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Fitness group for mothers and women continues to go from ‘strength to strength’ as it nears nine years

A popular fitness group, which has helped more than 4,000 mothers and women improve their physical and mental health, continues to go from “strength to strength” as it nears nine years. Claire Brown founded Active Mummies in 2016 with the aim of making fitness “affordable, accessible and achievable” and becoming the go-to for Northamptonshire’s community of mums.
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Tidy Our Town: More than 35,000 purple bags filled by Northants Litter Wombles in the past 12 months

More than 35,000 purple bags have been filled with rubbish by the Northants Litter Wombles over the past 12 months, since the launch of the Tidy Our Town campaign in February 2024. Group founder Nicola Elliott’s litter picking journey began a year before the ‘purple army’ was formed, when she set up her own village group where she lives in West Haddon.
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Meet the Northampton woman named ‘Great British Businesswoman of the Year’ for her work at Barclays

Meet the woman named ‘Great British Businesswoman of the Year’ for her work at Barclays, who is proud to have grown up, been educated and worked in Northampton her whole life. The fourth annual Great British Businesswoman Awards was hosted at the end of January, which brought together more than 300 people to celebrate the achievements of women in business.
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Northampton mother says setting up business was ‘best thing ever’ as her mortgage services have gone ‘crackers’

A Northampton mother says setting up her own business was “the best thing she has ever done” as the response to her mortgage services has gone “crackers”. Danielle Yates set up her own mortgage and protection company more than two years ago, called Mortgages Made Simple, after years of working for a local estate agency.
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Tidy Our Town: ‘Gamechanger’ machine which incentivises recycling to be placed at University of Northampton

A machine which incentivises recycling in return for monetary gain, which could be a “gamechanger” for the town, is preparing to be placed at the University of Northampton. The Northants Litter Wombles have worked hard to see the installation of the county’s first ‘Deposit Return Scheme’ machine, in collaboration with installer Trovr and the University.
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Tidy Our Town: Long-standing resident of four decades ‘ashamed’ of rubbish in ‘every nook and cranny’

A long-standing resident, who has lived on her street for more than four decades, is “ashamed” that there is “rubbish in every nook and cranny” – and this has stopped her inviting loved ones to her home. Helene Kluger-Langer, who has lived in Vernon Walk for more than 40 years, reached out to the Chronicle & Echo about the “intolerable and unacceptable” state of her area.
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Owner of Bangladeshi restaurant, pub and cocktail bar ‘overwhelmed’ by response to first year in Northants

The owner of a Bangladeshi restaurant, pub and cocktail bar was “overwhelmed” by the response to a celebration of the business’ first year open in Northamptonshire. Mooche Wala, located in Main Street, Denton, is a Bangladeshi and Indian grill – while also welcoming visitors to treat it like a pub and cocktail bar and pop in for a drink.
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Tidy Our Town: Litter Womble reflects on ‘really positive developments’ one year on from campaign launch

A Northants Litter Womble has reflected on the “really positive developments” over the past year since the launch of the Tidy Our Town campaign. It was in February 2024 when the Chronicle & Echo began collaborating with the Northants Litter Wombles – and 41 stories have since been published in the hope of tackling the issue of littering and fly tipping.
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Baby charity ‘overwhelmed’ with donations at the end of last year – and hopes to see same success in 2025

A baby charity was “overwhelmed” with donations at the end of last year, and the team hopes to see the same success throughout 2025. Baby Basics Northampton, which supplies moses baskets full of essential newborn items to parents facing difficulties, has seen a huge increase in demand – and they now help one in 18 babies born in the county.
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‘It’s protective not restrictive’: Bereaved families attend government debate over safer driving licensing

A group of bereaved families, who are continuing to campaign for safer driving licensing for newly qualified 17 to 19 year old drivers, recently attended a Westminster Hall debate. Chris and Nicole Taylor from Northampton, who lost their daughter Beccy to a road traffic incident in 2008 when she was just 18 years old, were among the 15 bereaved family members in attendance.
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