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Police Fire and Crime Commissioner Danielle Stone.

More than £4 million spent on safe streets initiatives since 2021

1200 Daventry people turned out on a rainy Sunday afternoon to save their field from developers

Eastern Way playing field Daventry - Keep it green!

West Northamptonshire Council offices at One Angel Square, Northampton.

Several major traffic mitigation schemes scrapped from local transport plan

The land has been allocated for a residential development since 1997, in Daventry's Local Plan.

Plans to build 114 new homes in Daventry have been put back due to concerns

North Northants and West Northants held individual meetings discussing the devolution deal on Thursday (January 9).

Both councils move forward with devolution in South Midlands Authority

North Northants and West Northants will hold individual meetings discussing the devolution deal this evening. Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

Northamptonshire councils snubbed over devolution deal ahead of urgent meeting

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Plans to build 114 homes recommended for approval despite local 'disappointment'

Leader of West Northamptonshire Council Adam Brown (left) and Leader of North Northamptonshire Council Jason Smithers will lead an urgent discussion on the devolution options next Thursday (January 9).

Northants councils to host special meetings to discuss future devolution deals

The Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board meeting was held at Haylock House, Kettering.

Ambulance delays and A&E wait times 'as bad as they have ever been'

The A361 near between Daventry and Banbury has reopened after a huge sinkhole appeared.

Main road reopens after long closure following huge sinkhole

The bill could mean big changes for schools and families who home school alike

What parents need to know about Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

The bill could mean big changes for families considering home schooling 👩‍🏫

Amber Allott

An estimated £83.4m of next year\'s budget will be stumped up by council taxpayers, assuming the police precept is raised by £14. Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

Northants Police commissioner warns government funding boost ‘falls short’

This large fly tip was found in St Edmond's Road in September of this year. Now the most fly-tipped streets in Northampton have been revealed...

10 most fly-tipped streets during 2024 as more than 18,000 incidents reported

South Northamptonshire MP Sarah Bool (inset) has called the plans 'inappropriate'

MP says controversial Northamptonshire solar plans are 'inappropriate'

North Northamptonshire Council is predicting a £24 million Dedicated Schools Grant deficit, whilst West Northants expects its shortfall to reach £13.8m by the end of the financial year. Credit Nadia Lincoln LDRS

Both Northants councils predicting black hole in schools budget of almost £40m

Council tax bills in Northampton and Daventry could increase by nearly £90.

Council tax bills for residents could rise by nearly £90 a year

Figures have been revealed from Northamptonshire Children's Trust.

Child in care sent more than 250 miles away from home as county figures revealed

The development lies on open space to the west of Kilsby, outside the confines of village.

19 homes approved on green space despite residents labelling plan 'madness'

West Northamptonshire Council offices at One Angel Square, Northampton.

What WNC is proposing for the next budget including £12m for road improvements

Objectors have said that the application 'threatens' the green space in the village and encroaches on the open countryside. Credit : Google Maps

Hundreds object to 19 new homes on green space in a Northamptonshire village

A petition calling a general election has been signed by over 1 million people. Pictured: Keir Starmer. Photo: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

How online petitions work and what happens at a million signatures

From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledges action on Silent Crime

June Turnock, 85, says she relies on using buses to get into town a few times a week.

Residents react to 'kick in the teeth' price hike as bus fares set to rise to £3

Residents in West Northamptonshire will be invited to open their homes to those in need.

Housing scheme launched where residents can open their homes to those in need

Wait times for children trying to access treatment within child mental health services in Northamptonshire have halved since last year.

Wait times for child mental health treatment halves since last year

Kettering MP Rosie Wrighting said she was pleased to see the Northamptonshire councils receiving funding for the most vulnerable. Credit: House of Commons

Northants councils to get £115,000 funding for rough sleepers this winter

Plans have been submitted to build a solar farm on a field next to Watford Gap Services

Plans unveiled for solar farm the size of ten football pitches near village

Councillor Adam Brown talking at the launch of the One West Northamptonshire plan.

One West Northants plan launched by council in a bid to improve lives

A new initiative has been launched by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) and partners, which will aim to improve residents’ and businesses’ lives by 2030.

Carly Odell

CGI illustration of the proposed care bungalows in Long Buckby.

Green light for 68-bed care home in Northamptonshire village despite objections

Cllr Alan Knape discussing Eastern Way

West Northamptonshire Council respond to petition

Colin Foster, Chief Executive of NCT, with colleagues from the Leaving Care Service

Ofsted praise substantial improvements for children in care in North Northampton...

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

West Northamptonshire Council has finalised the changes to parish boundaries to better represent communities and account for growth in areas.

CONFIRMED: Boundary shake-up for towns and parishes ahead of local elections

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

Campaigners pictured.

Campaigners protest against playing field sell-off plan

Campaigners hope to gather 1,000 people on the playing fields to protest against the housing proposals this weekend (October 20). (Image: Eastern Way Playing Fields Keep it Green / Nicola Anderson)

Campaigners launch petition to object to draft proposals to build on Eastern Way

A 3D illustration of what the homes in this development will look like.

Green light for plans to build more than 100 homes on farmland

More flexibility for teachers and better pay and conditions for school support staff are on the cards

What Labour's new employment rights bill means for teachers

CGI illustration of the proposed assisted living apartments in Long Buckby.

Plans to build 68-bed care home met with 'overdevelopment' objections

North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire council offices.

Councils paid more than £60,000 to residents after complaints upheld by watchdog

The free school breakfast clubs will build on support for families already available, the Department for Education says

When Labour's free school breakfasts will start - what we know so far

Both West and North Northamptonshire Councils have had to pay out thousands of pounds

Northamptonshire councils have had to pay out more than £10K after EHCP failures

Cllr Alison Eastwood presents the Rose of Northamptonshire award to Milly Fyfe

Inaugural Rural Crime Committee meeting held in Yelvertoft

West Northants Council Merged Housing Applications

Members of the ‘Eastern Way Playing Field - keep it GREEN’ Facebook group pictured together.

Residents to hold event against Daventry playing field sell off plan

Eastern Way playing field in Daventry, owned by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC), could become a housing development as part of the council’s master plan for the town centre.

Catalina Constantin

The 300 new nurseries in primary schools are just phase one of the government's plan (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Labour's plan for creating 300 new nurseries in just one year

The national curriculum review could shake up what young people learn in school (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How to have your say on the new curriculum for England's schools

One Angel Square, Northampton, headquarters of West Northamptonshire Council.

'Increased housing under Government planning reforms will delay local plan'

Liberal Democrat Cllrs Humphreys and Harris

22,730 women affected in West Northamptonshire by Pension Inequality

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during her conference speech Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Silent Crime: Home secretary Yvette Cooper pledges nuisance crackdown

Northamptonshire Police. Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

Commissioner says Nick Adderley investigation has led to better-enforced checks

Police Fire and Crime Commissioner Danielle Stone. Credit: OPFCC

'I want reports of crime to go up' says police, fire and crime commissioner

12,000 residents across Northamptonshire will still be entitled to winter fuel payments after means testing

12,000 county residents still entitled to winter fuel payments

The cost of some private schools might become prohibitive for some families if they put their fees up in response (Image: National World/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

What adding VAT to private school fees could mean for pupils

Chief fire officer Nikki Watson (left) and commissioner Danielle Stone (right).

'Fire service needs to make improvement to provide consistently good service’

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