Exclusive: A fact check of Farage’s national TV claim shows he is making up the numbers

Phil Larratt is accused of indecent assault

West Northants council’s new administration dismissed as ‘paper tigers’, as staff told working from home can continue despite national threats

One year on from Labour’s election to national government all is not good within the party, especially in the North of the county

Rebecca Purnell is leaving West Northamptonshire Council, however the authority is tightlipped over whether her departure is down to her seat on Northamptonshire Partnership Homes’s board

‘Wreckless incompetence’ levelled at housing company and public inquiry calls, as three Northampton failed social housing schemes cost taxpayers millions

Lucy Connolly claimed she had not been fully aware of what she was pleading guilty to, but the appeal judges found her evidence 'incredible'.

Plasterer Ivan Dabbs is the new councillor for Deanshanger and just like with his colleague Ron Firman, Reform UK has nothing to say on his past social media activity

This post will be updated throughout the day bringing you the twists and turns of both West and North unitary elections

Plus news of Corby MP's call to reconsider controversial incinerator plans

Our end of the week round up from across Northants

A racist post made by Lawrence McKenzie-Mockridge has emerged, although he insists it is not the reason he has quit his May election bid.

They won their fight for justice and now a group of mothers who took on Corby Borough Council in the 2000s are hoping a big budget Netflix drama will raise the dangerous issue of toxic waste once more

Plus a news round up from this week

The police, fire and crime commissioner is urging anyone with new information about Matt Binley’s alleged crime to come forward

There was a heavy police presence at a flat block in Raunds yesterday afternoon

Cllr Matt Binley has been kicked out of the Tory group at North Northamptonshire Council, but says he will appeal

With less than 100 days to the local elections in May, Reform UK has now established seven branches in Northants

NN Journal speaks to new chief constable Ivan Balhatchet about his plans to turn the Northants Police force around

Work will not start until 2032 at the earliest and there's no date for when a new facility will be completed.

Plus Kettering's hospital faces another decade of pain and news from across the county

The children of Yvonne Graham say almost a year on they are still awaiting an inquest hearing to get answers about their mother’s sudden death

A call in of the decision to loan £3m to wealthy Grosvenor shopping centre owners has led to no further action

Neighbour councils do not want to go into partnership with Northants, leaving the two unitaries high and dry

Our usual Friday round up of some Northants news

But south Mids partners could exclude ‘damaged goods’ Northants at final hour

Plus some news from around the county

The two unitary councils will decide whether to progress with a south Midlands devolution deal, with the west appearing more favourable to a mayor than the north

A man in his 20s has been killed in Little Billing area of the town