It’s the year that keeps on giving for The Lowdown, a local charity which support young people on their journey towards positive emotional health and wellbeing.This year they have celebrated their 30th Birthday, been recipients of The Queens Award for Voluntary Services and been chosen as the Mayor’s Charity. The organisation are now rightfully celebrating […]

Rail Union RMT has declared it will encourage all staff members of the  London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway to go on strike every saturday through to January 2020. The strike will occur on Nov 23, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14, Dec 21 and Dec 28. This will mean extremely limited services for […]

A seven-year-old girl devastated by the theft of her new bike is back in the saddle after her local neighbourhood policing officer stepped in to help. Sienna, of Northampton, was left heartbroken after her bike was stolen earlier this year, and later found abandoned significantly damaged and what appeared beyond repair. PC Matt Evans of […]

‘Report what you see’ plea from Northamptonshire police after a vehicle used in illegal hare coursing is seized. Rural crime officers at Northamptonshire police seized a red Suzuki Vitara in Irchester last month using powers under Section 59 of the Police Reform Act. The vehicle came to police attention after reports from locals that it […]

Fashion students at the University of Northampton have created a line of clothing that’s made entirely from fabric offcuts originally destined for landfill. Scottish tartan manufacturer Lochcarron of Scotland donated 150kg of selvedge (the self-finished edge of fabric) offcuts to final year students on the University’s Fashion, Textiles for Fashion and Footwear & Accessories courses. […]