Last year, the magnificent beech tree in Rushden’s Hall Park, collapsed. Attention was alerted when there was a loud crack, as the trunks separated. There then followed a resounding thud as they hit the ground. It could have killed people, but Rushden Town Council (RTC) had sensibly put a fence and an exclusion zone around […]
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March 28th saw Rushden’s 3rd annual Twilight Walk. The Walk was started by Diane Devereux, whose husband Dean died from a brain tumour in 2022. The walk and stalls raised money for the Brain Tumour Charity. The weather was perfect, as the walkers set off from Rushden Hall on the walk It had been raining
Giant balloons invaded Wellingborough’s town centre on Saturday 21st March. They were the work of MadeWithMany, who can be contacted at: The balloons made a spectacular scene outside the Halifax bank. It must have made an interesting backdrop for coffee drinkers at the Castello Lounge.
Councillors are the elected representatives who are closest to their communities. If there is a local problem, the elected Ward Members will probably be first to learn about it. For this reason, Northants County Council (NCC) introduced “Empowerment Funds”. They were small budgets that councillors could use to help support the local community within their
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The former Ritz theatre/cinema in College Street, Rushden, which later became Flutters Bingo, was sold at auction on 29 October 2024 for £400,000. It is now back on the market with an asking price of nearly £800,000. The owner said they had reached “a bit of a stalemate”, but that the building had “a lot
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Just before the local elections in May 2025, Cllr. Martin Griffiths of Reform UK was asked how Reform would remedy the poor condition of the roads. The reply by Cllr. Martin Griffiths was It’s a year later, and Reform now run North Northants Council (NNC) and Cllr. Griffiths is the Leader of NNC. On Thursday
Covid is still infecting and killing people. It kills some directly and some indirectly. Some have died because the earlier waves of Covid monopolised the NHS, and stopped non-Covid patients from being treated. By the time that there were beds available, their illnesses, (such as cancer), had become untreatable. Other indirect deaths are happening because
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During the Covid Lockdown, the nightlife of our Towns was severely damaged. Even now, half a decade later, it has not recovered. Drive through the Town centres in the evening and it is eerily quiet, compared with ten years ago. This has hurt our local economies, but the damage goes much deeper. Pubs, clubs, restaurants
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Reform-controlled North Northants Council (NNC) are planning to close the A6 bridge over the River Nene at Irthlingborough. The road will be closed on the following dates: NNC state that the work is the start of phased re-waterproofing and expansion joint replacement of the reinforced concrete viaduct. Cllr. Chris McGiffen, NNC’s Executive Member for Highways
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