Residents and visitors to the town centres of Wellingborough and Rushden have long enjoyed free parking. Campaigners believe that it is a major attraction to draw people to the town centres. Without free parking, both high streets will lose footfall, resulting in loss of business and increased decay. It is indisputable that free parking does […]
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Since it was initiated, Nene Herald has championed a campaign to establish a much-needed mainline station to serve Rushden and Higham Ferrers. As mentioned previously, Rushden is by far the largest town in England without its own working railway station. There are villages a tenth the size of Rushden that have a station, e.g. Brundall
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This is the eleventh instalment of the story of how the Rushden Lakes scheme came to be approved, then built and how it has developed further. Rushden Lakes – the Next Phases The basic concept of Rushden Lakes was to provide a mix of leisure and retail offers. The first phase was the infrastructure and
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Soon after the local election results, Reform UK chairman, Zia Yusuf, said: “Reform-controlled English councils will move at speed to resolve that the only flags permitted to be flown on or in its buildings will be the Union Jack and St George’s flag”. This was later amended to: “Reform UK will proudly fly the Union
When North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) was first created, it had four planning committees to consider applications that were submitted. Each committee met roughly every three weeks at a venue in the localities that they oversaw, i.e. Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and Thrapston (East Northants area). The Local Government Association, despite having “local” in its name, strongly
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By Barbara Cole A Higham Ferrers-born wartime night fighter pilot who downed 15 enemy aircraft making him a triple ace, is to be permanently honoured in the town. Edward Dixon Crew, Commander of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and Bar, and Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Bar, who first saw action
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On Wednesday 16th July, WNC decided to refocus its sustainability work to “ensure its efforts deliver the greatest value to local residents and businesses”. As part of this move, the Reform-controlled council became the first in the country to scrap net zero targets. It also abandoned plans to replace its fleet of cars with electric
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The Leyland industrial estate in Wellingborough is being expanded. 10 new units are being built to add to the existing 96 units. Mike Grindrod, Director at Northern Trust Company Ltd, commented, “We are delighted to see work commence on this next phase of development at Leyland Trading Estate. The strong uptake from our 2018 scheme
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Award-winning Rush2theDen run a number of sessions for young people with different needs. Freedom Fliers is a Youth Club for SEND Senior school / college aged young people and it meets every Friday at 5.30pm – 7.00pm Freedom Fliers is structured for those who struggle with large groups and need a little bit more encouragement.
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Many employers are adopting a work arrangement where employees work at home and spend only some of their time at an office desk. North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) is in the process of reviewing its assets and has already sold off some properties. A recent press release from NNC shows the impact of this policy: “Due
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