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Recycling centres to open – with restrictions

The tips are opening next week, but make sure you read the following from Northants County Council... Who will be able to visit HWRCs and why? You should only visit a HWRC if the waste you are storing at home represents...

How you can help Royal & Derngate recover from Covid-19

It would be a bitter pill to swallow if once we are allowed to go places there is nowhere to go. The Royal & Derngate this week launched an appeal for donations to help it get back on its feet...

Northampton College staff make Covid-19 masks for health workers

Demand for protective equipment has seen staff at Northampton College manufacture face shields for key workers on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19. With Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in short supply, Electrical Installation and Engineering assessor Tony Thompson has...

Emergency Alliance formed in Coronavirus food poverty fight

An appeal is today being launched by a quartet of local charities to feed the county’s most vulnerable, poor and disadvantaged who are the worst affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The Northamptonshire Emergency Food Aid Alliance has set a target...

Weetabix takes over sponsorship of Northamptonshire Food Awards

Northamptonshire's food and drink Oscars revealed their new headline sponsor this week - the global breakfast giant Weetabix. Carlsberg departs the role after ten years - having orginally come on board for just one - but is still very much...

Favourite county firm turns forty

One of the county’s best-loved businesses is marking its fortieth anniversary and, in keeping with its co-operative status, is hoping that everyone will join in with its year-long celebrations, writes Anna Murby.  Daily Bread, Northampton’s wholefood retailer, has a series...

Deaths from pollution are more common than deaths from car accidents

For the East Midlands the figure is more than one in 18. That is the number of deaths that can be related to air pollution according to a report from the Centre for Cities. This death rate is higher than...

Gripped by the Cobblers: Town can turn Derby over in FA Cup with the spirit of Bristol Rovers 1998

Wednesday 13th May 1998, probably the greatest night in Cobblers’ history while at Sixfields. Cobblers defeated the odds of a 3-1 aggregate deficit to beat Bristol Rovers in the Second Division playoff semi-final to reach Wembley. The atmosphere that...

Open letter to Northampton Town FC from Standing At Sixfields

Below is an open letter to Northampton Town FC in support for safe standing from the Standing At Sixfields safe standing campaign group. The group has been in liaison for some time with the football club. The club commissioned...

Community pressure succeeds in getting bus route extended

Activism in the form of petition-signing and a public meeting has extended a bus service into a part of Northampton that looked set for reduced services. A news release from resident and organiser Jade Howes tells the story: Residents in the...
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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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