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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Remembrance Day is when the country remembers those who gave their lives in the wars of the last century and this one. In Rushden, around three thousand people came out to watch the parade and to join in the Service of Remembrance. When the two-minute silence was called, all three thousand became silent. Dozens of
Wellingborough’s Town Mayor, Cllr Raj Mishra, has launched an app called ‘MindfulYou’. Cllr. Mishra, a Conservative councillor on Wellingborough Town Council, hopes to make ‘mental health support accessible’ to all. The aim is to help local people cope with the stresses of daily life. The App utilises exercises and sessions that can reduce stress through
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Cuts have been made to bus services for Irthlingborough without warning or consultation. The changes were only revealed when notices appeared on the windows of some buses, particularly some for the No 48 and No. 50 routes. The result was that some passengers were caught out and waited for buses that were never going to
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