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Charity funds facemasks and yoga to help BAME community resist virus threat

A Northamptonshire charity is funding free yoga and fitness sessions and donating 10,000 face masks to help protect members of the county’s BAME community from COVID-19. The Centre for Policy, Promotion and Prevention (CPPP) is a non-governmental organisation which works...

Staying open through October

Pining for normality in locked down Britain will only bring us pain but adapting to a new normal - that has possibilities. Holdenby House has created a Covid-safe garden experience for its Sunday openings that proved extremely popular through the...

Where in the world did these two ride Cycle 4 Cynthia?

Northamptonshire’s favourite annual fundraising bike ride, Cycle4Cynthia, is used to having the backing of hundreds of local cyclists, but the Covid-induced cancellation of this year’s planned event at Lamport Hall has meant that those from the other side of...

Saints and Cobblers jump in the Cycle4Cynthia saddle

Northamptonshire’s favourite annual fundraising bike ride, Cycle4Cynthia, may not be going ahead this weekend as was originally planned, but there are plenty of silver linings to this particular cycling cloud, writes Anna Murby. You see, the Covid-induced cancellation of the...

Northampton Bikers to cycle 125 miles around the county tomorrow

A group of cyclists are due to head out on two wheels tomorrow with a 125 mile mission to make Northamptonshire a happier place. The ride is to raise money for and awareness of Action for Happiness, a movement in...

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...

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...
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Made in Northampton Party Season’s parenting stereotypes broke me with a single line – theatre review, Royal& Derngate

There was robust debate over a glass of pop following press night of Royal & Derngate's latest Made in...
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