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Looking back at 2024

Friday brief: Staff member responsible for fire safety checks at failing housing provider has departed

North unitary signs off £3m fund to renovate staff offices

Council’s decision to lend private company £3m for shopping centre revamp on hold

‘It’s all about music and the arts, and you can’t have one without the other’

Friday brief: Disgraced councillor welcomed to Tory Christmas bash

Northants Police launches second murder investigation in a week after man killed in Northampton

Council's £3m loan to shopping centre owners to be decided tonight

Friday brief: Labour councillor wins opposition motion to get previously hidden community safety information reported

Controversial Corby development goes through after another planning botch

Northampton mayor quits Labour

Friday brief: ‘Kind words and photo ops’ will not solve flooding challenges, says leader

In the aftermath of a major incident will action finally be taken to address Northamptonshire’s flooding problem?

Councillor husband of Lucy Connolly investigated by the authority

A life in music

Friday brief: Harshita Brella seen at Corby lake with suspected killer

Is this the end of the line for Northamptonshire Partnership Homes?

Police force hunting dead woman’s husband criticised by inspectors for handling of domestic abuse investigations

Friday brief: West unitary councillor quits independents and joins Labour

‘It’s bad, bad, bad’

Northampton rector says Archbishop acted ‘too slowly’ in church abuse scandal and position is untenable

School dissatisfaction and mental health concerns are driving home education rise, says children's services boss

'Still much to do' in left behind areas

Disgraced former police and crime commissioner’s business goes into liquidation

‘I didn’t want to view my sight loss as a disability’

Friday brief: Course cuts considered by under pressure university

Cleared: Police watchdog say ‘no indication’ acting chief constable committed any electoral offence

Number of people living in county could be as much as 50,000 higher than thought, health watchdog learns

Friday brief: Northants health system overspending as county’s two hospitals bust budget

‘This is becoming the biggest issue for councils’

Local education authority ‘not getting the basics right’,says council boss

Friday brief: MP calls for Tory councillor to leave politics after wife’s prison sentence

Row breaks out over council’s redundancy plans

Exclusive: Acting chief constable under investigation by police watchdog

New head of children's services investigates ‘growing trend’ in home education

Development hailed as biggest transformation of town’s centre since ‘great fire’ has likely ‘considerable viability and funding gap’

Northampton MP labels plan to move statues ‘cultural vandalism’

‘It’s about changing minds. I want to make choosing bhangra ‘normal’ for everyone.’

Friday brief: Concern as Northampton’s Guildhall statues set to move

Is this a watershed moment?

‘Horrifying’ rise in number of children being home educated in Northants

Friday brief: Former corn exchange buy up approved without discussion

Will the government now find the cash to improve Northamptonshire’s flood defences?

‘People are so worried when it rains’

Friday brief: Adderley legacy will lead to better education checks for senior police officers, says commissioner

Exclusive: Disgraced police commissioner’s aborted garage workshop project wastes almost £400,000

Architects firm behind Greyfriars masterplan also mapping out St James housing scheme

‘Art is my way of protesting’

Friday brief: Scrutiny chair wants to look at purchases as West unitary plans to buy another town centre building

Festival goer who died at Northants rave not local, say police

Unitary wants town council to buy historic pavilion for large sum or will consider selling it

‘All I ever wanted to do was to draw'

Friday brief: West unitary council tight lipped on new temporary homes location

Corby mayor stands down after Labour Party suspension

Trade unions, think tanks, wealthy donors and a comedian

Friday brief: Cost of residential child placements set to bust the budget again

Devolution plans for Northamptonshire in the offing, but why is it only coming to the council chamber now?

‘It will be a better force’

Friday brief: MP and council leader at odds about the state of the roads

Acting chief constable wants whistleblowers to come forward

Kettering General Hospital plans to come under scrutiny by north unitary

Friday brief: Three year stalemate on huge county council debt finally broken

Anti-fascist solidarity protest ends peacefully in Northampton

Emergency meeting held as Northampton named as location for anti immigration protest

Series of errors made in vetting checks of disgraced chief constable, review finds

Friday brief: Police standards department launches motorbikes sale inquiry

Crunch talks as hospitals healthcare support staff prepare for weeks of strike action

Kettering MP wants urgent meeting with health secretary about hospital build review

Is Kettering’s hospital rebuild going in the chancellor’s ‘if we cannot afford it, we won’t do it' pile?

