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Reading scheme on the books for Burton Latimer pupils

The Corby Cube, North Northamptonshire Council. (Image: Nadia Lincoln LDRS)

Call for commitment to build more council homes to address ‘housing crisis’

Sackville Street Toilets in Thrapston

Refurbishment of public toilets in Thrapston to begin March 2025, with opening p...

The Corby Cube, North Northamptonshire Council. (Image: Nadia Lincoln LDRS)

Council tax will rise as budget approved despite criticism from Labour

Matt Binley made headlines in 2009 when allegations came to light/National World

Historic sex claims councillor to stand down at next election

Councillor Simon Rielly says that the A6003 is an immediate danger to motorists. Image: Submitted

Corby civic leaders 'sound alarm' over 'dangerous' A6003

Corby Town Council is consulting on its budget for 2025/26

Corby Town Council budget consultation opens - have your say

Councillors were given colour-coded voting cards to hold up their decison after the botched result at the last planning meeting.
Credit- North Northamptonshire Council

Flats on derelict Corby Co-op site approved

Our Town: The Festival invite for the general public and Co-op members.

"Our Town: The Festival" improving our Northamptonshire Town, together

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Coun Karen Bruce claimed that a Pop Tart was to blame for a dramatic toaster fire that nearly torched her kitchen.

I put a Pop Tart in toaster - my kitchen almost went up in flames

Kettering's new coat of arms

New coat of arms unveiled after figure of freed slave removed

Cllr Alison Dalziel and Cllr Jean Addison are attempting to get help for the residents caught in the middle of a row over ownership of the estate built on the former Kingswood School site. Image: National World

Corby housing estate residents feel ‘abandoned’ in squabble over ownership

Philip Waller, 65, returned from a shopping trip last week to find that a broadband firm had erected the pole outside his house in Barnsley, South Yorks. Lee McLean/SWNS

Watch: Broadband pole was put outside my home but I had it taken down
A homeowner went ‘ballistic’ when he returned home from a shopping trip to find a broadband pole had been erected outside his house - but he is getting it taken down after a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle.
Lucinda Herbert

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply

Earls Barton Village Festival

Earls Barton Village Festival

Michael Perkins is fighting for right to park on his own drive in Warndon, Worcester

Watch: Council ban owner of 'eyesore' motorhome from parking on drive

Wellingborough Walks Action Group campaigners Lucy Hennessy and Marion Turner-Hawes/National World

Save the Trees campaign reaches High Court as new plans for Route 2 revealed

Kettering Science Academy took a top £1,000 prize.

Schools and community groups win cash for projects to boost biodiversity

West View, 43 Kettering Road, is the subject of a planning application to turn the house into a seven-bedroom HMO. (Credit: Google)

Decision on Rothwell HMO deferred after concerns raised by the public

Food waste collections could be on the way for Kettering and Wellingborough

Food waste collections for Kettering and Wellingborough to be discussed

Cllr Emily Fedorowycz outside the former M&S store

An indoor market for old M&S store?

The meeting took place at Corby Cube last week

North Northants councillors back 'debate not hate' campaign

Cllr Jason Smithers says North Northamptonshire Council's finances are under pressure and immediate measures must be taken. Image: National World

Financial warning issued at NNC as leader vetoes all but ‘essential’ spending

Big Bubble Theatre/UGC

Grant will boost children’s mental health with school theatre workshops
Performances will be held at schools across the area
Alison Bagley

Braces News in Montagu Street

Shop has licence revoked after illicit cigarettes found

Thousands of new homes have been given the green light in Northamptonshire this year.

17 major housing projects which have been approved by councils in 2023

Sketch of the proposed East Elevation of the town hall.
Credit: JME Developments

Council waives £2m 'roof tax' payment owed by developer

North Northamptonshire Council, based at Corby Cube (Pic credit: Nadia Lincoln)

£953 million disaggregation figure contended by Northamptonshire councils

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

NNC has raised concerns

Council raises concerns about children's trust audit process

The four household waste recycling centres in North Northamptonshire. Image: NNC / National World

Corby tip could be relocated as household waste contract up for grabs

Grade II listed Kettering Library's Collyweston roof has been leaking for years and earlier this month the facility was shut when part of the roof caved in.

Library and art gallery to 'shut for two years' after 'eye-watering' quote

The new diagnostic centre will house CT and MRI scanners and is set to be built on a field off Willowbrook Road, Corby. Image: Google / NHS

More time needed to consider major building near Corby woodland, say councillors

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Kettering could host big running event and 'showcase best town has to offer'

The Wellbeing Bus is continuing to operate in Rushden and Higham Ferrers until spring next year

Wellbeing Bus trial in Rushden and Higham extended to March 2024

Placards at a previous council meeting. Credit: Dan Whitney

Controversial Kettering warehouse park decision taken out of council's hands

A notice has been posted on the venue's boarded-up windows

New licence bid for boarded-up nightclub

NNC's executive committee met at the Corby Cube this morning

'Still a bit of a worry' over KLV future

Tributes have been paid to Margaret Tuffnail, former Higham Ferrers mayor and town councillor

Town council pays tribute to former Higham Ferrers mayor and councillor

Green Patch users and volunteers are delighted

Relief and delight as developer drops plan to build road through Green Patch

Cllr Keli Watts and Cllr Jim Hakewill inset with KLV

'We will not sit back and see our town destroyed'

Dog control orders could be on the way

Plans for dog control orders for Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and Rushden

L-r Cllr Eve Edwards, Cllr Maggie Don and Cllr Scott Edwards

Kettering speeders urged to 'slow down' as main road gets new warning sign

Important deadlines to be aware of to vote in May elections

Polling station

Everything you need to know about registering to vote in May elections

There are currently 110 children missing from education in North Northamptonshire

The North Northamptonshire children who don't go to school

Thousands of pounds have been handed out

Food bank, first responders and anti-knife crime group to benefit from grants

Campaigners appealed to councillors to save the remaining trees in the We

Protesters win tree protection planning policy for North Northants

Just some of the potholes reported in Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and Rushden in recent weeks

Calls for action plan to tackle potholes and the 'poor state' of our roads

Protesters will gather outside the Corby Cube before the 6pm meeting

Wellingborough tree protesters urge residents to join in campaign

Cameras in the town's Pleasure Park, which do not currently have planning permission

Fears over firm which made park CCTV cameras

Aura in Market Street

Bar wins bid to extend hours after noise blamed on nearby venue