Katie Wheatley

1 day ago | northamptonchron.co.uk | Katie Wheatley

A star of Channel 4’s Hunted, who is from Northampton, has revealed how her decade-long military career left her with PTSD and afraid to leave the house. Reflecting on her own journey, Nichola says that PTSD symptoms began to surface during her time in the service. This included cognitive decline and severe anxiety, which she had never experienced before. “People around me remarked that I had become a shell of myself,” she said. “It felt like I was always a step behind myself.

1 day ago | northamptonchron.co.uk | Katie Wheatley

The county is set to welcome around 1,000 people to an event raising awareness of gluten intolerance and coeliac disease next month. Before Nicola was appointed in her role at the county’s Healthcare Foundation Trust in October 2022, there had never been a specialist coeliac dietitian in Northamptonshire – and there are very few across the UK. “In the past, people with coeliac disease have been seen once and are left to get on with it,” Nicola previously told the Chronicle & Echo.

1 day ago | northamptonchron.co.uk | Katie Wheatley

Corner House, located in Long Buckby, is being sold by Lea Davidson and he wanted to share this five-bedroom, Grade II listed property with Chronicle & Echo readers. What makes this such a unique opportunity is that the sale includes £600,000 of enabling development funds, which is a rare planning application which took eight years to obtain. The house dates from the early 1600s, with later Victorian and Georgian additions, and Lea says this is “an unusual situation for a residential sale”.

2 days ago | northamptonchron.co.uk | Katie Wheatley

The co-founder of a cafe at the heart of Northampton town centre has shared his ambitious plans to extend and expand just a year after opening. Having seen great success over the first year – which includes building up their five star reviews – the pair wanted to share their achievements with the community. Haval and Sherwan have worked in the hospitality industry for eight and seven years respectively, and they decided to join forces to launch their first business.

2 days ago | northamptonchron.co.uk | Katie Wheatley

A 31-year-old Northampton woman, who has been battling breast cancer over the past “nightmare year”, has been touched by a recent fundraiser completed by her family and friends. “Tim and I only got married in February last year,” Kim told the Chronicle & Echo. “I found a lump in April and was diagnosed on May 16. I’m only 31 and had to quit my job.