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Saturday, April 27, 2024

Wellbeing

Finding balance on a long distance bike ride

Four Doctors journey from Lands End to John O Groats (alternative route to Derriford Neck and Spinal Unit) and then home... Three GPs) David, Karim and Naz and Mike (A Doctor of Nursing) planned an adventure. I guess the four...

I lost my sight but found myself

With Northamptonshire Association for the Blind's services under threat, this is what their services meant to Hugh Spence... Ten years ago, Hugh Spence sat “doodling” on a GCSE exam paper. He couldn’t see the questions on the page, and knew...

Pictures from Fun Colour Rush in Northampton

First of all it was going to be at Abington Park, then it moved to the Racecourse, then at the 11th hour it moved back to Abington Park... The Fun Colour Rush hopped about the town to avoid unofficial traveller...

Carers Companion: A book young carers can turn to for advice

Elisha Dexter talks to Natasha Krywald, from Rushden, who has written a book for young carers as an aid to their daily lives... A young carer is defined as ‘someone under the age of 18 who helps look after a...

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 this week, writes Lena Davis. Not only did they join in...

Cycle 4 Cynthia returns to Althorp

14 years, thousands of pedallers and tens of thousands of miles later, Northamptonshire’s favourite sponsored cycle ride has reached a remarkable fundraising milestone, topping the £500,000 mark, writes Anna Murby. The amazing total was revealed at the launch of the...

It’s been 19 years of shining Northampton’s light on Tibet

Shine A Light on Tibet was started in 1999 by Caroline Scattergood by raising the Tibetan flag with the then Mayor, Ulrick Gravesande, outside the Guildhall, writes Lena Davis. On the 5th March it was raised again, just as it...

Northamptonshire today: self-harm, poverty, drink problems and low life expectancy

Self-harm, low life expectancy, serious deprivation and double the national average for smoking deaths are just some of the challenges faced by Northamptonshire communities today. The county’s problems have been laid bare in a wide ranging report commissioned by Northamptonshire...

The dehumanising cost of cutting budgets and why we just don’t get it

With Northamptonshire County Council’s finances in turmoil and an apparently never ending need for budget cuts Steve Scoles spoke to wheelchair user John Smith about living a decent life in a time of austerity… We, the able-bodied, who have cheered...

When I grow up: my brush with the A-list predators

Michella Dos Santos of the Magic Bean Emporium recalls her own sobering encounters with the sleazy side of showbusiness but is still chasing down her dream... I believe that everyone has kindness in their hearts (some, have it deep down...
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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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