Talking Point
Taking lead in engaging with people
RECENTLY The University of Northampton signed the Manifesto for Public Engagement - 'The Engaged University' - in partnership with the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). With
Blowing the whistle on cheap deals
Most people who know me, know I am late for virtually everything. As a councillor, there is always the excuse that the previous meeting or event over-ran which is why you are late for the current one.
Town has plenty to celebrate in such a busy year
NORTHAMPTON Borough Council's events team works with other groups and organisations to arrange a host of exciting events around the town and there is so much to celebrate this year that I almost don't
I am hoping for the Tories' time flies
Well this year, I am finally going to have to give in and admit that my elders have got it right when they tell me that the older you get then the faster each Christmas and New Year seems to come
Party's helped to make difference
What have the Liberal Democrats ever done for us? The Chancellor's autumn statement cast a pretty gloomy picture. The economic crisis caused by the banks, who were allowed to get away with just about
Times change but police priorities are still the same
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Police have very recently been presented with a portrait of policing through the ages. From the origination of policing with Robert Peel's first officers - the original front line -
My time keeping diary is an election day reminder
I DO not know about you but in the run up to the festive season my time just seems to vanish into thin air. So, I have started to keep a detailed diary of what I have been up to in the simple hope of
Taking time to thank country's true heroes
I WOULD like to open this column by mentioning the Remembrance Day services held on Sunday. My wife and I rotate between Wellingborough and Rushden services each year. I attended the Wellingborough
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Star Trek's Patrick in Silverstone driving seat
A HOST of famous faces took to the tarmac at Silverstone race track to launch the venue's celebrity challenge. The race will see an all-star line-up competing at the famous Grand Prix circuit on July
Rise in bogus tattoo stores prompts alert
Children as young as 13 are being warned they are putting themselves at risk of catching HIV, hepatitis or blood poisoning if they use illegal tattoo parlours. This hard hitting message is being
Victim bottled in nightclub attack
A NIGHTCLUBER was hit in the face with a broken bottle. The incident occurred in Fever nightclub, Northampton on Thursday between 2.30am and 3am. A man was dancing on the dancefloor with a friend when
Bank burgled
TWO men driving a stolen pick-up truck burgled a bank. They broke into HSBC in Waterside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton, in the early hours of last Thursday morning. The building houses some of the
Vandals force safety re-think
A SHOCKED nursery is having to boost security measures after they were raided by vandals twice in less than a fortnight. Kings Pre-School, on Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton was first
Three arrested in child sex images probe
THREE men have been arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing indecent images of children. On May 4, officers detained a 39-year-old man from an address in Hargrave, and on May 14, a
The £10m girl...and Pudsey's set for fame and fortune too
BRITAIN'S Got Talent winners Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey could be barking all the way to the bank to the tune of £10 million. The duo, who triumphed in Saturday's final played out before 14 million TV
Boy's punch fends off van kidnapper
AN 11-year-old boy escaped abduction thanks to his training from a local boxing club. The youngster, who the Herald & Post has agreed not to name, knocked the would-be kidnapper to the ground with a
'Crush' club starting new life as 24hr gym
WORK has begun at a former nightclub where two students were crushed to death, to convert the building into a gym. Lava & Ignite became the focus of police investigations last October, when
£30m station will sell town 'globally'
THE £30 million redevelopment of Northampton's train station will help sell the town around the world, according to one MP. Northampton South representative Brian Binley made this bold statement
