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Drivers can be fined up to £5,000 for vaping in vehicles

Drivers face £5,000 fine and nine points for vaping behind the wheel

A general view of BBC Broadcasting House, in central London. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Why women are more likely to be prosecuted for licence fee evasion?

A personal finance expert talks about what help is out there for the 10 million pensioners that won’t qualify for the winter fuel payments this year (Photo by Adobe Stock)

Alternative winter support payments if you're struggling with bills

Jess Phillips MP speaking at The Rally Against Violence Towards Women and Girls at Labour conference.

Minister says stopping VAWG should be everyone’s “core business”

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

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

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

Westminster

Chancellor must deliver growth focused budget

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1000s sign petition for MP expenses to end amid Fuel Allowance debate

They says expenses should be ‘redirected to support the Winter Fuel Payment’ ❄️

Alex Nelson

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Energy firm hands £200 grants to pensioners losing Winter Fuel Payment

Northamptonshire NFU chair Joe Stanley.

Farming leaders urge government to champion Northamptonshire businesses and food...

School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

England's primary schools are ranked based on one key measure (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How England's best performing primary schools are ranked

Thousands are eligible for a £500 support payment - but deadlines near

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the current curriculum is holding both schools and children back (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

How Labour could overhaul England's 'outdated' curriculum and exams

Jordan Parlour called for attack on asylum seeker hotel.

Watch: Police arrest man who called for attack on asylum seeker hotel

Teachers' unions have praised a proposed pay rise from the new government (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

What teachers say about government's new 'above inflation' pay offer

Childcare costs have forced parents to reduce their working hours

A car burns on Parliament Road, in Middlesbrough, during an anti-immigration riot. Credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

What being done to stop spread of misinformation amid UK Riots

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Household Support Fund decision looms as September deadline nears

Boomers save most, but Gen Z reckon they make their money work harder

In total, there were 1,677 STI diagnoses last year in West Northamptonshire

Highest number of syphilis cases in West Northants since records began

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Martin Lewis' alert as payments cut - pensioners can still get £1000s

As needs vary, PIP vouchers won't suit everyone with long term health conditions and disabilities.

Impact assessment needed on the proposed changes to Personal Independence Paymen...

Persistent disruptive behaviour was a big cause of suspensions (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty/Canva)

Why record numbers of children are being suspended or expelled

There's a lot of different support available for struggling families during the school holidays too (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Three kinds of help available for families during the summer holidays

Summer doesn’t mean children relying on free school meals will have to go without 🥣

Amber Allott

Sugary drink refills could be banned in proposals put forward by the Welsh government (Photo by Adobe Stock)

'Pointless': Diners slam plans to ban free sugary drink refills

Volunteers at Cotton End Park

Long Buckby park is officially recognised as one of the country’s best parks

The Labour Party already have a number of policies in the works focused on reforming education (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Teachers and schools set for big changes under Labour

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

Purple shaded area = old constituency boundary and Green outlines = new constituency boundaries.

Daventry candidates say they are committed to representing all constituents

Two curry houses are closing per week in the UK (Photo credit: NationalWorld/Joshua Resnick - stock.adobe.com)

'I own a curry house and I could be forced to close soon'

Junior doctors are striking for five days ahead of the general election. (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Junior doctors go on strike for 11th time - this is how much they make

A top teaching union has come up with a list of 10 post-election priorities that would help teachers and students most (Photo: NationalWorld/Getty Images)

Ten things teachers want from the next government

Promotional toys at the headquarters of Octopus Energy in London (Photo: LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Octopus Energy to repay £3 billion - what that means for customers

Actress Charlotte Riley plays with children at Warner Bros Studios at The WonderWorks, the first dedicated childcare facility at a UK film or TV studio (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

When free childcare will be extended to 30 hours - and how to apply

Philip Waller, 65, returned from a shopping trip last week to find that a broadband firm had erected the pole outside his house in Barnsley, South Yorks. Lee McLean/SWNS

Watch: Broadband pole was put outside my home but I had it taken down

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UK pubs face crisis as 80 closed per month in 2024 alone

DWP holiday warning to anyone claiming PIP or Universal Credit

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply

Claire Mercer, founder of Smart Motorways Kill, launched a one-day exhibition at Rotherham Titans Rugby Club to highlight the support to bring back the hard shoulder.

Video: Widow launches new exhibition in plea to end smart motorways

Experienced drivers are baffled by modern theory test questions.

Could you pass your driving theory test now? We put people to the test

The Black Horse pub in Cold Ashby. Credit: Google

Plans to convert run-down Northamptonshire village pub into shop and post office

Plans have been submitted to convert a pub in a rural Northamptonshire village into a community shop after it stopped trading more than four years ago.

Nadia Lincoln

Vet prescription fees could be capped as CMA launches an investigation

Foodbank distributing food

Outcry from celebrities as UK foodbank usage doubles

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Just Stop Oil protesters in their 80s ‘break’ Magna Carta glass.

Watch: Just Stop Oil protesters in their 80s ‘break’ Magna Carta glass

Inside the secret underground bunker

Watch: Inside top secret underground WWII bunker hidden in plain sight

Katie Coyne, 60, and husband Richard, 64, said the £57,000 energy bill from British Gas is “beyond a joke”.

Watch: 'We got a £57k bill from British Gas for our one bedroom home'

West Northants Council has published a list of roads set to benefit from the £2.7m of funding over the next two years. Credit: West Northamptonshire Council

£2.7m worth of roadworks and repairs to be funded by reallocated HS2 money

Mum of murdered teen Sasha Marsden died fighting to keep daughter’s killer David Minto in prison

Mum died fighting to keep daughter’s killer behind bars

The time is now to make an MOT on your money