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A look back at 2022

A pause for some treatment

Friday brief: ‘I think we’ve got the best man, why would I go looking for another?’

‘It isn’t normal for secret documents to turn up - it is like something out of a John Grisham novel’

Rushden care centre casualty of unitary split and funding shortage

How Northamptonshire’s local government reorganisation proved lucrative for the outgoing chief executives

'We know there is still a lot to do'

Friday brief: Children's services overspend causing concern

Outspoken Tory councillor escapes sanction but has WhatsApp messages exposed

Crime commissioner and chief constable ask home secretary to stop Kettering migrant hotel plan

‘Complete chaos’: review reveals safeguarding failings in school transport service

Good recovery: inspectors witness big improvements at Corby’s most important health hub

Friday brief: FOI reveals more Qatar investments by West unitary

Midwives to protest again

West unitary confirms £13m Qatar investments

No charges: More than 100 sexual assaults and 50 rapes reported in Northants hospitals since 2019

Northamptonshire’s NHS spend on agency staff predicted to hit almost £50m this year

Friday brief: ‘What we see so far is based on trickle-down economics’

'I am sitting in the evenings wrapped in my duvet'

Judicial review into Cobblers land deal moves forward

Northants schools warn the cash will run out this year

No asylum: Council’s high court injunction against asylum hotel criticised

Gone but not forgotten

Friday brief: Protests against plans to build in a rural conservation area

‘What is on the cards is astonishing’

Shake up of scrutiny for North unitary

Councillor hits out at housebuilder over Towcester development

Is the ‘risky’ £39m tax payer funded Northampton station car park proposal under threat?

Friday brief: A & E patients left waiting outside in tent

First annual report of county’s children’s trust shows some improvements but big challenges remain

Survey reveals impact of cost of living crisis in Northants

What now for Northamptonshire’s Conservative MPs?

Environmental concerns over planning application next to historic orchard

Friday brief: In Liz we trust? Not anymore

Everything you need to know about last night’s fracking vote

Rural poverty: ‘People are struggling but it’s hidden here’

Where are the Police Community Support Officers?

Final funding still not approved for Kettering General’s new build

Friday brief: Calls for government to pick up children's trust overspend

Learning reports into three Kettering domestic homicides have not seen light of day

Heated debate over closure of Daventry council building

Is this the end for Beech Close and Pine Lodge?

Together again: British child trapped in Afghanistan reunited with mother in Northampton

Friday brief: ‘The support from the public is tangible’

"It does feel like there is some momentum"

'It's a lot quieter than it was'

‘If we don’t fix safety, we don’t fix anything’

‘We need more money and more backing from the police’

Friday brief: Conservative councillor defends move to Norfolk

What a load of rubbish: Calls for ‘urgent solutions’ to clear streets of litter and fly tipping

Not fare: Is this the end of Corby as a black cab town?

How Northamptonshire’s hospitals are doing against health secretary’s ABC priorities

‘The signs the county council had are there…we know how this ends’

Friday brief: sex, lies and grooming

Dispute between attorney general and local Conservative club

Disabled Northampton family facing homelessness

The man inspiring thousands to take a Northamptonshire walk

Friday brief: Museum pulls monarchy book from shelves over ‘disrepute’ fears

Inquest opens into death of teenager who died after Northampton assault

Calls for more youth funding amid ‘extremely concerning’ levels of violence

Tears of sadness and accusations of privilege

The frontline of the UK housing crisis: ‘Our son is gone and we don’t think we’ll get him back until we have proper housing’

Northamptonshire pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Hundreds more Northamptonshire youths become involved in crime

Rise in people seeking help from council as cost of living crisis bites

Nothing to see

Cobblers deal: Supporters Trust makes shock £3m bid for Sixfields land

Friday Brief: New council issues financial alert

Maternity services and urgent care centre on safeguarding radar of new health commissioner

Council’s senior officers raise concerns about refugee resettlement capabilities

Cost of living crisis: ‘I can’t afford the electricity to charge my wheelchair’

Friday brief: Council commits to levelling up report recommendations

Northamptonshire’s energy crisis hotspots revealed

‘Glebe not greed’: Thrapston and Titchmarsh campaigners protest over church land sell off

Controversial Desborough development faces more delays as 'lack of transparency' criticised

Arrested development

Friday brief: Deprived Northampton area to lose community facility

Flooded homeowners want action

‘Don’t charge residents for green waste collections’

‘I’d be lying if I said there weren't days when we feel like we can’t go on'

Northamptonshire drought: ‘We could be facing food shortages’

Friday brief: Three Northants police officers admit misconduct

‘I thought the council could help us, I didn’t expect this’

Woman dies at Wellingborough homeless hostel

Cost of living crisis: ‘I honestly have no idea how I will manage’

Children's Trust to come under Ofsted scrutiny

Friday brief: ‘I don’t want this to be just a mission statement.’

