls

Northants HIghways gritting lorries will get their first run out of the winter tonight

Gritters get ready to hit Northants roads as temperatures tumble Tuesday night

Council leader Matt Golby.

County council to fund free school meals for Northamptonshire children over half...

Passengers queuing for a Stagecoach bus in the Drapery. Photo: Leila Coker

Bus stops may move to keep queues socially distanced in Northampton town centre

Many children kept active during lockdown with Joe Wicks, now a new team will be helping as they are back at school.

County council launches new ‘healthy schools’ service across Northamptonshire

A £16m upgrade will bring faster broadband to rural towns and villages in parts of Northamptonshire. Photo: Getty Images

More rural properties getting up to speed as part of Superfast Northamptonshire ...

Northamptonshire's Public Health Director Lucy Wightman

Number of new Covid-19 cases in Northampton DOUBLES to 86 in a week

Clrr Jason Smithers revealed the news on Friday

Good news on Northamptonshire's school transport as County Council pull out all ...

Councillor Jason Smithers announced the County Council's plans for school transport

Parents can claim 45p a mile to drive their kids to school in Northamptonshire t...

Northamptonshire County Council cabinet member Jason Smithers has overseen the spending on the emergency active travel fund.

County council spends £75,000 of emergency funds meant to make social distancing...

A second lockdown could leave Northampton town centre deserted again

Here's how experts crunched a whole lot of numbers to conclude Northampton faced...

NN Contemporary Art is moving from 9 Guildhall Road to the former County Council offices on the corner with Angel Street.

Northampton art studio handed £1.2m Government grant to help it get set up in ne...
The studio is midway through relocating to a block of old council offices on Guildhall Road.
Alastair Ulke

The county council has been handed funding to make Northamptonshire safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

County council secure £351,000 for Northamptonshire 'Covid-19 safer travel' plan...

Residents were asked whether they thought South Northamptonshire Council was 'value for money'.

From waste collection to leisure facilities - South Northants residents rate lif...

The council has announced its initial plans for a Government fund to improve cycling and pedestrian routes.

County council reveal first steps of plans for 'Covid-19 safer travel' grant aft...

On-street parking enforcement will resume in Northamptonshire on Monday, June 15.

County council will resume on-street pay-and-display charges in Northampton town...

Council staff check vehicles on their way into Sixfields tip today. Photos Leila Coker

'Orderly' queues as Northampton residents resist a stampede to take rubbish to r...

Northamptonshire's rubbish tips will reopen fro Monday

Confusion reigns over what is "essential rubbish" as Northamptonshire's tips get...

Northamptonshire County Council hopes to reopen car parks at country parks next weekend. Photo: Google Maps.

County council looking to re-open car parks at country parks across Northants by...

A new roundabout has been built where the bypass rejoins the A43

A43 Moulton bypass back on target to be fully open by late-May

Traffic wardens will carry on dealing with parking issues during the lockdown

Why traffic wardens are still out on the streets in Northampton town centre

Council Council health officials say vaping is 95 per cent less harmful than cigarettes

Free e-cigs given out in battle to get 87,000 Northamptonshire smokers to trash ...

Northamptonshire has 22 gritting lorries on stand-by as temperatures get ready to drop this weekend.

Gritters get ready with Northamptonshire temperatures poised to plummet overnigh...

NN Contemporary Art has outgrown its premises at 9 Guildhall Road (pictured on the left) which is opposite the museum

Old council offices in Northampton set to offer a new home for artists

Chester Farm is undergoing a major refurbishment NNL-190620-171905005

County Council’s Chester Farm developer plunges into administration

One Angel Square

County council to spend £500,000 on more HQ office equipment

How the two proposals would look if given permission

County Council to oppose rail interchange projects in letter to Secretary of Sta...

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More than 1,000 Northants homes to get free central heating after county's Â£4m ...

The council still has a long way to go in finding the savings to balance its budget

County council's 'stabilisation plan' has saved Â£1.3m - but there's still Â£18m...

Theresa Grant

County Council's chief executive gives libraries hope

The swimming pool onsite at the Duston School has been shut now for almost three months.

County council and Northampton school at loggerheads over shut swimming pool

Councillor Lizzy Bowen (right) was axed from the county council prompting a by-election, which was won by Lib Dem Councillor Abigail Medina (left).

County council's adult social care cabinet member axed from South Northants Coun...

Councillor Eales speaking at the Independent Socialists in Wellingborough meeting.

Northampton candidate likens MP Peter Bone to a 'fascist' and a 'dictator' in fi...

The county's roads have been ravaged by one of the worst winters on record.

Northamptonshire's roads 'are not acceptable' says transport chief as county cou...

Corby Council leader Tom Beattie

Corby Council leader: We don't want unitary authority here

Scott Mabbutt, left, and Steve Miller, right, are Green Party's candidates for the next general election in Northampton.

Green Party names hopefuls for Northampton's MP seats in next general election

Northamptonshire County Council says they will challenge the ombudsman's recommendations.

County council told to 'put things right' after Northamptonshire man foots Â£17,...

Northamptonshire County Council leader, Councillor Heather Smith, says there is no chance of the county becoming a unitary authority.

SPECIAL REPORT: Think tank claims Northamptonshire should scrap district council...

The current make-up of councils in Northamptonshire.

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2017: Four of the main parties want to take control of ...

Angel Street could be open as soon as next month - but there is still nowhere for staff to park in the town centre.

County council's park and ride scheme for Â£53m new HQ is 'destined to fail' fea...