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Plenty of events are happening this October half term celebrating Halloweenplaceholder image

What's on this Halloween in north Northamptonshire

Ross Alexander, The Whisky Flowers and Northants Sings Out choir /IMGplaceholder image

Northamptonshire Day 2026 music acts revealed for free festival in Kettering

Police attended Bishop Stopford School in Kettering after a bomb hoax/IMGplaceholder image

Teenager arrested after Kettering bomb hoax released

Jeanette Walsh aka Mother Christmas needs your help collecting gifts for needy children and young people in Northamptonshire/IMGplaceholder image

Mother Christmas launches annual gift appeal to help our children in need

River Ise bridge at Warkton - Pipe Lane/IMGplaceholder image

Kettering boy, 13, still to be questioned after river bridge car crash

Anglian Water is installing hundreds of kilometres of new pipes across its network and progressing plans for two new reservoirs and a desalination plantplaceholder image

Hosepipe ban for Northamptonshire to remain in place as drought continues

Kettering Market Place/IMGplaceholder image

Kettering bar threat linked to bomb hoax investigation

The ponies during their recent visit to KGHplaceholder image

Appeal to fund miniature therapy ponies visiting poorly children in hospital

Police believe the man in the picture is connected to the incidentplaceholder image

Police appeal after mobile phone stolen from Wellingborough Library

Emma from Animals In Need helping rescue 300 hens from Walesplaceholder image

300 hens rescued by Northamptonshire animal charity with new homes now needed

There's plenty of pumpkins at West Lodge Farm Park near Desboroughplaceholder image

Pumpkins from £1 at Northamptonshire farm park with plenty of autumn family fun

Melissa King surrounded by family and friends at Saturday's fundraiserplaceholder image

Wellingborough community continues to support dad with incurable cancer

The A43 between the Mawsley roundabout and Broughton will be closed for six hoursplaceholder image

Main road between Kettering and Northampton to close for six hours

The incident happened yesterday (October 14) just after 10amplaceholder image

Police given more time to question man arrested in connection with bomb hoax

Corby will soon have its second Lidl supermarket in the townplaceholder image

Opening date for Corby's 'fantastic' new Lidl supermarket revealed

CCTV issued after theft of cast iron dog from a drive in Rothwell/Northants Policeplaceholder image

Police issue CCTV after dog ornament stolen from Rothwell drive

Police officers have released CCTV images of a man they wish to identify following an incident of theft in Greening Road, Rothwell.

Alison Bagley

Kettering snooker star Kyren Wilson and champion is due to appear on a Chinese reality TV show as a mentor/IMGplaceholder image

Kettering snooker star looks ahead to life in Hong Kong and Chinese TV show

Manor School in Mountbatten Way, Raunds Image: Nene Education Trustplaceholder image

Proposal to close 'financially unsustainable' Raunds sixth form from 2027

Animals In Need is asking people to nominate them in a bid to secure £5,000 in the special drawplaceholder image

Northamptonshire animal sanctuary needs nominations to help secure £5,000

Ferrers and Vine took on the space left by Swedish Kitchen when it closed in August 2025placeholder image

Higham Ferrers cafe and wine bar now closed as new owners found

Wellingborough mayor Sylvia Erskine was among a number of guests invited to visit the Kumon Centre in Wellingboroughplaceholder image

Wellingborough mayor visits Kumon Centre to see children’s learning in action

Job's Court, Kettering/ Googleplaceholder image

Kettering drug den closed after residents threatened by abusive dealers

The cousins enjoying a catch-up with the rest of the familyplaceholder image

Kettering siblings help bring childhood phone calls back for the next generation

EMR trains disrupted /IMGplaceholder image

EMR services to Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough delayed

Syl Rielly and a team of volunteers have organised a new fireworks display for Corby. Image: IMGplaceholder image

Volunteers organise huge Corby firework display months after event was scrapped

Kettering's Manor House Museum /IMGplaceholder image

Kettering museum awarded £196,896 grant to help secure site’s long-term future

Magna Park (Credit: NNC)placeholder image

Corby communities invited to apply for share of £895,000 Magna Park cash fund

Community groups, charities, parish and town councils, sports organisations and other eligible not-for-profit organisations are being encouraged to apply for a share of almost £895,000 through the new Magna Park Corby development impact fund.

