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Friday brief: Councils refuse FOI request to release talks between finance bosses regarding billion pound debt battle

Stalled garden village scheme given £1m public cash faces losing government support

Breaking news: Peter Out

Can Gen Kitchen begin the dismantling of Conservative rule in Northamptonshire?

‘The whole point is to stir the pot and ruffle feathers. And if you’re not doing that, you’re not doing it right’

Key prosecution witness in Mackintosh trial stands down as councillor due to ill health

‘We are not greedy. All we are after is a fair wage for the job we are doing’

Northampton MP takes on lucrative second job

‘The public should be treated with the same level as respect as celebrities’

Homeless death prompts call for changes in rough sleeper support

Chief fire officer farce continues

The county’s billion pound battle

Friday brief: Is North unitary leader making a pitch to replace Peter Bone?

The battle to Save Weekley Hall Wood enters its final phase

Interims out

'Dig a little deeper, though, and there is much more to discover'

Friday brief: Tight timescales, availability and Christmas given as reasons for Bone recall petition decisions

Return of the Mack?

Former Northampton MP David Mackintosh found NOT GUILTY of withholding information about political donations

Hospital rebuild, large housing developments and GP performance all scheduled for scrutiny inspection in North of the county

​'In an ideal world, I’d like to see everyone playing music'

Friday brief: Kettering’s cultural scheme would NOT have been approved if county council had been upfront about library roof condition

Discharge of hospital patients into Kettering care home ravaged by Covid was ‘not the safest’ and devised during 'time of panic’

Jury sent out to deliberate in the Northampton political donations trial

Political donations kept secret because they could have 'done more harm than good', jurors told in closing arguments

‘Collections like this don’t often come to towns like ours’

Two women on Labour shortlist hoping to replace disgraced Tory Peter Bone MP

Lawyer of businessman co-accused with David Mackintosh of concealing donations says politician DID know the money was coming from his client

Former Northampton MP asked the ‘$64,000 question’ by his lawyer as he takes the stand in the political donations trial

Numbers of children with special needs in North Northamptonshire is not reducing post pandemic as predicted

Friday brief: West Northants Liberal Democrat leader says urgent decision on £3m purchase of historic bus station should be a ‘one-off’

No comment: Former MP and businessman refused to answer questions when quizzed by police

Former Northampton MP passed on details of donation rules to football club director, trial hears

Fears donations linked to Sixfields businessman would look 'very murky to the public', trial hears

Accused businessman’s lawyer makes court claim that former MP’s election agent knew and advised on impending improper donations

Friday brief: Countdown starts for when Wellingborough and Rushden folk can have say on Peter Bone’s bullying scandal

Size of donations to accused former MP's political campaign met with ‘astonishment’ by colleague, trial hears

Political donations under the microscope

Election campaign of ex Northampton MP funded by concealed donations from a friend, say prosecution

The trial of former Northampton MP David Mackintosh begins

My NN: Labour’s Wendy Randall

Friday brief: Full pay for suspended police chief under investigation for CV fraud

‘We have far more ideas than space’

Is this the end for Wellingborough MP Peter Bone?

‘I hope anyone who comes into St Andrew’s feels welcome, whether they are there on a Saturday night or a Sunday morning’

Friday brief: ‘Unprecedented’ rise in demand for services for the over 65s puts pressure on North unitary budgets

‘School phobia led to our son’s suicide’

Under the cosh

'I want people to understand the fragility of nature and the role we all have in protecting it'

Friday brief: Former chief fire officer had been through a disciplinary investigation before he left the force

Is the West unitary going to buy Northampton’s St James bus depot?

£10,000 needed to fight the Duke

My NN: Environmental activist Marly Lyman shares his favourite Northants places

Friday brief: Air pollution protest reaches the council chamber

‘I’d rather he stayed, because he is so damaged’

‘It’s just complete inaction’

Punk: Rage & Revolution

Friday brief: Leading councillor defends West unitary continuing to invest in Qatar

Mental health NHS trust insists children are being seen quicker for initial assessments

Lost for words: Local journalists rail against corporate owner in pay dispute

The rise of Northants Open Studios

Friday brief: More than 40 modern slavery cases involving Northamptonshire children reported in the latest year

Call for council run care home marked for closure to remain a community asset

Closing the gap

Digital artist James Atkins talks about his career

Friday brief: Former leader of Wellingborough council regrets backing unitary change

Police, fire and crime commissioner unrepentant about appointment of close friend as chief fire officer

Delayed, over budget and no end in sight

'If you’re not in the word of mouth culture of a place, the news about you is not going to be passed on'

Friday brief: Email reveals Marzec requested legal advice that said her own promotion was ok

Northampton shoe firm set to make million pound profit on land subsidised by former borough council

Get The Word Out

Friday brief: concerns about apparent lack of action from authority regarding ‘gay sin’ councillor

North unitary set to make care experience a protected characteristic

Another week, another interim appointment in Northamptonshire police, fire and crime commissioner’s office

MY NN: Writer Julia Thorley shares her favourite places

Friday brief: Police watchdog decides NOT to investigate police & crime commissioner for giving close friend top fire job

Northants police chief says legislation not there to make his officers declare whether they are freemasons

The food larders tackling hardship in the community

‘I’m buzzing to get into the new season.’

