The link below gives access to the current government regulations relating to the compulsory housing of birds due to avian flu outbreaks in different areas of the UK.

All bird keepers in England (whether they have pet birds, commercial flocks or just a few birds in a backyard flock) are required by law to take a range of biosecurity precautions including, from the 14 December 2020, keeping their birds... Read More »

Think NHS 111 First

NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched the next phase of the latest 'Help Us, Help You' campaign which focuses on the NHS 111 service as a new way to access A&E.

If you have an urgent but not life-threatening medical need, make sure you contact NHS 111 first rather than going straight to A&E. If you do need urgent care, then NHS 111 can now book you in to be seen quickly... Read More »

After some requests for a short, simple, plain-English guide to Local Government Reorganisation within Northamptonshire, our friends at Northamptonshire County Association of Local Councils (NCALC) have provided these documents which explain the changes.

There are two versions:

North Northamptonshire & West Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold has launched a budget consultation to ask people about their priorities for the county's fire and police services, and how much they would pay towards them.

The PFCC has responsibility for setting the budget for both Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service and Northamptonshire Police. The budgets are made up from money raised through... Read More »

HS2 issued initial guidance in their "Traffic Information Guides, Brackley to Southam, Winter 2020"

For reference to the A361 section please click on the "Greatworth to Southam" tab in this link.

As the instructions for traffic in/around Aston le Walls were unclear, HS2 were asked for clarification and here it is:

'Apologies for the poor wording, I will arrange for it to be corrected.

I can confirm that... Read More »

With climate change causing nature and biodiversity across the world to decline at an alarming rate, South Northamptonshire Council (SNC) has pledged to support the planting of 92,515 trees in the district – one tree for every resident.

Teaming up with the Woodland Trust and Lloyds Bank, SNC wants to support local landowners to plant more trees and improve the district's biodiversity.

SNC has been... Read More »

Phase 3 – A361 through road weekend closure #1 ; Weekend of the 5 / 6 December - TBC – Again
subject to consents and approvals

A weekend road closure on the A361 is required to construct the permanent traffic splitter island that will assist motorists to either enter the village or for through traffic to be directed to take the Relief Road and the Appletree Road Trading Estate exit. The construction... Read More »

Please follow the link below that outlines current HS2 work in the area.

The notice is comes from the HS2 commonplace website and can be found here

After consulting residents of Northamptonshire on draft designs, the shadow unitary councils have published their proposed logos.

The logo for West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) features three interlinking rings representing Northampton Borough, South Northamptonshire and Daventry district, surrounded by the Northamptonshire Rose. See the proposed logo for WNC here.

The logo for North Northamptonshire... Read More »

Read how the PFCC has been working on behalf of the people of Northamptonshire in this months newsletter.

Please click here to view the newsletter.