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1 week ago | 
bbc.co.uk | James Grant |Pete Cooper
Image source, James Grant/BBCImage caption, The Odeon LUXE in Northampton had opened at the site of the former CineworldBBC News, NorthamptonshireBBC News, NorthamptonshireA new cinema has opened at the site of a former Cineworld which closed earlier this year. An Odeon Luxe will operate from Sixfields Leisure in Weedon Road, Northampton.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Pete Cooper |Laura Coffey
Image source, SuppliedImage caption, Mark Arnull is the leader of West Northamptonshire Council after Reform UK took council of the authorityBBC News, NorthamptonshireBBC political reporter, NorthamptonshireThe Reform UK leader of West Northamptonshire Council has stood by two councillors criticised for posts on social media.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Kate Bradbrook |Pete Cooper
Relief as treatment for rare condition is extendedKate Bradbrook & Pete CooperBBC News, NorthamptonshireBBCThe drug Brineura has added "years" on to eight-year-old Isaac's life, his mother Aimee Tilley (left) saidA mother says she and her family can "live again" after access to her son's life-enhancing treatment for a rare genetic disorder was extended.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Sam Read |Pete Cooper
The developer behind a plan to renovate a disused former Art Deco bingo hall, cinema and theatre said was his biggest project yet. The Ritz building in Rushden, Northamptonshire, first opened in 1936 and was most recently Flutters Bingo and Social Club. It was bought by Oliver Mcloughlin from Investment Street for £400,000 after it was put up for sale for £625,000 in late 2022. He said he was "going out on limb" by taking on the building.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Pete Cooper
A health boss at a county's NHS that has declared a critical incident said its hospitals had been dealing with high demand for more than a month. The NHS in Northamptonshire said there was mounting pressure on health services, which were at full capacity. Ongoing demand, particularly at Northampton and Kettering general hospitals, culminated in the escalation. Dr Naomi Caldwell, deputy chief medical officer, said A&E departments were "incredibly busy".
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Pete Cooper
Northampton Town manager Jon Brady stepped down on Thursday after three and a half years in charge of the team. He led the club back to League One in 2023, but left with the club 21st in the table following a 2-0 defeat at Stevenage. What did those who follow the Cobblers make of his departure and his time at the club? 'It was more than just football'Fan Martin Maloney said he understood why Brady resigned. "Some things are more important than sport," he said. "You've got your own health and family.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mousumi Bakshi |Kate Bradbrook |Pete Cooper
As rain battered the windows on Sunday night, it became clear to residents in Northamptonshire that widespread flooding would be happening again - just weeks after the county got a soaking in September. The aftermath of Storm Bert has seen a major incident being declared, with many people forced to leave their homes, roads being closed and a railway station being submerged.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Pete Cooper
People connected to a nightclub that in its heyday hosted La Toya Jackson and Steve Wright have organised a reunion evening 33 years after the venue closed. Top of The Town in Northampton first opened as working men's club in 1978, and was turned into a nightclub in the early 1980s and closed in 1991. In 1988 the venue was bought by the Cohen family, and it was managed by Pete Cohen, who was the father of the rugby player Ben Cohen and the brother of footballer George Cohen.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Pete Cooper
A nurse who was caught drinking at work and offering alcoholic drinks to her colleagues has been struck off the nursing register. Jenny Steer was the clinical lead at Country View Nursing Home in Kettering, Northamptonshire. She drank alcohol while on shift and in the presence of colleagues between December 2019 and July 2020, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) heard. Miss Steer did not attend the hearing, but apologised in a written submission to a previous hearing.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Pete Cooper
Stanwick Lakes nature reserve hopes to make the area as accessible as possible [Stanwick Lakes]Generate Key TakeawaysA nature reserve has begun raising funds to build what it claims will be one of the county's most accessible playgrounds. Stanwick Lakes in Northamptonshire has already installed a roundabout for wheelchair users and an accessible swing. The attraction now wants to build a fully accessible play tower, similar to its current adventure play area.
