Duel Carriageway may Ruin Battlefield

UPDATE 23rd February 2007 ''There certainly is a need, rather a necessity to build a duel carriageway ring road around Northampton town center. At the moment you have only one road to travel from one side to another. Even this one road is a problem, look at the number of...

NH1 plate may be worth £250,000

''Not only should Northampton Borough Council sell this number plate, they should also sell any other council owned cars, property and asset's which are not really necessary to carrying out the function of managing the Town. It's called cutting your cloth to fit the...

'Wrongly accused need change in law'

"A MAN from Northamptonshire who was falsely accused of rape has said a law which prevents his accuser's name being revealed has "failed" men like him. Warren Blackwell, of Woodford Halse, was wrongly found guilty of indecently assaulting a woman who turned out to be a serial...

How to Stop Junk Mail.

As the results of a nationwide survey by Royal Mail revealed junk mail was our biggest pet hate, new laws could soon allow even more of the stuff to flood through our letterboxes. The words above are from ketteringtoday.co.uk Photo Source : ketteringtoday.co.uk ''Yes it is...

Police told: save cash by using small words

CHATTY constables will be handed a special CD encouraging them to use shorter words and sentences . . . as they are spending too much time on their police radios.Image Courtesy of:Supt Bob Smart, head of Northamptonshire Police’s communications department...

Urban Development Corporations

"Urban Development Corporations (UDCs) are non-departmental public bodies which were established under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. They were limited-life bodies tasked with a broad remit to secure the regeneration of their designated areas and were all...