A local Reform-UK councillor was the subject of a recent exposé by the Observer newspaper. Cllr. Gavin Beales’s name was on a leaked list of users of a white supremacist dating website, called “WhiteDate”. Cllr. Beales was elected to North Northants Council (NNC) in May 2025, and then elected to Wellingborough Town Council (WTC) in […]
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On Sunday 14th December 2025, the annual Mowerman Parade entertained the crowds that turned out in Irthlingborough, Finedon, Wellingborough, Little Irchester, Irchester, Rushden, and Higham Ferrers. The Parade started its journey at Citrus training in Nene Park, Diamond Way, just as darkness fell. The raucous honking of the horns sometimes drowned out the roar of
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It is, with sadness, that we report that newly-elected Councillor Bob Tillyer has died after a short illness. Bob had been Deputy Chair of the Harborough Fields Surgery Patient Participation Group and had assisted the Group to raise funds for the benefit of patients. He had also helped form the local Neighbourhood Watch and had
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Serve, a Rushden-based charity, are collaborating with the Rushden Branch of the Royal British Legion on a new ‘befriender’ project and sporting a Poppy-covered minibus. A spokesman for the RBL explained that aim of the scheme was to ‘befriend’ members and hear the stories of their military careers. He commented: “…some members who have got
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Many of our towns sport festive lights in the run-up to Christmas. Several of the towns, including Rushden, celebrate the ‘switching on’ ceremony with entertainment and a Winter Fair. The Rushden Lights run along the High Street and are enhanced each year. They and the other festive decorations take the councillors and staff of Rushden
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Wellingborough Town’s Christmas Lights were switched on by the Town Mayor, Cllr Raj Mishra. The ‘Wellingborough Twinkle and Market’ attracted the crowds. A stage was set up in the Square outside Lloyds Bank so everyone could enjoy live entertainment, along with street performers, stalls and food. The highlight of the Wellingborough Twinkle was when the
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North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) is planning to increase its council tax precept by the maximum amount allowed, 4.99%. The increase will be unpopular but, the Executive Member for Finance, Efficiency and Change, Cllr. Graham Cheatley, insisted that it was necessary. He said “The financial climate remains extremely demanding, but we’re determined to provide quality services
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During December, audiences attending the Castle Theatre in Wellingborough would be thrilled by a beautiful production of “Beauty and the Beast”. The cast provided performances that were exuberant, glamorous and just a little bit cheeky. Just what a panto should be! Although the pantomime season may have come to an end, The Castle Theatre will
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Not long ago, Rushden High Street boasted branches of five major banks. That is no longer the case. Lloyds Bank, which merged with TSB, was located at the north end of the High Street. It is now a restaurant with flats above it. The NatWest Bank also closed and is undergoing changes as well as
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Off the Streets NN was formed after 16-year-old Dylan Holliday was stabbed to death in Wellingborough in August 2021. The group’s mission is to eradicate knife crime in the local community, and to save the lives of those affected by it. Up to February 2024, Off the Streets NN had placed 203 Bleed Kits across
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