From childhood trauma and deprivation to Mayor of Northampton

A&E Waits: ‘I don’t blame the staff, I blame the system’

Sunak vs Truss: 'I'm not impressed by either of them'

Weekley Hall Woods protesters storm grounds of stately home

Friday Brief: ‘I don’t have the first idea how to get my child help’

‘I am busier now than I have ever been in my life’

Six more reviews into safeguarding failures of Northamptonshire children going ahead

Council tries to send homeless single mother to Birmingham

Children’s mental health waiting list coverup

Friday Brief: Councillors accused of racism, aggressive behaviour and bullying

School head speaks out against plans to reshape special education

'I hope people will use this heatwave as a bit of a wake up call'

'I was checking his bag and found his first party invitation'

Complaints about Northamptonshire Police rise by almost a quarter

Friday brief: Peter Bone's government role bags him an extra £25,000

Under fire

The challenges to levelling up West Northants

Council won’t say which projects will be put forward for Levelling Up funding

The growing secret society influence at the heart of West Northants Council

Friday brief: Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees now settled in Northamptonshire

They think it’s all over…it’s not yet

Boris Johnson’s promised cash for a new Kettering hospital is not there

Concerns as North unitary spends huge sums with recruitment agencies to plug its workforce gap

Who are the Silverstone protesters?

Friday brief: West Northants will not follow the North on councillor pay rises

The Northants MPs who believe they should have a say over women’s bodies

“It seems to be a complete mess”

'Let down': Charity hits out at council over favoured 'levelling up' projects

Inflation busting allowances of leading Conservatives revealed

Micromanaged, under pressure, and looking for positions elsewhere

Mentor and protege

‘Something needs to change’: Latest spate of Wellingborough knife incidents leaves residents worried

Why are meetings about crimes committed within our communities happening in private?

Queensway residents left in the dark over serious incident

Friday brief: Council commitment to keep libraries open

More than 50 Northants Police officers accused of sexual misconduct or domestic abuse

‘An opportunity wasted’: West Northants’ levelling up bid comes in for more criticism

'Satisfactory': How internal auditors assessed North unitary’s first year

Levelling up bids focus on upgrades to historic venues and ignore county’s left behind communities

Friday brief: Just under £1m paid to consultants to work up controversial road contract

Northamptonshire Police launches new strategy to reduce violence against women and girls - but will it be enough?

Logistics, logistics, logistics

Cabinet member’s controversial planning application being looked at again

New West Northants Labour leader: ‘I want to hit the ground running’

Northamptonshire Police refers itself to watchdog over fatal A5 collision

From codebreaker to dedicated volunteer

Housing department under strain

Friday brief: Peter Bone's comments are ‘arrogant and insensitive'

Two boys killed by a knife on the same day three years apart

Editorial: Northamptonshire's knife crime problem needs real action

‘The system of child protection can and must do better for children’

‘If we can’t continue, people will go without food’

Bringing the farmers' market vibe to Corby’s historic heart

Friday brief: ‘Misogyny is alive and well in West Northants’

Children’s trust boss warns of ’real challenge’ to balance budget

Mixed fortunes for county’s at-risk libraries

What will happen to Knuston Hall?

Homes for Ukraine delays: 'I am getting worried'

Friday brief: Investment in left behind community’s neighbourhood centre

‘We really need to make it ok to not be ok’

HRT shortage: ‘Women are angry, this is a feminist issue’

Concerns over covid grants to care homes

Northants Tories’ luxury dinner with Rishi Sunak amid cost of living crisis

Friday brief: 'Shame on you'

Friday Brief: 'Shame on you'

Calls made to ban HMOs in left behind neighbourhoods

The aristocrat versus the people of Kettering

Confusion reigns as residents await Council Tax rebate

Would-be council leader who was expelled from party is re-instated

Friday brief: What’s in a name?

Plans for new special education setting to avoid more children being sent out of county

Is sorry now just an empty word in Northamptonshire?

How accessible are our MPs?

‘It was different to anything we’ve found before’

Forensic dig in Northampton back garden

Friday brief: Clean air motion voted down

Review into self harm incidents within Northamptonshire’s children’s mental health services will not be made public

Police force's gender pay gap increases

Lib Dems call for additional refugee support in West Northants

Friday brief: Councillor pleads for cash for ‘left behind’ area

Will North Northamptonshire councillors vote for an allowance increase amid the cost of living crisis?

