Every part of the country is supposed to have a Local Plan. It determines how the area will be developed: In short, it describes the future of the community and its economy. New Local Plans are supposed to be produced at regular intervals. It is a long slow process, with constant consultations of interested Parties. […]
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When you first visit the Spinneyfields Care Centre, it’s like the set of a long-running TV series – it’s bigger on the inside. It’s only when you get past Reception that you realise just how big it is, and how great an opportunity for providing health care it represents. However, to fully exploit that opportunity,
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On 11th December 2025, North Northants Council resolved to have a “Community Governance Review” of the parishes and towns within North Northants. This means that the size and boundaries of the parish wards, plus the boundaries and types of the parishes and towns, will be open to change. The reasons given were: This is the
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Good news for booklovers. A new bookshop has opened in Wellingborough. Volta Books is located at Number 13, Nene Court, just off the Embankment. They describe themselves as “A Bookish Business for People with a Love of Literature”. Parking is free at Nene Court.
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Nearly half a century ago, America’s “Saturday Night Live” featured a sketch about a pair of brothers who sang the Blues. The sketch was so popular that it inspired a movie called “The Blues Brothers”. The film is still revered and has inspired generations. Rushden features a tribute to the movie. A resident in Park
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On Saturday 13th December 2025, Eclipse Gymnastics put on a dazzling display at Rushden’s Pemberton Centre. It was truly breathtaking. Due to the ages of the children (from three years old upwards), we are unable to show photographs of the display. However, the display was truly stunning: Eclipse Gymnastics Club proudly holds a British Gymnastics
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Many shops in the high streets of our Towns have have arresting window displays. This one, Rushden’s Church Street, is the most dazzling that Nene Herald could find, that is Snappety Snapper, who are a fairly new shop in Rushden. Do you know any other shop fronts that are even more dramatic?
Last month, Nene Herald warned that the influenza season could be bad this winter. This is turning out to be the case. The NHS is already under strain, with many flu cases being hospitalised and filling the wards. It appears that a long dormant strain, H3N2, has re-emerged. It killed around a million people in
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On December 11th 2025, a by-election took place in the Donne Close Ward for a seat on Rushden Town Council. The Donne Close ward is extremely small and includes just 75 houses. It is roughly horseshoe shaped, and circles around a private lake. With Reform UK having huge leads in every national opinion poll, it
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