Environment

Making choice to go electric (photo: Adobe)

Going green: ​Facts to help decide whether to go electric

Gold Eco Church l-r Mandy McQueenie with Rev Angie Milne in All Saints Church's community garden

Kettering church's gold eco award a first for Northamptonshire

Go green for Halloween (photo: Adobe)

Going green: Putting the green into the Halloween season

Green Hill Solar Farm would see over 2500 acres of north Northamptonshire rural areas used to generate renewable energy

Report on findings from consultations for Northamptonshire solar farm

Circular and Co Leakproof Reusable Coffee Cup

Six easy eco-friendly switches you can make today

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Here's where sewage spilled into Northamptonshire rivers and brooks

Cook smart with Nadiya Hussain (photo: Getty Images)

Going Green: Be smart with your food and cut the waste

Skills for Sustainability Programme /UGC

How to access £30,000 council-funded free Skills for Sustainability courses

Severe flooding in Wellingborough as met office issues amber warning as more bad weather 'likely'

In pictures - severe floods at Wellingborough's Embankment and Stanton Cross

Applicant Wood Lodge Solar Project Limited said the solar panels would generate a capacity of up to 49.99MW. (Image: Wood Lodge Solar Project Limited)

Plans for solar farm near Thrapston set for approval

Flooding at The Embankment in Wellingborough means the Splash Park won't be open this weekend as planned

Flooding at Wellingborough's Embankment forces early closure of Splash Park

Bedding plants and wildflowers at the previously overgrown bank in Nest Farm Crescent on Wellingborough's Hemmingwell estate

‘Pops of colour’ for six green areas across Wellingborough

Trees infected with Ash Dieback are facing the chop at North Northants Council parks

Trees infected with Ash Dieback to be felled at North Northants Council parks

Images taken during the Environment Agency investigation, showing skips of waste at the Monkton Sidings site

Father and son prosecuted for operating illegal waste site near Corby

Rushden Lakes is championing sustainability as part of its 'We Can Do More' campaign during September

Rushden Lakes launches 'We Can Do More' campaign as it champions sustainability

One of the water voles being released at the Nene Wetlands

WATCH: Northants water vole comeback starts with release at Nene Wetlands

More than 100 water voles have been released at the Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve as part of plans to restore the species to Northamptonshire.

Stephanie Weaver

North Northants Council is consulting on the final proposals

Views sought on final proposals for improving walking and cycling routes

Nick Penny - author, sound recordist and musician/National World

Join naturalist for afternoon of nightingale song and harp music

Many say the future is electric (photo: Adobe)

Going green: Charge towards all electric motor future

Insulate homes to winter proof them (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: ​Winter proof homes to reduce energy bills

The Free entry Green Festival takes place this Sunday

Green Festival hosted by Wellingborough Eco Group this weekend

Swanspool Allotment in Doddington Road

Anglian Water issues plea after Swanspool Allotment stream contamination

Wildlife calendar/ STAUNCH

Set a date for wildlife calendar launch to support STAUNCH

RAIN project members and the Floodmobile/RAIN

RAIN project celebrated for Digital Excellence at the Flood & Coast Awards 2024

Jack Watto, artist with some of his canvases from the Art for Planet Earth exhibition/National World

'Slap in the face' exhibition in Corby a wake-up call on climate change

Swimmers have been urged to avoid 19 beaches across the UK due to serious health concerns. (Photo: Andrew - stock.adobe.com)

Warning to avoid 19 UK beaches

The spider in the Nene Wetlands Discovery Area at Rushden Lakes

Nene Wetlands play equipment at Rushden Lakes to be removed for safety reasons

Some play equipment in the Nene Wetlands Discovery Area at Rushden Lakes is to be removed for safety reasons.

Stephanie Weaver

A PSPO has been in place in Rushden Town Centre since March

Zero fixed penalty notices in five months of Rushden PSPO

Ad Feature Heating with air source heat pump on the rise: what you need to know

Eco-friendly subscriptions including Smol, Who Gives A Crap, Purdy & Figg and Wild

Mum's easy eco switches as 'greenagers' want planet-friendly homes

Fines for fly-tipping could increase to £1,000 in North Northants

Fines for fly-tipping in North Northants could increase to £1,000

Rushden's Hall Park has received a Green Flag award for the eleventh consecutive year

Rushden's Hall Park receives Green Flag award for eleventh consecutive year

Pupils from Ffynnon Taf Primary School celebrate their new heating system (Photo: Kensa/Supplied)

Ground-breaking new 'green' heating system warming up UK school

Anglian Water. (File picture).

Anglian Water given two star rating after 300 sewage pollution incidents

Clockwise from top left: Coronation Park, Corby; Rockingham Road Pleasure Park, Kettering; East Carlton Park; Hazel and Throughsale Woods with the first flag in 2013.

Corby and Kettering parks earn Green Flag Awards

One study found children hit by SUVs were eight times more likely to die than those hit by other passenger cars (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

'It's time to ban SUVs from school pickups for child safety' Amber Allott

North Northants Council's new electric bin lorry

New electric bin lorry takes to the streets of north Northamptonshire

The site of the new community garden in Wellingborough

Go-ahead for new community garden on underused site in Wellingborough

Going Green: ​Trees helping breath new life into the world

Cindy Wrighting (CEO Youth Works) with Cllr Alex Evelyn deputy mayor of Kettering at the opening of the community garden at Keystone/National World

Community garden opens thanks to 'army of volunteers' and £5,000 grant

Heat is on for Paris Olympics (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Heat is rising in Paris as Olympics draw near​

Lower Ecton Lane is one of the main roads into Ecton

Councillor suggests ‘nuclear option’ of closing country lane over fly-tipping

Green Party candidate for Kettering Emily Fedorowycz signs up to pledge to protect nature if elected

Ex-Mayor shows commitment to Kettering's green space ahead of General Election

Feargal Sharkey with Rosie Wrighting at Geddington Ford /National World

From number ones to number twos - clean rivers campaigner in county

Marion Cotillard (photo: Getty Images)

​Which way to vote to stay squeaky green?

Construction of a new roundabout could see the further destruction of Wellingborough's historic avenue of lime trees known as The Walks/GoogleInset plans put forward to retain trees/WWAG Lucy Hennessy and Marion Turner-Hawes/National World

Campaigners urge residents to tell council to 'save our trees'

Stanwick Lakes is holding a Green Living Fair

Nature reserve’s first eco fair set to inspire green dream team

Kettering Energy Park/ First Renewable Developments

Parish councils send open letter objecting to plans for Kettering Energy Park

Going Green: Make the most of your summer staycation

Wellingborough Walks Action Group celebrate next to the trees/National World

Wellingborough campaigners urged to take further action to save trees

Marion Turner-Hawes at the start of the Wellingborough Walks Action Group/National World

Wellingborough Walks tree protection orders were breached, judge finds

Popular walking routes were saved when the planning bid was rejected

Woods campaigners are hoping for another victory

Rushden Lakes - Skew Bridge Lake/Sophie Mulholland

Popular attraction at Rushden Lakes closed for urgent safety work and repairs

Vicky Geary and the team of volunteers and supporters for 5th Kettering Scout Group plant sale/National World

Popular Kettering plant sale returns with Scouts prepared for busy day

The Wellie Wombles are working hard to keep Wellingborough tidy

Wellingborough litter group hope to inspire children to keep town tidy