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Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Outreach courtesy of Chester House Estate

New outreach programme helps Daventry schoolchildren enjoy a unique taste of his...

The 11 dogs campaigners believe the council had euthanised (Lost Souls/Facebook)

Council seizes 82 dogs from sanctuary, sparking controversy as 11 put down

Ellis Anthony Gibbs dropping litter out of his car window in a car park in Hull. The teenager was fined £250.

Teenager fined £250 after throwing McDonald’s bag out of car window

Young mum, 22 horrified as Norwich council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

Mum horrified as council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

Hannah Ingram-Moore and her late father Captain Tom Moore (Photo: Getty Images)

Daughter of Sir Captain Tom Moore ordered to tear down home spa

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

Jeremy Clarkson given green light for changes at Diddly Squat farm

Paul O’Grady: Comedian given freedom of the borough in posthumous honour from Wirral Council

Paul O’Grady given ‘highest honour’ in tribute after his death

All boat operations suspended from Bournemouth Pier

A Martin Lewis fan revealed how a tip from the consumer champion helped her secure a £8,500 refund from her local council.

Martin Lewis fan shares how they got £8,500 council refund

Council apologises for ‘error’ and ‘upset’ after entire car park of vehicles wrongfully ticketed

Entire car park of vehicles ticketed after council error

The council has said the tickets should not have been issued 

Local elections 2023: Where are they taking place in May 2023 and why isn’t my council having them?

Where are local elections taking place & is my council holding them?

Tactical voting could be pivotal at the next General Election

Local elections 2023: what will be voted on

Voters will be required to show photo ID to vote in the May elections

Government introduces new rule to vote in elections this spring

Ben Thornbury demonstrating 'crazy pothole golf' in Malmesbury

Man sets up pothole crazy golf course to ‘make a point’ to council

Millie used ChatGPT to help write an email to York City Council

Student uses ChatGPT to appeal wrongly issued parking fine

Travelodge is targeting new Northamptonshire locations.

Travelodge targets new county locations as part of multi-million pound expansion

President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)

US President Joe Biden welcomes Vladimir Putin ICC arrest warrant

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

Alison Crowther was the former manager of Everdon Outdoor Learning Centre, near Daventry.

Council to pay out nearly £9,000 to dismissed former staff member

The council is planning to spend a further £1 million on repairing potholes across West Northamptonshire.

Council plans to spend further £1m on repairing potholes after freezing weather

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

West Northamptonshire Council is expecting to pay more into Northamptonshire Children's Trust than it had initially hoped.

Council to pay £7m more into children's trust than it had initially hoped

MI6 forced to close top-secret spy school after London location is accidentally leaked by local council

MI6 closes secret spy school after council leaks location

Jeremy Clarkson could be axed from Amazon Prime (Pic:Getty Images)

Jeremy Clarkson barred from selling his book at Diddly Squat Farm

The Banksy mural in in Lowestoft, Suffolk, after the skip was removed

Removal of part of a Banksy work has now left the mural ‘worthless’

Jeremy Clarkson has opened a restaurant at his Diddly Squat farm.

Jeremy Clarkson closes Diddly Squat farm restaurant

Man receives one of first catcalling fines in UK after sting operation

Undercover police conducted a sting operation to issue one of the first fines for catcalling in UK history.

West Northamptonshire Council is proposing to hike the charge for emptying garden waste bins from April

Cost of emptying your garden bin set to rise by 31 percent from April

The average motorist leaves their car running for 244 minutes every winter – gen...

All Saints Church in Northampton hosted a remembrance service for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday September 18. Pews were full as hundreds attended to pay their respects.

In pictures: Queen Elizabeth II remembered during 'moving' service at All Saints

Residents are being encouraged to have their say on how West Northamptonshire's voter wards should be shaped around the proposed new number of councillors.

Have your say on how West Northants wards can be shaped around less councillors

The app will help people explore Northampton and further afield.

New app launched to help to encourage people to explore the West Northants area

The drivers were caught during a crackdown.

Seatbelt crackdown finds 60 drivers and two kids not strapped in

A new school could be built in West Northamptonshire to cope with extra demand for places

Council’s pledge to provide 500 extra specialist school places by 2024

West Northamptonshire Council is explaining how local councils give out contracts

Ever wondered how West Northamptonshire Council hands out contracts?

West Northamptonshire Council has provided an update over the Ukrainian resettlement scheme's finances

Council response following concerns about initial payment for Ukrainian refugees

Tunnels will take HS2 under three miles of Northamptonshire countryside

Council to spend £150,000 keeping an eye on HS2 work in Northamptonshire

Cllr Phil Larratt insists the £42-a-year garden waste charge will help pay for "things that are desperately needed"

Council confirms it's £42-a-year if you want garden bins collected

Council workers are contacting rough sleepers to offer somewhere warm as temeperatures are set to plummet tonight

Council call to get rough sleepers safe with temperatures set to plummet

West Northamptonshire Council has £2.6m of government money to help see people through winter

'Nobody should go cold or hungry,' vows council as winter help fund launched

Charities such has foodbanks are still working hard to support the most vulnerable during Covid

Council's £635,500 kitty to aid charities helping those hit hardest by pandemic

Ministers set care home staff a deadline to have two vaccine doses or face losing their jobs

Confusion over how many county care home staff missed 'no jabs, no job' deadline

Enjoy the fireworks in Daventry.

Family fun and fantastic fireworks at free event in Daventry

County Council chiefs will give schools £3million to meet the costs of making classrooms Covid-secure

Council's £3m kitty to ensure Northamptonshire schools won't be left footing bil...
Cash from Government grants goes towards work allowing students back into classrooms

The six things you can do to avoid getting ill this winter - according to the NH...

Northamptonshire County Council's headquarters at One Angel Square, Northampton

Council to run four Northamptonshire care homes nine years earlier than costly a...

The innovation centre next to the Catesby Tunnel had been earmarked for small engineering firms. Picture by Beth Walsh Photography

Council relaxes planning regulations to allow Catesby innovation centre to ‘pay ...

Daventry District Council will dispose of land on Eastern Way to the Secretary of State for Education, so that a new secondary school can be built.

Council accused of ‘not listening’ to Daventry residents on school proposals

A new rule on exit payment sums is behind some senior officers asking to retire early.

Early retirement requests of Northamptonshire's senior council officers could im...

A sketch of how the new school could look on the Eastern Way site.

Councillors should get ‘extra information’ before voting on new Daventry school ...

Daventry District Council made the pledge after declaring a climate emergency.

Council pledges to double tree cover in Daventry district over next decade

Daventry Leisure Centre is looking forward to welcoming customers back.

Pre-booking to become the norm as Daventry Leisure Centre looks forward to reope...

Bella had her thirteenth birthday at Arnold House without her family.

"When can I see my daughter again?" Council won’t tell mother whose 13-year-old...

Police warned to be “consistent” after using controversial tactics to enforce lo...