I will be joining Northampton Borough Council’s housing team in an estate walkabout in Kingsley next Tuesday (8 September). The walkabouts give residents the chance to meet and let their housing officers know about environmental issues that are concerning them to make the area a better place to live. Residents interested in taking part are asked […]

Door to door glass collections for recycling are to be extended to all homes which do not have wheelie bins, but have black sack collections. This will include streets like Poets Corner and Holly Rd. Earlier this year over 65,000 households in Northampton received new black glass recycling boxes and over 700 tones of glass was […]

Free Summer celebration event for 13-19 year olds 28th August 4pm-6pm The Racecourse (Near booking Office) Free BBQ (First come first served- phone the number below to check availability) Football Cricket Rounders Skating Fun Inflatables Football Shoot out and Super Hero Sumo Wrestling For more info contact the Borough Council Sports development team on 01604 […]

Friends of the Raceourse have successfully bid for £49,000 for a new play area for 8-13 year old young people. The plan is for imaginative and challenging new play facilities which blend in to the landscape. Over the Summer the Friends group will be talking to young people as well as older people to seek […]

Poetry & performance, live music, stalls, cafes, skate park, dub tent, cinema, kids arena, photography, debates, youth arena and much more… Visit the Umbrella Fair website for more information From 12:00 ‘til 2am on the Racecourse

Tesco’s are planning to open a new Express store at 98-102 Kingsley Park Terrace (between Shelley & Moore St.). They have submitted a series of planning applications, including for a new shop sign (N/2009/0559), new shop front (N/2009/0560), service yard canopy, chiller unit and refrigeration units (N/2009/0558) and a cash machine (N/2009/0557). These planning applications can […]

The founder of Carphone Warehouse, David Ross has won the competition to take over Unity College as an academy. Andrew and Richard have both spoken against the plans pushed through by Conservative County councillors at the first opportunity since they were re-elected. ‘The Conservatives have shown little interest in the views of parents, pupils or teachers at […]

Richard Church was re-elected as the County Councillor for Kingsley on June 4th. The full result was- Richard Church (Liberal Democrat) 709 Eamon Fitzpatrick (Independent) 493 Labour 463 Conservative 457 Green 284 Thank You to everyone who voted in this election

Richard Church attended a meeting of Kingsthorpe Hollow Residents Association on Thursday evening. Residents were particularly concerned that a number of new tenants in the flats were causing a nuisance, particularly where there were elderly neighbours in sheltered accomodation. Richard is also taking up a request from residents of Monarch Rd for the cul-de-sac sign to be […]

Pot holes and unsafe pavements have got worse after four years of Conservative control of the County Council. Streets in Northampton have been neglected while money has been spent elsewhere. This year Richard Church and Lib Dem County councillors proposed an additional £3 million to tackle potholes and broken pavements. Our proposal was voted down […]