When someone is cremated, there may sometimes be pieces of metal left behind in the ashes, (tooth fillings, orthopaedic implants, etc.) With the explicit consent of bereaved families, these remnants can be collected and sold. The Nene Valley Crematorium does this and donates the receipts to local charities. Since this scheme has been running, a
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When North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) was created, it inherited many assets from its predecessors. One that it inherited from the Borough Council of Wellingborough (BCW) was a plot of land on the Park Farm Industrial Estate. NNC has now decided that the plot is surplus to requirements, and they have decided to sell it. If
In 2016, Northants County Council (NCC) adopted a “Minerals and Waste Plan”. This Plan codified the principle that waste processing should be done in the “Urban Spine” of Northamptonshire. At the time, there was little public consultation on the implications. That principle is still in force today. The effect of this is that waste processing
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For roughly a decade, food waste has routinely been collected by the “Council” in East Northamptonshire (Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough, Raunds, Ringstead, Thrapston, etc) The pattern was set by East Northamptonshire Council (ENC) prior to its incorporation into North Northamptonshire Council (NNC). NNC has now extended the service to the rest of the District. Foad
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During most of August, Rushden’s town centre has been a nightmare for motorists. The main road through the Town has been closed (see attached photo). That alone would have caused chaos, but it was only one of multiple main routes that have been blocked: Effectively, the centre of the Town was completely inaccessible for road
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Every road-user in North Northants has noticed that potholes have become endemic on our roads. Many drivers have suffered burst tyres as a result. The wet winter was blamed for the spread of potholes, but we are now in the hottest, driest summer for decades, yet the problem seems to have got worse, not better.
