A family-owned business dedicated to bringing the vibrant culture, flavours, and traditions of Greece to Northampton’s dining scene has opened.Located in Abington Avenue, Northampton, DejaVu Restaurant is the brainchild of Ezmir Koloshi and his wife Ella, a passionate duo who have poured their hearts into creating a warm and welcoming space for diners.With Ezmir as the head chef, the restaurant is serving up an authentic Greek experience featuring fresh ingredients sourced directly from Greece, including meats, dairy, seafood and vegetables. The menu is complemented by an array of Greek wines, beers, spirits, and soft drinks.Ezmir’s vision stems from his professional...

16 December, 2024

A record number of calls and requests for help have been recorded by Northampton based Commsave in the wake of November’s Storm Bert.The storm, declared a ‘major incident’ in Northamptonshire after heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across the country, saw many people forced to leave their homes, roads being closed and Northampton’s railway station submerged.Since the storm the team at Commsave have been inundated with calls and to date have helped more than 50 Northamptonshire households, providing emergency loans totally more than £86,500.Richard Munro, Interim Chief Executive, explained: “At Commsave we are committed to helping people when they are...

16 December, 2024

Residents, businesses, and stakeholders are being encouraged to share their views on a strategy to tackle climate change across West Northamptonshire.The draft Climate Change Strategy outlines West Northamptonshire Council’s (WNC) approach to reducing locally produced greenhouse gases, improving air quality and placing people at the heart of the climate emergency response.Extreme downpours such as those seen recently across our region seem to be becoming more frequent. It is important that we put a strategy in place for reducing the impact of the climate challenge and we need the support and views of our residents, businesses, partners and stakeholders to do...

16 December, 2024

Education Secretary and Business Secretary host call with business leaders from a range of key sectors to outline how the Plan for Change will deliver for them.The government will enlist the help of business to help it develop skills opportunities to meet the government’s mission to kickstart economic growth under the Plan for Change, the Education Secretary has said today (16 December 2024).In a conference call with leaders from over 80 businesses including Mace, Siemens and Disney, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds outlined the importance of engaging with employers to drive growth and put the...

16 December, 2024

Raft of new powers will enable Mayors to drive economic growth, raise living standards and deliver better services across England.Mayors will get unprecedented powers to drive growth, turbocharge housebuilding and improve transport in a transformative ‘devolution revolution’.Setting out its plan to give those with skin in the game the tools they need to make a difference, the government published its English Devolution White Paper today (16 December). It puts England’s regions centre stage in the government’s Plan for Change missions to grow the economy, deliver the 1.5 million homes and infrastructure we need, and boost opportunity across the country.Under proposals set out in...

16 December, 2024

A host of comedians are bringing their best gags to two restaurants in Wellingborough and Northampton this Christmas for a double whammy comedy night.No 13 bar, at Wellingborough’s Nene Court, and Four Pears pub, in Little Houghton, are hosting four exciting comedians, who will flit between venues across the county, all on the same evening.The energetic night will take place on Thursday, December 19 to help promote an up-and-coming comedy scene in the area and spread all important Christmas cheer across the county. Raise the roof with laughter Restaurant owner, James Peck, said: “We’ve hosted Hats Funny Comedy before and we’re always...

16 December, 2024

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves confirms the Spring forecast will take place on Wednesday 26 March.Today (Monday 16 December) the Chancellor has confirmed to the House of Commons that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has been commissioned for an Economic and Fiscal Forecast which will be published on 26 March 2025.This is in line with the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 which requires the OBR to produce two forecasts each financial year. This will be accompanied by a statement to Parliament from the Chancellor.The Chancellor remains committed to one major fiscal event a year to give...

16 December, 2024

Over 1,300 presents have been donated to the NLive Radio Christmas Present appeal 2024, demonstrating the kindness, love, and support their listeners and the public of Northampton have for those in need this Christmas.This is the third year Northampton’s local radio station NLive Radio has run the appeal, and the amount received has increased this year by over 20% and the presents worth an estimated £6,500 pounds have been distributed to the four partner local charities to go to those in need.Station Manager Martin Steers said, “I’m blown away by the generosity of Northampton, and am thankful to all those...

16 December, 2024

Teams across North Northamptonshire Council’s Culture, Tourism and Heritage Service are celebrating after recent awards success. Following a successful year,teams have recently scooped a range of local and nationally recognised awards.• The Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre (ARC), a state-of-the-art archaeological facility, was awarded a national Archaeological Achievement Award by the Council for British Archaeology for the Irchester Field School, a collaborative community research and learning project in partnership with the University of Leicester. In summer 2024, more than 10,000 people attended collaborative programmes and events focused on the archaeology of the small Roman town of Irchester and the Nene Valley.• The...

16 December, 2024

The show must go on is often a cry heard in theatre, however without the help of award-winning Northampton serviced office space Vulcan Works, a number of local shows wouldn’t have made it to the stage this year.Following the discovery of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) at Royal & Derngate in September last year, Vulcan Works provided vacant creative workspaces free of charge to give the 2023 pantomime cast a place to rehearse.Since then, although the theatre reopened to the public, workshop space was still limited so they have continued to use Vulcan Works for a variety of activities including...

16 December, 2024

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is continuing to roll out enforcement cameras across the area, as part of a phased approach to improve pedestrian, cyclist and driver safety and encourage better driver behaviour.Drivers in Northampton will face charges if they flout the rules or ignore signage at two newly enforced locations: the Marefair/Horseshoe Street Junction with Gold Street and the top end of Gold Street, between College Street and Bridge Street, both of which are very busy junctions with high levels of vehicles and pedestrians.The Marefair/Horseshoe Street Junction camera is expected to go live on Monday, 16 December and will enforce...

13 December, 2024