Exclusive: Former senior Northants police officer reveals all about working with dishonest chief constable

Northampton murder victim had number of past convictions and had been to jail

‘To me, poetry is another form of music’

Friday brief: Northampton climate activist jailed

Hecklers not welcome

‘It is predominantly women who are missing out’

In fine voice

Friday brief: Another terrible inspection about special educational needs services in Northamptonshire

Kettering firm puts staff at risk of redundancy

Full evidence from disgraced chief constable’s misconduct hearing won’t be made public yet due to potential criminal charges

So how did the Northants political parties do?

Northamptonshire embraces Labour as voters turn against the Tories

Live from the count: General Election 2024

‘This is a valuable piece of green space. Leave it alone’

Reform candidate says he will not apologise for social media posts labelled antisemitic

‘Art should be about instinct. I don’t think people should pay a fortune for a squiggle and a dot’

Friday brief: Will we have a ‘red’ county on July 5?

Police commissioner’s office says ‘clearly something went wrong’ with sacked chief constable’s vetting - but won’t say yet whether proper checks were done

The independents taking on the big parties

[Correction] Friday extra: Regrets from disgraced chief constable

Friday extra: Regrets from disgraced chief constable

Friday brief: Dark day for Northants Police as dishonest Chief Constable sacked

‘This is mendacity of the highest order’: Northants chief constable accused of being a ‘dodgy police officer’ at disciplinary hearing

Will the Liberal Democrats break their duck and win a parliamentary seat in Northamptonshire?

Can Kettering's Green Party take their local successes into the general election?

The ‘ragtag’ bunch of Corby artists and their new creative studio

Friday brief: North unitary accused of giving residents a customer service ‘raw deal’

PM launches Conservative manifesto in Northants - but will it make a difference?

Special investigation: The millions being spent by public bodies on Northamptonshire news

All Northamptonshire’s general election candidates named

Friday brief: Auditors warn West Northants unitary about its ‘financial stability’ and reserve levels

It’s Indie News Week: A look back at some of our scoops, their impact and how we got the stories

Almost £200,000 spent so far on chief constable's disciplinary

Tories select candidates to replace outgoing big names

Suspended chief constable's misconduct case sensationally adjourned

Friday brief: Will Michael Ellis make a surprise return on a ballot paper?

Chief constable denies being source of book quotations about his military service

Chief constable's war medal is fake, expert tells misconduct hearing

Nick Adderley accused of 'bare faced lies' in disciplinary hearing

Where's the money coming from to transform Northampton Greyfriars?

‘Why can’t art be an end in itself?’

Friday brief: High profile Hillsborough lawyer to grill Northants chief constable at disciplinary hearing

Here we go. PM calls General Election

North Northamptonshire Council was wrong, high court judge rules

Gen Kitchen interview: ‘I’ll always be the challenger’

‘The story was on the front pages, if not daily, then certainly weekly’

Friday brief: Domestic abuse campaigners protest outside council chamber

'There is so much domestic abuse in this town that has gone unpunished'

Large numbers waiting for sheltered accommodation

‘My role is to help everyone make the most of their time in the studio and produce the best sound possible’

Friday brief: six months plus waits for children with speech difficulties

Northants fire chief cleared in misconduct investigation

Consultation about redundancies at under pressure health board

Labour's Danielle Stone is the new police, fire and crime commissioner

Friday brief: Votes are in

The legal arguments are over. Can campaigners save the Wellingborough Walks trees?

How was the campaign for you, darling?

