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The lockdown team-up that became a loaf saver

Northampton’s much-loved wholefood retailer Daily Bread may have had to put last month’s ruby anniversary party on hold because of COVID-19, but it still has plenty of reasons to celebrate, thanks to an amazing partnership with another of the...

Olympian calls on riders to sign up for Cycle 4 Cynthia

Northamptonshire’s favourite fundraising bike ride has received a massive boost thanks to a message of support from none other than former Olympic champion, Chris Boardman MBE. The cyclist, who picked up Britain’s first gold – indeed the nation’s first in...

The Americans have seen it on TV now you can see it in person

An historic Northamptonshire stately home is opening its gardens for the summer after ensuring it is Covid-19 compliant. Tickets for summer Sundays in Holdenby House gardens went on sale this week. Visitors will be able to tour the beautiful gardens at...

Weetabix Food Awards are underway

The team behind the Weetabix Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards is delighted to announce that, following a delay to its spring launch owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, the competition in now underway for its twelfth year! The Awards, which are...

Cycle4Cynthia will still go ahead

It may have finished off the FA Cup final, seen Wimbledon whitewashed and even overcome the Olympics, but the team behind the county’s favourite annual fundraising bike ride are adamant that COVID-19 won’t have them running for cover!  Which is...

Emergency Covid fund raises over half a million in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire Community Foundation has awarded £556,465.50 to hundreds of community projects across Northamptonshire supporting the most vulnerable residents and families in local communities during the COVID-19 crisis. The Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund is being delivered in partnership with...

Local is for life, not just for lockdown

Fast forward to Christmas and the conversation over the turkey is unlikely to be stuffed with many good things to have come out of the current crisis. However, if there’s one positive to have emerged from this ongoing chaos, it...

Ride out of quarantine in new Solstice event

The annual Solstice mountain bike ride that leaves from the Pomfret Arms in Northampton has become a bit of a tradition for me. It departs on the closest Saturday to the Solstice and takes mountain bike riders on a 100...

Make Cycle 4 Cynthia your cycling goal

It’s not been that long since you couldn’t find toilet roll for love nor money and now it seems that, with a recent rise in those leaping into their saddles to get around during lockdown, laying your hands on...

You haven’t tasted brownies until you’ve had Brooklyn Brownies (made in Northampton)

He’s been a professional lookie-like as the A-Team’s Mr T, a visual effects consultant for film and television and even a contestant on such shows as Britain’s Got Talent, Come Dine With Me and The Weakest Link, but these...
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Strictly star lined up for next Royal and Derngate panto

Strictly champion Joanne Clifton and CBeebies star Andy Day to lead the cast of Royal & Derngate’s pantomime Cinderella Strictly champion and musical theatre...
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