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Top fundraisers Amelia, Amelia, Reagan and Eleanor pictured at the finish line.

£80,000 raised by 1,000 young triathletes at Oundle School

Sarah Bell on farm

Northamptonshire and Rutland farmer praised at Women in Agriculture Awards

Cadburys Live Event

Care home residents enjoy of reminiscence

Animal Therapy

Close encounters of the furry kind

Celebrating 200 Years of Cadbury Chocolate

Residents enjoy and afternoon of chocolate to celebrate 200 years of Cadbury

Cadbury Memory Bars

Celebrating 200 years, Cadbury delights care home residents

Sax orchestra gets surprise visitor at Abington Park performance!

The Air Ambulance Service - Defib initiative

The Air Ambulance Service enhances community response with new initiative

5 Star Rating in Food Hygiene Inspection

Care home receives five-star rating in food hygiene inspection

Northampton crews in action at Olympic Venue

Celebrating World Cocktail Day

Care Home celebrates ‘World Cocktail Day’

Abseilers Sinead Birks and Danielle Yates go 'over the edge' of the lift tower.

Brave fundraisers abseil lift tower raising £8,000 for Home-Start Northampton

The Bride & Grooms face

Natasha’s Hen Do in Northampton - we had such a laugh!

Pitsford Reservoir

Northamptonshire gets the Aurora

Roger and Mary outside Buckingham Palace about to enter for the Garden Party

Northampton representatives attend two Royal appointments

ALSO24 Festival

ALSO24 Festival latest line-up announced
More than 100 events have been added to the line-up for ALSO Festival’s upcoming 11th edition: ALSO24, taking place 12th - 14th July at Park Farm, Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
Amanda Chalmers

The Hawk and Owl Trust live streaming camera: Kettering

Thousands tune in to watch the live stream of nesting peregrine falcons

Marcus Freestone competing in WCMX

Disabled athlete raising £6,000 for new wheelchair after horror crash

New provider appointed to deliver support breaks for parent carers

Residents encouraged to know the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer as 7,400 cases are d...

Anne Burnett appointed as Vice Lord-Lieutenant

Anne Burnett appointed as Vice Lord-Lieutenant for Northamptonshire

Further steps taken in Northamptonshire towards suicide prevention

VE Day Remembered

Sunny garden party to Remember VE Day

Etale (front centre) with her fellow cohort of nurses from Kenya, and the international nurses team

Delight as 50th international nurse welcomed to Trust

Fay Wickett and Maria Hutchinson from Serenity meeting Her Majesty The Queen

Serenity team ‘honoured’ by Queen’s invite to Palace

Sarah, CEO

New trustees sought by Northamptonshire charity

The Mayor placing an oak wreath on the statue of Charles II

Past monarch’s contribution to Northampton to be honoured in ancient thanksgivin...
An ancient ceremony of thanksgiving will take place at All Saints’ Church on Monday, 27th May to commemorate Northampton’s Oak Apple Day.
Sara Kennedy

Gloria Komolafe, Nurse at Pytchley Court Care Home

Brixworth care home celebrates International Nurses’ Day

Home Manager Susan Watson with residents, Marion and David at Pytchley Court Care Home

‘Passionate’ care home manager named finalist at Dementia Care Awards 2024

A student gets a hair raising experience discovering static energy at the Big Bang Fair

Students prepare to showcase projects in Big Bang UK

Land Army Annies

Elm Bank care home celebrates the 79th anniversary of VE Day

Palliative Care Nurse Specialist Amanda Taylor & Palliative Care Family Liaison Worker Claire Mould

Dying Matters and we need to talk about it, says hospice

Garden Games

Care home residents get competitive with Spring garden games

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34% of East Midlands adults turn to social media for health advice

Have bank holidays had their day or should more of us put our feet up more often?

When the haves and the have-nots all have something to be grateful for

B&DWC - SGB-39589 - Pupils of Millbrook Junior School and Reading Hub Lead, Paula Harker, with the n

New chapter at Kettering School following homebuilder’s donation

Coppafeel! founder Kristin Hallenga dies at 38 from terminal breast cancer.

Local tributes flood in for breast cancer charity founder Kristin Hallenga

TAAS Operations Team

The Air Ambulance Service enhances community response with new initiative

Lorraine and Lee Lewis, awarded with Rose of Northamptonshire Awards in 2023

Unsung heroes across the county to be honoured with Rose of Northamptonshire Awa...

Instagram hit for students at Hunsbury Park Primary School

Cost of living

Funding for Northamptonshire people struggling with the rising cost of living

NFU regional board chair Jane Bassett

NFU survey shows collapse in Northamptonshire farmer confidence

Warmth of Juniper House

VIP visit on open day at Juniper House care home

Boxing and it’s magic

Boxing and its magic: Women’s Boxing Northampton and how it has changed my life.

Knitting Creations

Care home residents set up a knitting club open to community

Pat having fun with cake mix

Care home residents test out their cupcake making skills

Creating links with local schools

School and teachers create a link with Elm Bank Care Home

Counting ballot papers in the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner elections for Northamptonshire/National World

Counting underway in Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner elections

Easter Bonnet Making at Penny House

Retirees compete in egg-cellent Easter Bonnet competition In Olney

Tom Legg crossing the finish line

Postie crosses the 2024 London Marathon finish line for British Heart Foundation

Front left – right : Fiona Bradley, The Prince’s Trust Youth Development Lead with Cheryl Needham

Celebrating 25 years of invaluable support to The Princes Trust

Volvo Car UK is offering driving tips ahead of the bank holiday weekend

Planning a staycation? Here are five simple checks drivers should make before he...

Karen Badcock with her latest donation

Northamptonshire local raises over £5,000 to support lifesaving charity

MP Chris Heaton-Harris with

Daventry MP visits Brampton View care home

Brackley TPSC joined 350 singers from across the UK together at Warwick Arts Centre

Brackley Singers join 350 Voices for inaugural concert at Warwick Arts Centre So...