Showing posts with label Northamptonshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Northamptonshire. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 01, 2026

Former Reform UK councillor joins the Lib Dem group on West Northamptonshire

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Jonathan Harris (left) and Kathryn Shaw. Photo: West Northants Lib Dems    NN Journal reports some unexpected news from Northamptonshire: ...
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Saturday, July 11, 2026

Black market weight-loss jab factory found in stately home

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Our Headline of the Day comes from BBC News .  I noticed that Lord Bonkers was taking a keen interest in the finer details of the story.
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

New chair of North Northamptonshire Council stands down over social media posts

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Another triumph for Reform UK's vetting of its candidates. NN Journal reports: The Reform UK chairman of North Northamptonshire Council...
Sunday, June 07, 2026

The Joy of Six 1529

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Chris Dillow on Labour's mistaken strategy: "All good businesspeople know that it’s easier to keep a customer than to win a new on...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

The suspicions of Beaver Hateman: Kate Summerscale on the Uncle Books

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I read the first ‘Uncle’ book in the British Council library in Santiago, Chile, when I was about eight and my father was working as a diplo...
Friday, May 01, 2026

Finedon was once one of Northamptonshire's four largest towns

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At the time of the Domesday Book the four largest settlement in Northamptonshire were Northampton, Brackley, Rushton and Finedon. The first ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Police watchdog investigates Northamptonshire force over allegations of perverting the course of justice

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BBC News has reported the extraordinary story of Nadine Buzzard-Quashie's arrest by Northamptonshire police: Body-worn video of a woman...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Secret Northamptonshire on the building of the Welland Viaduct

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I wouldn't call the Welland Viaduct exactly secret: it's nearly three-quarters of a mile long, 60 feet hight, contains 30 million b...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Three Catholic churches have closed in Northamptonshire

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Holy Trinity, Desborough Opponents of the moved vowed to "take this fight to the Vatican" , but as far as I know the closure of th...
Friday, March 06, 2026

The LNWR branch line from Weedon to Leamington Spa

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It's time we had another good disused railway video. This one follows the route of the old LNWR branch line between Weedon and Leamingto...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Boudicca the three-legged beaver is rewilding Rushden Lakes

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Talk about burying the lede. BBC News has a story about Alan and Boudicca, the beavers at Rushden Lakes – they've featured here before ...
Monday, February 02, 2026

When Peter Lee took 8-13 for Great Bowden

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Embed from Getty Images Peter Lee , the former Northamptonshire and Lancashire seam bowler, has died at the age of 80. He grew up near Marke...
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

The end is near for Desborough's Lawrence Shoe Factory

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The former Lawrence Shoe Factory in Desborough is likely to be demolished later this year, reports BBC News . As I can catch a bus to Desbor...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

The Joy of Six 1458

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"Sounding like a mob boss when speaking at Trump’s press conference at the weekend, secretary of state Marco Rubio told the world that ...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Joy of Six 1452

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Peter Jukes says Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev must be investigated in a new public inquiry into Russian influence "If you are y...
Saturday, December 06, 2025

Like Mr Bumble, one master of Brixworth Workhouse ended as an inmate of his own establishment

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Replying to a comment on my post on Brixworth, I referred a the writer to a page on Brixworth Workhouse . Having done a little more research...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

Folk horror, Saxons and the workhouse: Brixworth on a sunny winter's afternoon

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I went to Brixworth yesterday afternoon. It's a large village between Market Harborough and Northampton famous for its Saxon church. (Th...
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Thursday, November 27, 2025

A Very Private School by Charles Spencer

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A Very Private School: A Memoir Charles Spencer William Collins, 2025, £10.99 There used to be two prestigious prep schools near Market Harb...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

The Joy of Six 1435

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"The real scandal here is the behaviour of the board. As Patrick Barwise and Peter York detailed in their 2020 book The War on the BBC,...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Redevelopment scheme for derelict Desborough factory site falls through – again

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It comes as no great shock to anyone who has followed the site's history, but the Central Co-op has pulled out of a deal that would have...
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