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• Exeter Chiefs vs Northampton Saints - BBC

  11-05-2025 16:05 via news.google.com
  
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• School programme tackles online abuse in football

  16-10-2026 07:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northampton Town Community Trust hopes the scheme will help students recognise harmful behaviour.
  
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• Hospice experience 'not what people expect'

  16-10-2026 07:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anne attends weekly hospice sessions in Lakelands Hospice in Corby to socialise with other patients.
  
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• Why is it so hard to reapply for a blue badge?

  16-10-2026 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After an amputee was turned down for a new blue badge, others tell the BBC of similar struggles.
  
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• Travis Perkins dip in sales blamed on 'uncertainty'

  15-10-2026 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The building materials group cites "challenging market conditions" for a fall in revenue.
  
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• Downing Street Christmas honour for farmers

  15-10-2026 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A tree grown in York and a wreath from Liskeard will take pride of place at No 10 this December.
  
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• Mum critical of delays to ADHD and autism assessments

  15-10-2026 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The charity ADHD UK backs parents and says "it's outrageous, because life doesn't stop".
  
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• Harshita Brella case to be raised by attorney general

  15-10-2026 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The body of Harshita Brella, 24, from Corby, was found in a car boot in London almost two years ago.
  
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• Salem, the three-legged cat, is celebrated in books

  15-10-2026 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Salem, a much-loved town cat that died this year, will be remembered in stories by local authors.
  
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• Boy, 13, arrested after car crashes at bridge

  14-10-2026 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A road is closed and a teenager is arrested on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent.
  
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• Arrest after bomb hoax puts school into lockdown

  14-10-2026 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of communicating false information over email.
  
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• Bids sought to fill community transport gaps

  14-10-2026 07:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Council appeals for interested parties to apply for £100,000 funding after Towcester bus link ends.
  
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• Justice project helps with village flood defence

  14-10-2026 07:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Offenders help move sandbags to protect a village from flooding in the future.
  
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• Audio bus displays a 'game changer' says blind man

  14-10-2026 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hugh Spence says taking part in a test bus journey feels like he has been "listened to".
  
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• England prop Iyogun signs new Northampton contract

  13-10-2026 11:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northampton Saints loosehead prop Manny Iyogun signs a new contract with the Prem champions.
  
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• Campaigner dismayed as bypass plan is dropped

  12-10-2026 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Graham Rait questions the government's stance that the bypass is not "value for money".
  
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• Consultation launched for car parking charges

  12-10-2026 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A local council is considering parking charges in parts of Wellingborough and Rushden.
  
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• Charities use council HQ to offer frontline help

  12-10-2026 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MIND and Citizens Advice are both holding sessions at Corby Town Council's building.
  
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• Police unit pulls plug on Palantir AI technology

  12-10-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five police forces decide not to continue using software from a US tech firm after a two-year trial.
  
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• Never gonna give it up says Waterman of train hobby

  12-10-2026 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Music producer Pete Waterman quoted from the 80s hit as his latest model railway went on show.
  
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• Winner crowned at World Conker Championships

  11-10-2026 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Frankie Hooper is "ecstatic" after beating the winner of the men's tournament to clinch the title.
  
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• 'I went from losing my sight to styling the stars'

  11-10-2026 07:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  JJ Savani says his life changed when a mystery donor paid for him to do a barbering course.
  
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• 'Can't see the Bayeux Tapestry? Here's our Mapestry'

  11-10-2026 07:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The work of art celebrates the town's history through fabric, thread, appliqué and embroidery.
  
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• Northampton outgun Bath in 119-point thriller

  10-10-2026 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northampton win a high-octane 18-try thriller at home to Bath, the second highest-scoring game in English top-flight history.
  
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• Weetabix plans major revamp at HQ built in 1932

  10-10-2026 07:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans include redeveloping its Brooklands warehouse site in Burton Latimer to make way for a new office building.
  
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• Two MPs criticise approval of major solar farm

  10-10-2026 07:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservative MPs Stuart Andrew and Sarah Bool oppose the construction of Green Hill Solar Farm.
  
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• Mum retires from cafe set up in son's memory

  10-10-2026 07:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Denise Mackay helped found a community cafe in 2014 after her son, who had addiction issues, died.
  
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• Teenager, 15, denies 22 sexual offences

  09-10-2026 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 15-year-old is due to stand trial at Northampton Crown Court in October 2027.
  
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• Boy, 15, denies 22 sexual offences

  09-10-2026 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The teenager is due to stand trial at Northampton Crown Court in October 2027.
  
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• Caluori back for Saracens as teams ring changes

  09-10-2026 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Team news from round three of Prem Rugby as Noah Calouri makes his first appearance of the season for Saracens.
  
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