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Nearly two in 10 older people avoided going to A&E during winter last year due to these concerns

Six in 10 over 65s worry about catching flu from A&E trips

Helping Carers help others !
Carers event at Studfall Medical Centre Corby Northants 9th June 2026

Carers event Aspiro Healthcare Studfall Medical Centre Corby

Hussain Manawer wrote a poem capturing the realities of caring for ourselves and others as part of AXA Health's Cover that Cares campaign.

More than a third of the sandwich generation feel overlooked

Fathers are ready for change

Ad Feature Half of the world’s fathers feel unsupported, study suggests

According to Barchester, these gestures reflect patience and practical support carers demonstrate every day.

Ad Feature Barchester launches 12 Ways to Care This Christmas initiative

Celebrating 50 years of entertainment

It’s a grand night for singing! The Wolverton Gilbert & Sullivan Society 50th an...

Albie is classed as an 'inbetweener' cat

Caretaker needed for independent Northampton cat

#onemillionskipsforcarers Care starts with you, Skip, Step, join the Nationwide Challenge.

Skip for Carers: Join the movement supporting our frontline heroes

There are over 1,200 children in Northamptonshire who could benefit from foster care. You could have the skills to make a difference to a child’s life.

Ad Feature Fostering is a career like no other.

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Watch as cute shelter dogs get spoilt at Christmas dinner party

Ad Feature No child should miss the joy of family at Christmas

According to Carers UK, an estimated 12,000 people across the UK become carers every day, often without realising it

Are you a carer? Try this new tool to find out

Geoff and Jo Smith.

Watch: Dad walks again after having part of skull removed after stroke

(Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Giant pill box reminder for meals

Giant pill box reminder for meals

The money will people most in need

Families to get £200 via Household Support Fund - but funds are low
Households can receive financial support - but act quickly; funds are running low 💰
Alex Nelson

Carers’ event showcases support and activities for caregivers in Corby and surrounding area

Carers’ event showcases support and activities for caregivers in Corby

(Photos: Pexels)

Kids Club cinema - your guide to Kids Clubs and discounts this summer

Boy, 3, is rescued from railway track by man at Newark Northgate Station.

Watch: Boy, 3, rescued from railway track seconds before train passes

School classroom.

Watch: How to appeal if you don’t get your first choice primary school

Ambulance explodes and bursts into flames in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire.

Watch: Ambulance explodes into a fireball after dropping off patient

Three children's homes are planned for estates in Corby. Image: Google.

Three new children's homes set for Oakley Vale and Little Stanion in Corby

Left to right: Leanne Ward, Stephanie Robinson and Dr Neelam Saleem

Carers set to shed light on care as a career

Wigton Moor Primary School in Alwoodley, Leeds, which warned staff with an email, seen by the YEP.

Breaking Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

Top things carers wish they'd known

The top 14 things unpaid carers wish they'd known at the start

Carers Week highlights the important role of carers across Northamptonshire

Carers Week 2023 will highlight Northamptonshire's amazing carers

Allergy sufferers told to ‘immediately’ contact their GP after adrenalin pens recalled

Breaking Allergy sufferers hit with warning as epi pens recalled by government
People who suffer with severe allergies have been told to contact their GP as a brand of epi pen has been recalled
Chelsie Sewell

Dreamboys fulfil 92-year-old woman’s dream of seeing male striptease

92-year-old woman fulfils life-long dream of seeing male striptease

Network has partnered with train operator Northern, to offer keyworker discounts on Advance Purchase tickets

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

They are the kind of vivid blue sapphires whose lustre has been lusted over for centuries. Yet these wondrous stones have lain unseen for years and may even have ended up in the bin.

Jewellery hoard worth thousands found wrapped in carrier bags

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Northants carers expecting £600 bonus should not be 'disadvantaged' if they took...

200,000 calls have been made to the mental health helpline

Northamptonshire mental health helpline called 200,000 times in two years

NHS staff and care workers given free access to live events as Concerts for Care...

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

Nightclubs, gigs, cinemas and theatres are expected to have to wait until September before they can reopen (Photo: Getty Images)

Nightclubs and theatres expected to stay closed until 90% of UK have had Covid j...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

All carers are eligible for the flu jab.

All ‘informal and formal’ carers in Northamptonshire eligible for free flu jab

Temple Court

Kettering care home that was forced to close is ruled "inadequate"

Sarah Stringer.

Wellingborough community matron designs tool to help NHS

Nominations are open for the Northamptonshire Carers Awards

Nominations open for Northamptonshire's Carers Awards

Carers Week is an annual event which takes place each year, celebrating the fantastic work of carers in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when national Carers Week 2020 takes place - and special discounts for ca...

Kate Garraway talked about her husband's condition on Good Morning Britain via a video call from her back garden in North London (Credit: ITV Good Morning Britain)

TV presenter Kate Garraway has revealed that her husband may never fully recover...

People in England who were shielding can now leave their homes as lockdown eases...

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Jurassic lark for PhiloSaurusRex - the Corby dino keeping children entertained d...

To thank the NHS workers who are working tirelessly throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Thursday 26 March will see a #ClapForOurCarers event dedicated to them (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how to take part in tonight's national applause to thank key workers

The blank canvas and the Covid-19 artwork

Burton Latimer family's brilliant staircase Covid-19 'time capsule'

Captain Tom Moore raised a huge £12.5 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden (Photo: PA)

Here’s what you need to know about NHS Charities Together as Captain Tom raises ...

Lots of people joined in Clap for our Carers again last night. This photo was sent by reader Philip Cuthbert in Raunds

Northants claps for carers for the second time

Clap for our Carers is happening again tonight at 8pm. (Photo by Kit Mallin)

Northants set to Clap for our Carers tonight

Neighbours in St Catherine's Road, Kettering, clapping for our carers last night (Photo: Kit Mallin)

Clap for our Carers: Huge round of applause for the NHS across Northants

Clap for our Carers has gone viral online

Clap for our Carers: Campaign asks people to applause for NHS staff

This is how you can help your elderly relatives and friends during the coronavir...

The changes have seen state pensions rise, but many are faced with having their benefits frozen for the fourth year in a row (Photo: Shutterstock)

Benefit and state pension rates changed yesterday - here's what you need to know

Northamptonshire awards ceremony puts carers in the spotlight

Fresh batch of flu jabs on offer in Northamptonshire

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