The Public Libraries and Museums Act (1964) requires top level councils to provide a library service. In this area, it is North Northamptonshire Council that has this duty. In the larger towns, NNC provides a library directly (.e.g Rushden Library). In smaller communities (e.g. Irchester, Finedon), the service is provided by a community library. Irchester’s […]
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Rushden Library hosts a group of D&D players every second Saturday from 1pm to 4pm. The Group is open for new members. If you are into role-playing games and are free on Saturday afternoons, contact the Library at: Rushden.LibraryPlus@northnorthants.gov.uk
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Earlier this year, the theatrical group “Standing in the Wings” performed “The Wind in the Willows” in the Walled Garden in Rushden’s Hall Park. It was very successful. They would like more people to get involved in amateur dramatics, with the aim to spread their experience and skills. They are planning a six-week drama workshop,
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Pokemon has become truly mainstream and is played by many. There are regular tournaments, and contests. Pokemon ‘cards’ are traded and highly prized. Wildphire Collectibles in Rushden caters for this trade. They are based at 91 High Street, Rushden. They now have a Kids Club that meets every Saturday.
For better or for worse, online computer games have become a major part of our culture. Many young people (and older ones!) spend more time sitting at a computer screen and clicking a mouse than they do watching TV. For many people, “Minecraft”, “Fortnite” and their brethren are more important than Coronation Street or Eastenders.
Residents and visitors to the town centres of Wellingborough and Rushden have long enjoyed free parking. Campaigners believe that it is a major attraction to draw people to the town centres. Without free parking, both high streets will lose footfall, resulting in loss of business and increased decay. It is indisputable that free parking does
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Since it was initiated, Nene Herald has championed a campaign to establish a much-needed mainline station to serve Rushden and Higham Ferrers. As mentioned previously, Rushden is by far the largest town in England without its own working railway station. There are villages a tenth the size of Rushden that have a station, e.g. Brundall
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This is the eleventh instalment of the story of how the Rushden Lakes scheme came to be approved, then built and how it has developed further. Rushden Lakes – the Next Phases The basic concept of Rushden Lakes was to provide a mix of leisure and retail offers. The first phase was the infrastructure and
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Soon after the local election results, Reform UK chairman, Zia Yusuf, said: “Reform-controlled English councils will move at speed to resolve that the only flags permitted to be flown on or in its buildings will be the Union Jack and St George’s flag”. This was later amended to: “Reform UK will proudly fly the Union
When North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) was first created, it had four planning committees to consider applications that were submitted. Each committee met roughly every three weeks at a venue in the localities that they oversaw, i.e. Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and Thrapston (East Northants area). The Local Government Association, despite having “local” in its name, strongly
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