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Parent Power 2024: The Times releases its list of Best UK schools & league table

The Sunday Times releases Parent Power 2024 UK guide

Phil Dowson (photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Time to stay grounded as Dowson's Saints prepare for derby-day battle at Tigers

Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images.

17,700 more jobs available in the East Midlands by 2027 due to automation

Stunning pictures as the northern lights lit up our skies for a second night.

‘Stunning’ northern lights spotted over Northamptonshire skies

Rory Hutchinson (photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Hutchinson ready to rediscover his best form for Saints

Police were called to a 'welfare report' just before 5pm on Wednesday

M1 reopens in Northampton after police called to 'welfare report'

Areas with worst bakers revealed ahead of new GBBO season

School children perform for Futures' customers

School choir performs for Futures Housing Group customers

The county has plenty to offer...

Nine reasons to love Northamptonshire

The Skylark Lodge at Brook Meadow viewed from across the campsite's five-acre fishing lake

Brook Meadow offers award-winning accommodation in a tranquil setting

In West Northamptonshire a total of 27,554 working days were lost across the 2021/2022 academic year, with 73.4% of teachers taking sickness absence that year.

The nine West Northants Schools with highest teacher sickness levels
A union has said that the figures “reflect the reality that teachers are increasingly suffering stress, overwork and burnout.”

A heat-health warning has been extended across Northamptonshire.

Heat-health warning extended until next week as temperatures remain high

Thunderstorms are set to hit Northamptonshire over the weekend (June 10).

Met Office issues weather warning for thunderstorms - during heat-health alert

The sun is set to shine on Northamptonshire this weekend - so much so a heat-health alert has been issued.

County included in first ever heat-health alert issued by Government

More cycling and walking schemes could soon be implemented across West Northamptonshire.

£600,000 of Government funding awarded to fund cycling and walking schemes

There will be a full house at cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday

Full house at the Gardens as Saints welcome Saracens

Myles Gorey, Megan Fitzsimons and Shane DeHayes launch the Miller Homes Community Fund

Northamptonshire charities to benefit from £10,000 community fund

Hayfever sufferers have been warned their symptoms could be out in full force this week

Hayfever warning as first ‘pollen bomb’ of the year hits UK

National Highways has issued a severe weather alert

National Highways issue severe weather alert in parts of the UK

A new format has been agreed for the Mobbs Memorial Match

New format agreed for Mobbs Memorial Match

Hoping to enjoy a carefree holiday

Unorganised holdaymakers wasting enough money when booking holiday

Nurses braving freezing temperatures to form a picket line.

Biggest NHS walkout in history gets underway today

The machinery was found on the westbound verge of the A14 between junction one (for Welford) and the M6/A14/M1 junction 19 Catthorpe Interchange.

Huge piece of agricultural machinery found on the side of A14

Some East Midlands Ambulance Service staff will strike for 24 hours in January.

Two more days of strikes for EMAS staff over ‘increasingly bitter’ pay dispute

Hannah Rose has been named wedding planner of the year for the East Midlands region.

Wedding planner wins regional award and makes national shortlist

A woman holds a basket of goods in a supermarket.

UK’s favourite supermarkets study shows divide between north and south

LNER Azuma train

Plan your Easter escape as LNER Easter tickets go on sale

Gritters have been out already on Northamptonshire's roads — but are likely to be even busier as temperatures tumble this week

Met Office issues cold weather amber warning Arctic blast set to hit county
Officials’ advice to look after friends and family who may be vulnerable to cold as mercury poised to hit MINUS 7°C

Trussell Trust food banks can be found all over the country including in Weston Favell and Towcester.

'This is not right': Food bank demand among children quadrupled over five years

Children aged two and older are usually given the flu vaccine as a nasal spray. It's quick and painless and feels like a tickle

More under-fives with flu in hospitals – here’s how to get your child vaccinated

The Barbarians will be heading to the Gardens on Saturday

'Phenomenal spectacle' in prospect as Saints get set to host Barbarians

Nurses at Kettering General Hospital will join walkouts in NHS Trusts across the country in a dispute over pay and patient safetey

KGH nurses and ambulance staff vote to join strike over pay and patient safety

The charities will be offering emotional and practical support to deaf people living with cancer in Northamptonshire.

Charity partnership for improved support for deaf people living with cancer

Saints' Wheelchair Rugby side are the champions (picture: Claire Jones/RedHatPhoto.com

Higgins so proud as Saints Wheelchair Rugby side grab glory

Property prices continued to rise across Northamptonshire in May — but experts warn a slowdown may be coming

County house prices rising, but for how long as cost of living crisis bites?

Firefighters battle a field fire near Kettering on Thursday (July 7)

‘Extreme temperatures’ set to hit Northamptonshire next week

First results of the census 2021 have been released.

Census 2021: First results show population has grown significantly in a decade

NHS chiefs hope World Blood Donor Day will bring a much-needed boost to donations across Northamptonshire

NHS plea for help as number of blood donors dwindles in county

Alex Waller

Experience helps Saints prop Waller put derby-day battle in perspective

There are no reported cases of Monkeypox in Northamptonshire.

'No cases of monkeypox in Northamptonshire', says public health boss

A bigger salary doesn’t equal more job satisfaction, study finds

Thousands more people in West Northamptonshire are relying on foodbanks than before the pandemic

Anti-poverty warning as thousands more forced to rely on food banks

wxcharts.com weather map shows strong winds gusting through the Midlands on Thursday

Gusts of 50mph-plus to hit county, more frosts and Easter washout all forecast

New number plates: where can I charge my new EV?

Karl Wilkins

Wilkins targets regular game time after grabbing his first Saints try
Scoring your first Saints try in an East Midlands derby should make it a day to remember.

Research reveals new homes cut energy costs by over £400 per year.

New homes cut energy costs by over £400 per year

Chris Ashton

Leicester Tigers sign former Saints wing Ashton

The government published its Levelling Up White Paper but it contained no new initiatives for West Northants

Levelling Up plan is short on detail and leaves us short-changed, says Labour

Steve Borthwick

'Saints are an outstanding team', says Tigers boss Borthwick

These are the locations in the UK with the most expensive gardener rates – and t...

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The hardest...and easiest...places to take your driving test in Northamptonshire

House prices rose by an average 0.7 percent in West Northants, according to latest monthly figures

Good news for home owners house prices rise more than East Midlands average

Today only - children can video call Santa with their Christmas wishes

Food banks in Northamptonshire are busier now than they were pre-pandemic. (File picture).

Food bank use across county area remains higher than pre-pandemic, figures show

While it starts its life in December, this site is not just for Christmas

Up to 70 jobs are coming to Daventry this December in big move by Dunelm