Yesterday I joined 100 (Evening Telegraphs figures) local people from Kettering, Corby and Northampton in a march around Kettering to highlight and protest against the turning off of street lights across Kettering and the wider county by the misguided Conservative administration in county hall. Watch the video here:- The walk was attended by campaigners determined […]

I was amazed to see an innocent, if a little noisy, cockerel and his equally innocent owner, Carl Welch, being served with a noise abatement order. The situation has arisen from two neighbours complaining over the noise of the cockerels crowing in the mornings. In a local news article the owner, Carl Welch, explained that […]

Councillor Chris Lofts, Councillor for Brook Ward in Towcester, spoke at yesterdays Full Council meeting in County Hall, Northampton. He asked the County Council to overturn there decision to remove the companion travel passes for those eligible for concessionary travel. Chris highlighted a particular case in Towcester where a resident with two dependants, a son […]

It would be hard to find a high spot in the May local elections. But in spite of the results from Northampton where we lost two seats, there was a real success in Towcester. Following an excellent campaign in Towcester Martin Johns and Chris Lofts unseated two of the three Conservative councillors in the Brook […]

Having spoken to officers at NBC it is now clear they were not aware of the impending arrival of the Sales Office on this piece of land and in fact there is no reason they would be in fact. The structure is classed as temporary and as such does not need planning permission and also […]

On Saturday I was walking the St Crispin and Berrywood estates with a couple of residents surveying some of the issues around traffic movements and the state of some the drains and kerbs which are shortly due to be replaced by the developer in the coming month or so. It was quickly brought to my […]

Lib Dem candidates today gathered at Delapre Abbey to launch the Manifesto for a further 4 years in the Guildhall making a real difference for the people of Northampton. Cllr Brian Hoare, Lib Dem leader of the Borough Council, states in the foreword to the Manifesto “The town is at a crossroads making the result […]

This document has been compiled by the Liberal Democrat Administration on Northampton Borough Council exposing the narrow minded somewhat blinkered view of their Conservative opposition who recent issues a similar document which exposes their inability to see any positives in the last 4 years and seems only to want ot mislead and misdirect the voting […]

Various charity and community groups in Northampton have been successful in securing grant funding from Northampton Borough Council’s Community Enabling Fund set up to support and help communities in the town. Following an invitation last year to submit bids for available grant funding of £577,500, an increase of more than £25,000 on the previous year’s […]

Conservative Councillors have announced that they might walk away from the Grosvenor Greyfriars redevelopment if they were to win the election in May. Cllr Richard Church, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration and Planning Councillor Richard Church, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Planning says: “Northampton is at a cross roads, and this is a once […]