Deputy leader Adam Brown chosen as replacement for disgraced West Northants Tory Jonathan Nunn

‘We either do these events properly or we don’t do them at all’

Friday brief: Gen Kitchen MP reports ‘stalking’ to police

'I know what I'm doing and we will improve'

The police, fire and crime commissioner candidates say why you should vote for them

Open letter from domestic abuse charities to West Northamptonshire councillors

‘You never know what’s coming next, and that’s the beauty of it’

Friday brief: It’s over for council leader

A new country park for Naseby?

Conservatives stand by West Northants leader as opposers call for confidence vote

Countdown to the local music festival that punches above its weight

Friday brief: Domestic abuse charity says West unitary leader should not have been elected after assault conviction

Children’s trust determined health board pays debt owed for child placements

Police watchdog refers Nick Adderley investigation to crown prosecutors

'The system is set up not to have our children in it, so it needs to change.'

Friday brief: Conservatives win North unitary byelection

Children’s trust in dispute with health board about unpaid invoices

Poll predicting Labour landslide says Northants Tory ‘safe’ seats face Reform pressure

‘What is life without music?’

Friday brief: Beefed up security at West Northants unitary meetings questioned

Conservatives select former fire chief as commissioner candidate

Damning report confirms what many families already know - Northants SEND provision is catastrophically failing

Friday brief: ‘These are not potholes - they are craters’

Official complaints reach panel as commissioner comes under fire from all quarters

Who will replace Stephen Mold as the Tory police commissioner candidate?

Police commissioner decides to stand down after sexist slur about fire boss

Friday brief: Commissioner slated for misogynistic comments but no action taken so far

‘I’ll dump the b**ch’

Rape and sexual violence offences account for half of serious crime committed in recent five year period

‘We’re not scared of anything’

Friday brief: Unitaries must agree their debt dispute if they want government cash assistance

Exclusive: Second police force begins criminal investigation into Northants chief constable

From blue to red

Both Northants unitary councils among troubled group given government concessions

Operation Doorstep: Mandatory canvassing sessions imposed for Kettering tories wishing to stand in unitary elections

Another three months salary for under investigation chief constable

Conservative mutiny as two leave North unitary and Rothwell Town Council becomes independent

'We need to feed our souls through creativity'

Friday brief: ‘Death certificates’ handed out in Northampton council chamber to symbolise air pollution deaths

“Stammering is the one disability that is socially and politically acceptable to mock because everyone thinks that we are a joke”

New fire chief’s appointment recommended pending investigation outcome

Police launch murder investigation after woman dies in Northampton flat

'Music is my way of connecting with the outside world. It makes me feel alive.'

Labour win the Wellingborough byelection

Wellingborough and Rushden byelection live

After a decade of dominance, is today the beginning of the end for Northants Tories?

Commissioner’s office sidesteps vetting question about under investigation fire boss candidate

Is it time for the Billing Aquadrome floods to be discussed in the council chamber?

‘A good novel is like a holiday for the brain’

Friday brief exclusive: Fire chief candidate under investigation by police watchdog

Redundancies at Northampton museum amid ‘enormous pressure’ on West unitary

‘I quit’

‘Northampton is the perfect location for the film industry’

Friday brief: Council makes reserve raid plan to meet adult social care costs

Long waits for community paediatric services in Northants

Breaking: Northamptonshire chief constable will face disciplinary hearing

Conservative councillor claims immigration is reason for town centre crime problems

Friday brief: Northants education authorities told to draw up recovery plans as high needs spend soars

What’s the hold up?

Special report: Region's flood risk committee calls for change

'We like to challenge our audiences'

Friday brief: Spend limit council defends culture budget

Neglect most common cause for Northants children being taken into care

Runaway costs in adult social care behind urgent limits imposed on council’s spending

Renowned local sculptor Mick Henson shares the secrets of his art

Friday brief: Another Northants woman is killed

Hospital rebuild plans ‘progressing at pace' and ‘fairly simple’ says health boss

Can Weekley Hall Wood become another Stanwick Lakes?

Friday brief: Flooded out residents question holiday park living

Reform UK enters Wellingborough byelection battle

It's going to be a big year