Friday brief: Councillors full of questions about future of Kettering’s conference centre

‘It's a psychological scar that one of our children lost their lives in a horrific way on a patch of land we walk past daily’

Police, fire and crime commissioner writes letter to panel after bruising meeting

Friday brief: Audit reveals West Northamptonshire Council’s weaknesses

Protest and walkouts

Departed controversial chief fire officer used crime commissioner’s business premises to work from

Pandemic pushed actress to find her way onto the big screen

Friday brief: Police and crime commissioner clings on to power as date is set for panel hearing

New family hubs will help tackle pandemic induced speech and language delays

New fire chief job up in smoke

The hilarious new book children can sink their teeth into

Friday brief: Police and crime commissioner withholds legal advice used to appoint colleague as fire chief

Warning children’s trust could go £26m over budget as council leader declares situation ‘wholly unacceptable'

Questions asked about why police commissioner appointed member of his team to fire chief role

‘Like many things, we have gone a bit too far’

Friday brief: Another special needs school project delayed in West Northants

West Northamptonshire Council wins land sale legal case - so what happens next?

As the cabinet member for children’s services oversees another failure in her department, is it time for her to go?

Lessons in leather

Friday brief: Labour leader backs councillor who showed hate cleric around Guildhall

Shake up of school transport likely as scrutiny committee agrees changes are needed

‘Computers don't get tired. They don’t go out on the town the night before, they don’t go off sick’

Tollemache Arms review

Friday brief: Clock ticks but still no answers on leisure centre

School exclusions a growing issue in North Northamptonshire

Majority of Northamptonshire MPs remain silent on Partygate vote

‘Not my finest hour’

Friday brief: Police and crime commissioner blames local media for his costly unused garage being burgled

Does Northamptonshire need a rebrand?

The North, West housing divide

Corby’s first ever Pride happening today

Friday brief: ‘It’s like the Volvo has been parked and we’ve been given a Robin Reliant with a flat tyre’

Reviews into lives of exploited teenagers find safeguarding failings

‘Don't be a stranger you will always be welcome in North Northamptonshire.’

My NN: Photographer Khandie

Friday brief: North unitary makes multi-million pound staff savings and uses reserves to balance books

Investigation cost for misconduct councillor revealed

School parents set to pick up HUGE new bills to transport their children to school

From local news to the Corrie cobbles and beyond

Friday brief: Councillor sanctioned for 'bringing council into disrepute'

Almost fifth of working age adults in West Northamptonshire ‘economically inactive’

After another teenage stabbing police and crime commissioner admits activity to tackle serious violence is not coordinated

Telling Wellingborough’s untold stories

Friday brief: ‘this is a ruthless attempt to silence me, to shut me down’

Four Northamptonshire babies have died since lockdown while in the care of parents under the influence

The mayor and the ‘crocodile’

The making of a pop up pudding club

Friday brief: ‘It's outrageous’

Left behind areas will be first in queue for backlog repairs

London consultancy paid almost £50,000 to devise new vision for North Northamptonshire

My NN: Morcea Walker MBE shares her favourite local places

Friday brief: community will gather at funeral of murdered Northampton teenager

Council’s housing repairs backlog grows

Calls made for North unitary to step in to save Kettering’s under threat leisure venue

Building a business from art

Friday brief: New contaminated land report ignores Corby’s toxic past

Murdered student named by police

As another teenager is killed on a Northampton street we ask: What needs to happen now?

Mixing punk and politics

Friday brief: New team set up to root out corruption in Northants police

Missing from the chamber

Children’s trust set to overspend its budget by a huge £20m this year

Friday brief: Could Overstone Hall be bulldozed?

Police watchdog makes recommendations after officers fail to find carriageway walker who was later knocked down and killed

Government cash to help with young people's mental health crisis

Poetry's new golden age

Friday brief: Inspectors raise concerns to West unitary’s legal officer about worrying practices in planning

Drug deaths rise

County charity specialising in benefit and debt advice sees thousands more people seek help

My NN: Acclaimed artist Chris Fiddes reveals his favourite places

Friday brief: All three schoolboys fatally stabbed on Northants' streets were from ‘left behind' areas

Judge retires to consider whether West unitary acted unlawfully

Unitary boss quits - who will replace him?

Portrait of the artist

Friday brief: Teenagers stage impromptu vigil after murder of Northampton schoolboy

Calls for investigations and resignations

Mental health 'epidemic' leads to calls to reinstate therapy for children in care homes

The creative community club embracing the wider community

Friday brief: Fiona Beal’s ‘confession’ notebooks allege partner was a ‘sociopath’

'People don’t want to go on strike. They want to be in there working.'

‘I’m not a total monster. I know what I did’

My NN: Northampton's mayor talks about his favourite places

Friday brief: Questions remain about legality of Wellingborough Walks tree felling

'I have never seen such depths of anxiety and unhappiness amongst so many young people'

Will a more personal approach to children’s services turn things around?

"We were never told 'let the boys do that!'"

Friday brief: Organised crime unit rated inadequate

The octogenarian arrested for protecting trees

Twelve months on from the exit of Lucy Wightman, North Northants is without a permanent director of public health

Ready to go again

Every penny of extra millions raised by council tax hike will be swallowed by inflation