NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Exclusive from us today. Farage makes false claim about Northants council savings. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/not-true-n...nnjournal.co.ukNot true, Nigel: Farage makes bogus claim about £1m council savingsExclusive: A fact check of Farage’s national TV claim shows he is making up the numbers 015
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/former-tor...nnjournal.co.ukFormer Tory council leader in court co-accused with three others of historic sex offencesPhil Larratt is accused of indecent assault 011
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Northants Reform UK accused of being ‘paper tiger’ as despite national announcements they decide staff CAN continue to work from home. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/national-p...nnjournal.co.uk‘National politics colliding with local reality’West Northants council’s new administration dismissed as ‘paper tigers’, as staff told working from home can continue despite national threats 041
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 04/07/2025One year on from its election success, things have turned sour for Labour in Northants. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...nnjournal.co.ukFriday brief: Labour MP’s foul-mouthed rant and a council leader with an upheld bullying complaintOne year on from Labour’s election to national government all is not good within the party, especially in the North of the county 031
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Northants Exclusive from us today www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/council-bo...nnjournal.co.ukCouncil boss who sat on ‘incompetent’ housing company board is leaving the authorityRebecca 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 011
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Sickening mismanagement and questionable decisions, as three major in Northampton social housing projects fail. Calls for a public inquiry as just 24 homes built at cost of £25m. And many more millions needed to be spent to recover the situation. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/its-a-majo...nnjournal.co.uk'It's a major scandal'‘Wreckless incompetence’ levelled at housing company and public inquiry calls, as three Northampton failed social housing schemes cost taxpayers millions 010
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/court-of-a...nnjournal.co.ukCourt of appeal dismisses hate tweet childminder’s sentence challengeLucy Connolly claimed she had not been fully aware of what she was pleading guilty to, but the appeal judges found her evidence 'incredible'. 010
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2025And another one www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...nnjournal.co.ukReform UK ‘has nothing to say’ on councillor’s sharing of far right group's contentPlasterer 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 010
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Delighted if you would follow @wearecawn.bsky.social advice and subscribe. It’s going to be an interesting few weeks/months/ years in Northants under Reform’s control and we’ll be there to report and investigate. 011
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025This is Martin Griffiths a Reform candidate and former Tory. He says his former party is ‘having a nightmare’. 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025It’s local elections in Northants. If you’re interested follow our blog. First impressions are that Reform look v happy! www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/its-electi...nnjournal.co.ukIt's election results day. Follow the Northants action with us hereThis post will be updated throughout the day bringing you the twists and turns of both West and North unitary elections 100
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...nnjournal.co.ukFriday brief: Rushton fire that killed three, not suspicious investigation findsPlus news of Corby MP's call to reconsider controversial incinerator plans 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/four-polic...nnjournal.co.ukFour police officers served disciplinary notices for handling of Harshita Brella's domestic abuse reportsOur end of the week round up from across Northants 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025New from us today. One person who won’t be getting elected to West Northants as a Reform UK candidate. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...nnjournal.co.ukReform UK wannabe’s political bid ends before it startsA racist post made by Lawrence McKenzie-Mockridge has emerged, although he insists it is not the reason he has quit his May election bid. 021
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 27/02/2025We’ve spoken to the mothers whose stories are told in new Netflix drama Toxic Town and ask are there other health issues in Corby that need to be investigated? www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/toxic-townnnjournal.co.ukToxic Town?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 021
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 21/02/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...nnjournal.co.ukFriday brief: Unitary councils accused of ‘same old’ policies and ‘no vision’ as they set budgetsPlus a news round up from this week 010
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 21/02/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/serving-co...nnjournal.co.ukServing councillor admits to sex with a 14-year-old and here’s why Northants Police is not taking any actionThe police, fire and crime commissioner is urging anyone with new information about Matt Binley’s alleged crime to come forward 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/man-arrest...nnjournal.co.ukMan arrested on suspicion of murdering Raunds womanThere was a heavy police presence at a flat block in Raunds yesterday afternoon 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/expellednnjournal.co.ukExpelledCllr Matt Binley has been kicked out of the Tory group at North Northamptonshire Council, but says he will appeal 010
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025As Reform UK begins to poll as the country’s most popular party here is the Northants take. It now has 7 branches and took 18 per cent of local votes in last year’s general election. May’s local elections will be telling of how far or not they’ve come since then. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...nnjournal.co.ukReform UK has ‘momentum’ for Northants May elections, says insiderWith less than 100 days to the local elections in May, Reform UK has now established seven branches in Northants 100
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Northants Police has had a scandal ridden couple of years. The new chief constable hopes to make the service better. Read our report.nnjournal.co.uk‘I will do everything I can do make Northamptonshire Police much better’NN Journal speaks to new chief constable Ivan Balhatchet about his plans to turn the Northants Police force around 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Subscribe to NN Journal for independent news about Northamptonshire. Here’s today’s post sent to readers via email.nnjournal.co.ukCan North Northants really wait another decade for a new hospital?Work will not start until 2032 at the earliest and there's no date for when a new facility will be completed. 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...nnjournal.co.ukFriday brief: Suspended councillor quit cop job while under misconduct investigationPlus Kettering's hospital faces another decade of pain and news from across the county 020
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Exclusive from us today about the tragic death of a mum who died after a routine scan at Northampton General www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/mother-of-...nnjournal.co.ukMother of seven died at Northampton General after routine scanThe 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 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/controvers...nnjournal.co.ukControversial £3m loan to shopping centre owners will proceed after challenge failsA call in of the decision to loan £3m to wealthy Grosvenor shopping centre owners has led to no further action 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Is there any mileage left in the south Midlands devolution deal? www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/devolution...nnjournal.co.ukDevolution gone southNeighbour councils do not want to go into partnership with Northants, leaving the two unitaries high and dry 010
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...nnjournal.co.ukFriday brief: Pop concert costs council more than quarter of a million quidOur usual Friday round up of some Northants news 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Northants councils are apparently the Millwall of local government - as no-one likes them. They’ve decided they want to go ahead with talks to set up a south Midlands strategic authority, but whether their neighbours want to join with them is up in the air. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/devolution...nnjournal.co.ukDevolution fast track approved by Northants unitariesBut south Mids partners could exclude ‘damaged goods’ Northants at final hour 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 03/01/2025www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/friday-bri...nnjournal.co.ukFriday brief: Northants police officers who advocated violence towards women and children lose jobsPlus some news from around the county 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Today marks four years since NN Journal began. We’ve had many scoops and investigations during that time and hopefully many more to come this year. Here’s today’s story www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/new-year-n...nnjournal.co.ukNew year, new devolution plansThe 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 000
NN Journal @nnjournal.bsky.social · 12/12/2024There have been four murders in four weeks in Northants.nnjournal.co.ukNorthants Police launches second murder investigation in a week after man killed in NorthamptonA man in his 20s has been killed in Little Billing area of the town 010