Stephanie Weaver

Training nets at Wellingborough Old Grammarians Cricket Club in Sywell Road are no longer fit for purpose.placeholder image

‘Help us protect our future’ - Cricket club's appeal to replace training nets

Voting starts soon for this year's Spirit of Corby Awardsplaceholder image

Time for Corby to select its community champions for Spirit of Corby Awards

Police remain at the scene for 'reassurance purposes'placeholder image

Teenager arrested after 'bomb hoax' forces Kettering school into lockdown

Police outside Bishop Stopford School in Kettering todayplaceholder image

Kettering school goes into lockdown with police at the scene

OpenTable's rankings for September 2026 have been revealed...placeholder image

The eight most booked restaurants during September 2026, according to OpenTable

Kyren Wilson in action at the Corby snooker event raised more than £15,000 for a Corby-based children’s cancer charity. Snooker Loopy, is the third event run by TWSportsManagement, featuring former world champions facing off with fans in support of BeMoreFab.placeholder image

Corby snooker event raises more than £15,000 for BeMoreFab children's charity

Ben Fieldplaceholder image

Former Kettering schoolboy at Supreme Court over quashed murder conviction

Dulce Coffee House is will soon open in the Tudor House in Sheep Streetplaceholder image

Opening date announced for new Wellingborough town centre coffee house

Augean is holding an open morning at its Kings Cliffe site this weekendplaceholder image

Augean holding open event at East Northants Resource Management Facility

Will Preston will hold the inaugral Kettering Cinema Project showing of Rocky Horror Pictureshow/Kettering Cinema Projectplaceholder image

Oh Rocky! Kettering Cinema Project brings movies back to town

Veteran Isham bypass campaigner Graham Rait and Andrew Tidbury chairman of Isham Parish Council /IMGplaceholder image

After Isham bypass plans shelved residents left with fury, frustration, fumes

River Ise bridge at Warkton - Pipe Lane/IMGplaceholder image

Boy, 13, arrested after car crashes into Kettering river bridge

Aimee Cuthbert, 34placeholder image

Woman with links to north Northamptonshire wanted for failing to appear in court

Kettering fire engine - library picture/IMGplaceholder image

Firefighters taken to hospital after crash on main Kettering to Corby road

The lifts in Swansgate Shopping Centre are owned and operated by North Northants Councilplaceholder image

Council apologises for inconvenience as two broken Swansgate lifts fixed

October is Write a Free Will Month and there are still a few days left to write or update your will for free through Animals In Need's partner Free Willsplaceholder image

Show your support for Animals In Need during Write a Free Will Month

Released: A 19-year-old from Norfolk was one of the men given early release from HMP Five Wells/IMGplaceholder image

Early release for up to 47 prisoners from HMP Five Wells Wellingborough

The newly-qualified tour guides join the very first batch of guides, Gwen Tobin (seated left) and Barry Matson (seated right), guests and organiser, Carol Fitzgerald (seated centre) at the certificate presentation (Credit: Robert Barnatt) and Betty Gilbert (inset)placeholder image

Higham Ferrers heroines in the spotlight as tour guides graduate

The cheque being presented to Raunds Temperance Bandplaceholder image

Cash boost for Raunds Temperance Band with £500 from town council

Marion Turner-Hawes was elected to the town council in 2021, and again in 2025placeholder image

Wellingborough town councillor 'no longer has faith' in council and resigns

Alexander Barrowman was a martial artist and coach in Corby for over 40 yearsplaceholder image

Tributes paid to Corby martial arts coach who inspired a generation

Pipe Lane, Warkton - the River Ise road bridge/IMGplaceholder image

Emergency bridge closure after collision near Kettering

Saxon Court, Wellingborough Photo: Google Mapsplaceholder image

Revised plans for new Wellingborough gym approved

Keeping warm /Monkey Business Imagesplaceholder image

How Kettering and Barton Seagrave pensioners can apply for help with fuel bills

Cllr Martin Griffiths leader of North Northants Council has written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham MP (Inset Abu Wadee)/NNC/Parliament/IMGplaceholder image

Council leader asks PM to pause asylum places as bed allocation reaches 846

Finalists include Wellie Wombles, Wollaston and Bozeat Is Kind, Wellingborough foodbank Redeem Foods and Wrenn School Young Carers Groupplaceholder image

Vote for local community group to benefit from £2,500 grant from Greatwell Homes

Frankie Hooper (left) was crowned World Conker Champion while Simon Griffiths (right) secured victory in the Men's Championship/IMGplaceholder image

Crowds gather for annual nut-cracking tournament

Northamptonshire Police is appealing for information to help find 35-year-old Damian Hinton, whose last known address was in Kettering/Northants Policeplaceholder image

Police hunt man, 35, wanted for alleged restraining order breach

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