There are signs of spring at last, but perhaps not too late for more grit bins that residents have requested. In the cold weather, a number of requests were made by residents for grit bins. One is being provided, in Rennishaw way, but in Masefield way, Arthur St. and Ainsdale close residents requests were rejected […]

Consultation Meetings on new Dragon Mounds Wednesday 10th March 4.30pm – 7.00pm The Picturedrome, Kettering Road 7.30pm – 9.00pm Leicester Street Community Rooms Come along and have your say Following last year’s consultation meetings with local residents about plans for a ‘dragon mound’ play area at the Barrack Road end of The Racecourse the Friends […]

Work is progressing well with new play facilities. The Planning Committee unanimously backed the planning application, which will allow for one particularly tall piece of play equipment, which will be set in the dip and close to the trees. It is expected that the play ground will be open in April to allow time for […]

People in Northampton will have the chance to get involved in deciding how the Borough Council spends money on services. Northampton Borough Council is inviting local people to discuss its proposed budget at: The Guildhall, Northampton on 4 February from 6.30pm. Neighbourhood Partnership 8 meeting held at Barry Road School, on Wednesday 3 February from […]

The 7 different consultation events that were held during October concerning play space on The Racecourse resulted in 203 people completing surveys, including 72 children & young people aged 6-13 yrs.  Apart from 3 people who had concerns about any new play space at all being provided, everyone else recorded their support and enthusiasm for the new play space with […]

Richard attended a meeting organised by Labour MP Sally Keeble at Kingsley Primary School on Saturday. He hadn’t been invited, but since it was discussing the future of the County Council owned Raeburn Special School, it seemed approprite that the County Councillor for the area may be able to help. It was made clear to Andrew Simpson that […]

Despite promises by the County Council, work to repair and repaint the mini roundabout have stil not been done. The County Council told us the work would be done by mid November, as reported in the recent Focus. We are awaiting a reply on why, despite promises, this work has not been done.

The Local Police Safer Community Team hold regular surgeries for local people. The next dates are:- Co-op Kingsley Park Terrace Thursday 19th November 2.30pm-4.30pm 10th of every month (next is on Thursday 10th December) Morrisions Supermarket 5pm-7pm

Using the mobile speed gun purchased using Richard Church’s Councillor empowerment fund, the Police have targetted Kettering Rd, Kingsley Rd, The Drive and Hazeldene Rd to tackle nuisance and danger caused by speeding traffic in residential areas. So far, nearly 90 vehicles have been found to be over the 30mph speed limit. 16 of these were […]

Tesco’s on Kingsley Park Terrace is now open. If you like to speak to a real person when you do your shopping, you won’t like it. It is one of the first Tesco convenience stores in the country to have an an entirely self service checkout. At the moment, there are helpful assistants to tell […]