North Northamptonshire Council

Patisserie Valerie at Rushden Lakes

Patisserie Valerie given shocking zero-star food hygiene rating

Ofsted - Northamptonshire Children's Trust

At risk children still not helped and protected at the earliest opportunity

Cinderella. The Core at Corby Cube

Tourism treasures highlighted in £10 days out winter campaign

Schoolchildren enjoy outreach programme

Schoolchildren in Northamptonshire enjoy new history outreach programme

Festive magic confirmed by Chester House Estate - Mowerman

The recall petition will open on November 8 as Peter Bone faces the electorate

Recall petition date set for Wellingborough voters who could oust Peter Bone MP

Halloween at Chester House Estate

Cobblers kick off Chester House Estate partnership with a spooky-style Halloween...

Callum Woodcroft/family photo

Death by suicide of Raunds schoolboy, 13, leads to safeguarding recommendations

Chester House is celebrating Halloween with a handful of activities

Chester House Estate to debut new escape room in October

Pumpkin patch at Chester House Estate

A spooky makeover is unveiled for Chester House Estate this Halloween

Carole and her brother Paul returning the paintings

A framed piece of history has been returned to Northamptonshire heritage site

Images from the inspection, released by North Northamptonshire Council

Dead rat and droppings found in hygiene inspection at takeaway, report says

Ball Kettering, finalist

Finalists unveiled -Northamptonshire businesses, charities and entrepreneurs cel...

Workers collect litter from alongside the A14 during one of the night-time closures (Pic credit: National Highways)

150 bags of rubbish collected in just five days along A14 near Kettering

Cars in traffic

Councils join forces to build new Northamptonshire Strategic Transport Model

RAIN is holding drop-in sessions so households can learn more about Property Flood Resilience

RAIN encourages eligible household to sign-up for Flood Surveys
With around 350 flood incidents reported in the Harpers Brook and Wootton Brook catchments of Northamptonshire since 2012, the RAIN Project (Resilience And Innovation Northants) – which is one of 25 government-funded innovation projects across the country – is embarking on an important first phase of its work with the most ‘at risk’ households.

A pothole in Kettering

Just SEVEN motorists win pothole compensation claims

The funding fair is taking place next month

Northamptonshire Funding Fair 2023 taking place next month

Louise Crookenden-Johnson in her pottery studio in Kettering

Robins take flight to Chester House Estate to celebrate hospice birthday

Romanfest at Chester House

A step back in time: Romans set to return to Chester House Estate

North Northants Council

Council could spend £15,000 promoting safer sleeping with babies

NNC and WNC share Northamptonshire's Children's Trust's services

Progress at Northamptonshire's fostering service at 'very early stage'

Picking up litter along the A14 between Junctions 9 and 10 of the A14 at Kettering

One tonne of litter collected from stretch of the A14 at Kettering

Concerns have been raised by councillors

Work to bring expected £21m overspend down at Northamptonshire Children’s Trust

'Mr Pothole' said current funding across the country is “like peeing in the sea” and that extra money is desperately needed to halt the decline.

£237m needed to fix the roads in west Northamptonshire

L-r Jack Pishhorn (NNC Strategic Lead for Culture, Tourism and Heritage), Rachel Gillis (VistEngland), Cllr Helen Howell (NNC)

Tourism hub opens at Rushden Lakes

The Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children Partnership has published a report into the death of a baby in 2020 and the Children's Trust has now responded.

Authorities say they owe it to baby to learn from issues from report into death
A safer sleeping campaign has since been launched

Lambing at Chester House Estate

Families set to spring over to Chester House Estate to bottle-feed lambs

Both councils' bids were unsuccessful

Councils spent £120,000 on hiring consultants to help with cash bids

Tourism leaders gathered this month for a Discover Northamptonshire event called ‘Shaping a new direction for the Northamptonshire visitor economy’.

Have your say – survey launched to help shape the future of tourism economy

Stephen Mold said he hopes the authorities will pay more into the Sunflower Centre, which helps domestic abuse survivors in Northamptonshire.

Crime commissioner says he is ‘left carrying can’ for domestic violence support

West Northamptonshire Council is expecting to pay more into Northamptonshire Children's Trust than it had initially hoped.

Council to pay £7m more into children's trust than it had initially hoped

Cllr Helen Howell and Jack Pishhorn, Strategic Lead for Culture, Tourism and Heritage - North Northamptonshire Council

Walking through time – 10,000 years of history now on display

London's Royal Courts of Justice

Judge's 'rare' ruling over unborn baby of mum with HIV

Mute swans

Deadly bird flu disease detected in two Mute swans found dead in Kettering

Rushden Lakes

Work starts on new 'Discover Northamptonshire' tourism hub at Rushden Lakes

Thackley Green in Corby

Good rating for Corby care home currently run by West Northants Council

The plan was rejected by NNC

Homes plan rejected after council finds 'multiple problems'

Earls Barton Primary School

£2.8 million expansion plan for Earls Barton Primary School approved

Starship delivery robots are becoming more commonplace in 2022

Man says he was wiped out by Starship delivery robot

Bridge opening

Steel bridges on the River Nene formally opened at Chester House Estate

The man sawed the tree in Roundhill Road, Kettering to kill it

Tree killer used saw for 'criminal' attack on mature Acer in Kettering street

The school swimming service in Northamptonshire could soon be changed.

Proposal to change council involvement in school swimming service

Wellingborough Splash Park in 2007

Wellingborough Splash Park to reopen this weekend

Labour deputy leader Bob Purser says questions remain over the tender process leading up to Kier landing West Northamptonshire's new £210 million highways contract

Labour councillors call for closer scrutiny of £210 million highways contract

The site, as it looked in 2020

I don't! Crematorium scrapped as wedding venue after just ONE ceremony

Free school meal vouchers will be issued during May half-term.

Council confirms school were told free school meal vouchers were being scrapped

The Guildhall

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Council 'publicity stunt' £600 bonus a 'kick in the teeth' for Northamptonshire ...

E-bikes were also introduced in Kettering, alongside e-scooters

E-scooter trial across Northamptonshire extended until November this year

WIcksteed Park - library picture

Everyone invited to join Platinum Jubilee big picnic lunch at Wicksteed Park

Children from Abington Vale Primary School helped with the unveiling at Northampton Central Library

Artwork with 20,000 feelings from youngsters promotes mental health awareness

Signs are now up in country park play areas to tell people not to smoke.

‘No smoking’ rule implemented in country park play areas across Northamptonshire

Library Plus has won an award.

Reading campaign wins award after stand-out showing in Northamptonshire

Cllr Lawman confirmed there are no immediate plans to ask the rest of North Northamptonshire pay for garden bin collections

Free garden bin collections continue for some...but East Northants still pays