NN Journal
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An independent, news provider for Northamptonshire. Described as ‘excellent’ by Private Eye.
Exclusive from us today. Farage makes false claim about Northants council savings.
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Not true, Nigel: Farage makes bogus claim about £1m council savings
Exclusive: A fact check of Farage’s national TV claim shows he is making up the numbers
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July 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Exclusive from us today. Farage makes false claim about Northants council savings.
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Northants Reform UK accused of being ‘paper tiger’ as despite national announcements they decide staff CAN continue to work from home.
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‘National politics colliding with local reality’
West Northants council’s new administration dismissed as ‘paper tigers’, as staff told working from home can continue despite national threats
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July 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Northants Reform UK accused of being ‘paper tiger’ as despite national announcements they decide staff CAN continue to work from home.
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One year on from its election success, things have turned sour for Labour in Northants. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...
Friday brief: Labour MP’s foul-mouthed rant and a council leader with an upheld bullying complaint
One year on from Labour’s election to national government all is not good within the party, especially in the North of the county
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July 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
One year on from its election success, things have turned sour for Labour in Northants. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...
Northants Exclusive from us today www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/council-bo...
Council boss who sat on ‘incompetent’ housing company board is leaving the authority
Rebecca Purnell is leaving West Northamptonshire Council, however the authority is tightlipped over whether her departure is down to her seat on Northamptonshire Partnership Homes’s board
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June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Northants Exclusive from us today www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/council-bo...
Sickening mismanagement and questionable decisions, as three major in Northampton social housing projects fail. Calls for a public inquiry as just 24 homes built at cost of £25m. And many more millions needed to be spent to recover the situation. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/its-a-majo...
'It's a major scandal'
‘Wreckless incompetence’ levelled at housing company and public inquiry calls, as three Northampton failed social housing schemes cost taxpayers millions
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June 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Sickening mismanagement and questionable decisions, as three major in Northampton social housing projects fail. Calls for a public inquiry as just 24 homes built at cost of £25m. And many more millions needed to be spent to recover the situation. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/its-a-majo...
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Reform UK ‘has nothing to say’ on councillor’s sharing of far right group's content
Plasterer Ivan Dabbs is the new councillor for Deanshanger and just like with his colleague Ron Firman, Reform UK has nothing to say on his past social media activity
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May 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
And another one www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
Delighted if you would follow @wearecawn.bsky.social advice and subscribe. It’s going to be an interesting few weeks/months/ years in Northants under Reform’s control and we’ll be there to report and investigate.
This local election has been far from run-of-the-mill. We’ve followed it with interest as we know that the councillors elected now will have a huge effect on the future of our area and its residents. Worth subscribing to @nnjournal.bsky.social for top notch local reporting throughout.
May 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Delighted if you would follow @wearecawn.bsky.social advice and subscribe. It’s going to be an interesting few weeks/months/ years in Northants under Reform’s control and we’ll be there to report and investigate.
It’s local elections in Northants. If you’re interested follow our blog. First impressions are that Reform look v happy! www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/its-electi...
It's election results day. Follow the Northants action with us here
This post will be updated throughout the day bringing you the twists and turns of both West and North unitary elections
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May 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It’s local elections in Northants. If you’re interested follow our blog. First impressions are that Reform look v happy! www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/its-electi...
New from us today. One person who won’t be getting elected to West Northants as a Reform UK candidate. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
Reform UK wannabe’s political bid ends before it starts
A racist post made by Lawrence McKenzie-Mockridge has emerged, although he insists it is not the reason he has quit his May election bid.
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March 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New from us today. One person who won’t be getting elected to West Northants as a Reform UK candidate. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
We’ve spoken to the mothers whose stories are told in new Netflix drama Toxic Town and ask are there other health issues in Corby that need to be investigated?
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Toxic Town?
They won their fight for justice and now a group of mothers who took on Corby Borough Council in the 2000s are hoping a big budget Netflix drama will raise the dangerous issue of toxic waste once more
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February 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We’ve spoken to the mothers whose stories are told in new Netflix drama Toxic Town and ask are there other health issues in Corby that need to be investigated?
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As Reform UK begins to poll as the country’s most popular party here is the Northants take. It now has 7 branches and took 18 per cent of local votes in last year’s general election. May’s local elections will be telling of how far or not they’ve come since then.
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Reform UK has ‘momentum’ for Northants May elections, says insider
With less than 100 days to the local elections in May, Reform UK has now established seven branches in Northants
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February 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As Reform UK begins to poll as the country’s most popular party here is the Northants take. It now has 7 branches and took 18 per cent of local votes in last year’s general election. May’s local elections will be telling of how far or not they’ve come since then.
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Northants Police has had a scandal ridden couple of years. The new chief constable hopes to make the service better. Read our report.
‘I will do everything I can do make Northamptonshire Police much better’
NN Journal speaks to new chief constable Ivan Balhatchet about his plans to turn the Northants Police force around
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January 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Northants Police has had a scandal ridden couple of years. The new chief constable hopes to make the service better. Read our report.
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Can North Northants really wait another decade for a new hospital?
Work will not start until 2032 at the earliest and there's no date for when a new facility will be completed.
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January 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Exclusive from us today about the tragic death of a mum who died after a routine scan at Northampton General www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/mother-of-...
Mother of seven died at Northampton General after routine scan
The children of Yvonne Graham say almost a year on they are still awaiting an inquest hearing to get answers about their mother’s sudden death
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January 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Exclusive from us today about the tragic death of a mum who died after a routine scan at Northampton General www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/mother-of-...
Is there any mileage left in the south Midlands devolution deal? www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/devolution...
Devolution gone south
Neighbour councils do not want to go into partnership with Northants, leaving the two unitaries high and dry
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January 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Is there any mileage left in the south Midlands devolution deal? www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/devolution...