Wellingborough Labour calls for Peter Bone to retract PM partygate defence

Fall from grace - woodland on Church of England land pulled down

The Northamptonshire woman who dedicated her life to helping the poor

Friday brief: Fire risk of controversial HMOs

Editorial: What’s the West doing for its ‘left-behind’ communities?

Queensway youth club: 'The big challenge for us is funding'

A year of unitary

Unhelpful: Overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers but let down by the NHS and UK government

Friday brief: Call the (retired) midwife

Unitary opposition leader stands down

Good news for nurseries as council pulls money out of reserves at the last minute

Numbers of home schooled children in north of county set out for first time

Council leader now admits to discussions with Sixfields rival bidder

The Northants women fighting for pension compensation

Friday brief: Under pressure council facing a second unrelated legal challenge

On a mission to level up

Council under pressure over planned legal action

Rectory Farm community in shock following fatal fire

Semilong: ‘We’re begging for real action’

Friday brief: Local authority run nurseries on the brink of survival

Understaffed departments and a reliance on temporary staff

More bank closures risks people being ‘cut adrift’

Special report: ‘Dangerous and immoral’ Concerns about changes to Northamptonshire’s special education landscape

'The Kotch saved me and I wanted to save it back'

Friday brief: “We’re quietly confident the future of Raunds library is secured’

It’s over: Wronged publican drops court apology demand and settles for written sorry

Hush-hush: Council keeps higher rival bid quiet as Cobblers deal approved

‘Women reporting male violence are often disbelieved and blamed’

Dozens of special needs families still going without respite care in Northamptonshire

NN Women: ‘Always take the opportunity to build each other up’

Cobblers deal: Rival company increases bid again

Friday brief: ‘Putin go away and leave us alone’

'There is no other pot for us to go into. It is already cut to the bone'

North unitary accused of ‘savage and short sighted act’ in proposed funding slash to outstanding early years centre

Cobblers deal: ‘We’re not kicking the can down the road’

Northampton market regeneration: Exciting opportunity or the beginning of the end for stall holders?

NN readers' views

Teenager accused of murdering Dylan Holliday claims self defence

Friday brief: “I’m dying” court hears final few words of stabbed teenager Dylan Holliday

Labour councillor accepts hospitality from football club amid deal negotiations

Is another local government service charge going to hit North Northants residents this year?

Cracks begin to show in the West

Ex Wicksteed trustees blow whistle to charities regulator

‘We’ve only gone and won it’ Tory safe seat goes to the Lib Dems

Friday brief: Cobblers Supporters Trust hits out at council over land deal

Is a move to a new venue the answer to St James’ library’s future?

Politically homeless: ‘It’s become a very different party to the one I joined’

'I put that red rosette on and I still think it’s got an engine in it'

The cost of living: ‘I have terminal cancer and I have to choose between heating and eating’

Northampton's story: From Valhalla to French town

Friday brief: Cobblers land deal back on the agenda

Watch: Oundle online hustings

Still major questions over staffing at North Northamptonshire Council

West Northants Climate Plan: 'I don't think they have any idea how it will be paid for'

Kicked out: Concerns raised about permanent exclusions at Wellingborough secondary

Friday brief: Another Northants council tax blunder

What’s in the government's Levelling Up plan for Northamptonshire?

Anger over large HMOs owned by Northampton MP's family

Northamptonshire’s hospital trust may start caring for people at home

Could Peter Bone’s defence of Boris Johnson damage his own political reputation?

Friday brief: No court apology, yet

‘In Afghanistan everything is fire, explosions and violence’

‘It would be dreadful for Raunds if we lose the library’

Budget special: Council tax rises will only maintain service status quo

'These developments are the most significant challenge that Towcester has faced'

Friday brief: School budgets hit as Northamptonshire moves funding to pay for rising high needs costs

No Refuge: Hundreds of Northants domestic abuse survivors turned away

‘Animals shouldn’t be subjected to this in the 21st century’

A Northamptonshire market town's residents tell us what they really think of Boris Johnson

No respite: 47 families in Northamptonshire going without the support they are entitled to

Friday brief: Shadow unitary leader knew of Monks legal action but was told 'it would be sorted’

Levelling Up: 'What we have to do is stop yapping and lets get working together'

Northants passengers left stranded as bus driver shortages continue

‘The council is of the opinion that the claim can be successfully resisted’

‘Every time you think it's getting better it gets worse again’

NN readers' views

Friday brief: Labour opposition calls for investigation into council lawsuit

Council vendetta against publican costs taxpayers £4m

Hundreds of Northamptonshire special needs children waiting too long for school assessments

Another Northants library at risk of closure

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