The Latest Breaking News from Northamptonshire

Netflix’s Toxic Town offers a stark warning on environmental rollbacks

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to children with limb differences in the 1980s and 90s. The children were born with shortened arms or legs or missing fingers. The drama follows their battle to…

The Conversation · Mar 4, 2025

Country music keeping fuel tanker driver going during major Nato exercise

Lance corporal Lee Moulton, 30, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, is taking part in Steadfast Dart, Nato’s largest training exercise in 2025.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Great Guinness heist: thieves stole truck carrying 35,000 pints

Revealed: lorry with 400 kegs of the Irish stout onboard disappeared from Northamptonshire depot, sources say

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2024

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after ‘sudden death’ in prison

Police launched a murder investigation following the death of a 49-year-old man at HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire.

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2024

Forecasters and flood defences under scrutiny after UK’s Storm Bert ordeal

Hundreds of properties flooded and Welsh town hit by landslip as major incident declared in Northamptonshire

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

Danger to life warning in place as people evacuate flooded holiday park

‘Significant’ flooding hit Northamptonshire overnight causing an evacuation of the Billing Aquadrome.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

In Pictures: Storm Bert brings severe flooding across UK

A holiday park in Northamptonshire was evacuated after being surrounded by floodwater.

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2024

‘We will never forget you’: family of Harshita Brella pay tribute

Brella’s body was found in a vehicle in east London this month and her husband is the main suspect

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2024

Family of woman found dead in car in London accuses police of failing to protect her

Exclusive: Sister of Harshita Brella says she reported abuse but ‘police processes made her feel more scared and alone’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024

Harshita Brella’s parents ‘want justice’ for murdered daughter

Northamptonshire Police have named her husband as the prime suspect in the murder of the 24-year-old.

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024