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Towcester Evening WI hugging Towcester Library.Eileen Reid,left and Sue Hamilton,right.
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Use library or lose community’s heart

MORE THAN 100 people in the Towcester area have signed a petition calling for the Government to recognise the importance of libraries.

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Crash which killed DLC worker was unavoidable

AN INQUEST has been held into the death of a Banbury teenager who died following a car crash on the A422 near Farthinghoe.

Olympic gymnast Matt Hennessey visits Silverstone Junior School.
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Olympian wows children at Silverstone Junior School

AN Olympic Gymnast helped to inspire the next generation of athletes when he visited Silverstone Junior School last week.

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Boost to rural phone signals

MOBILE SIGNAL: South Northants MP Andrea Leadsom has helped lead a successful campaign to get rural mobile phone users connected.

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Have a flutter with chairman

CHAIRMAN’S FUND RAISER: Sally Townsend, chairman of South Northants Council will host a charity race night at Milton Malsor village hall from 7.30pm on Saturday, February 4.

Towcester salt store.
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Offenders using true grit to cut number of county hip fractures

CONVICTED criminals will be helping to save elderly people from painful and costly falls on icy footpaths thanks to a pilot gritting scheme.

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Is Northants the ‘windfarm capital’ of the UK?

A REPORT which asks if Northants is becoming the windfarm capital of England has been welcomed by campaigners in the Advertiser region.

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Helmdon turbine protest.

Is Northants ‘wind farm capital’?

A REPORT which asks if Northants is becoming the windfarm capital of England has been welcomed by campaigners in the Advertiser region.

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New names for Towcester health and safety firms

FOLLOWING last year’s acquisition of firms from Northampton and Milton Keynes, the health and safety consultancy, the 4See Group, is undergoing a rebranding exercise.

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Joint friendly health walk in south Northants

NORDIC WALKING: A series of learn to Nordic walk courses are being held across the district by South Northants Council.

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Teenage girls flee men in black

POLICE are searching for men who chased two 12-year-old girls in Towcester last weekend.

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Generators stolen in Blisworth

Northants Police are appealing for witnesses following a burglary, which occurred between 4.30pm on Monday, January 16 and 8am on Tuesday, January 17, in Station Road, Blisworth.

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County and district elections

TOWCESTER: There will be a by-election for a Northants county councillor for Towcester, and a South Northants district councillor for Towcester Brook ward on Thursday, February 9.

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Meeting is to be held for district volunteers

THE next meeting of the South Northants voluntary and community sector forum will be held in Towcester on Thursday, January 19.

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Tea room owners take on Olympic challenge

THE owners of Towcester Tea Rooms will host a triple fund-raising challenge to celebrate

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Conservation expansion for village goes to public

RESIDENTS in Greatworth are being asked to have their say on plans to expand a conservation area in the village.

Disabled parking badge.

Permit increase is ‘insult to disabled’

A PROPOSAL for a 400 per cent increase in the cost of a disabled parking badge has been described as ‘adding insult to injury’.

GV of Clare House Residential Home,12 Whittlebury Road, Silverstone.

Accusations at care home are ‘untrue’

A CARE home owner in Silverstone has said accusations of mistreatment were ‘untrue’ after being cleared by the Care Quality Commission.

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