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 Richard Hollingum is part of the team behind the shop...
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 continually running to catch up, the conveyor belt forever getting faster...
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 for developments on his daily dog walks and was hoping...
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 seasonal visitors to Northamptonshire and the Wildlife Trust BCN is giving them a warm...
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 this week, writes Lena Davis.
Not only did they join in...
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 month of March.
This figure is almost half of the rain that has fallen in the...
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 onto the adjacent bird feeder is a clematis armandii that...
Richard Hollingum runs the rule over farming in Northamptonshire...
According to a National Farmers Union (NFU) report, in 2013 Northamptonshire produced 687 million loaves of bread, 32 million litres of vegetable oil and 300 million eggs - which is one...
Richard Hollingum reflects on the gentle pleasures of January...
One advantage of these shorter days is that you don’t have to be up very early to get out and catch the sunrise. There is something special about being up and...
