How do you decide which is the best village of all?
Richard Hollingum looks at the competitive business of ranking rural idylls… Many years ago I was involved in my village’s entry to the Village of the Year [...]
Rural
Community shop opens in Creaton
The villagers of Creaton have opened their own community shop selling a mix of big brands, own brands and local produce a year after their village store closed. NQ writer [...]
True therapy can be found in the fields
Richard Hollingum on the joy of a good walk… A number of years ago I went through a particularly difficult period, a result of work-related stress, a feeling of [...]
Dave searches for elusive picture at swan lake
Photographer Dave Ikin has been watching the progress of a new swan family in one of Northampton’s many pocket parks. Having spotted the nest and the eggs he watched out [...]
Rafts launched to give Common Terns a nesting place
Common Terns are being offered floating havens in Northamptonshire to help them nest and breed in safety, writes Wildlife Trust BCN. Common Terns, Sterna hirundo, are [...]
Nationwide helps Caring Sharing shop project start up
Cllr Jamie Lane brought along his Nationwide Building Society Sales and Service Training Team to join in the fun at the Caring & Sharing Trust’s Day Centre in Cogenhoe [...]
A walk on the wild side
Park ranger Vikki Austin describes her working days… It’s a cliché, but there is no such thing as an average day for a ranger. There are routine tasks that we [...]
Rainy walk sees serious soil run-off for farmers
Richard Hollingum sizes up the puddles… Rain, Rain, Rain. According to northamptonweather.org.uk, the county had received 75.2mm, or nearly three inches of rain in the [...]
Bumbarrels
Richard Hollingum reflects upon the long-tailed tit… Outside my office window is a cotinus Grace, bare-branched and in need of a bit of a trim, and running over it and [...]