https://northamptonwire.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Northampton, Daventry and Towcester.en-GBSun, 04 Oct 2026 07:48:16 +0000https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-halloween/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-halloween/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHalloween around Northampton: Overstone Grange pumpkins from £1, Wicksteed Park's £16 half-term wristband, Delapré's ghost nights and two fireworks displays.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/mayorhold-car-park-closed-permanently/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/mayorhold-car-park-closed-permanently/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMayorhold multi-storey is closed for good after a survey found corrosion across the building. Its 1,073 spaces were a quarter of the town's council total.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-secondary-school-applications-2026/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-secondary-school-applications-2026/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTen of 23 West Northants secondary schools turned applicants away in 2026, and Northampton School drew 4.8 applications a place. The 2027 deadline is 31 October.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/innoflate-northampton-sol-central-opening/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/innoflate-northampton-sol-central-opening/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000SponsoredInnoflate is turning the former Gravity unit at Sol Central into an indoor inflatable park, aiming to open at the end of October. First renders and flythrough.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-local-plan-reply-to-minister/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-local-plan-reply-to-minister/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council told the minister on 28 September his intervention is not needed. Its own timetable still opens the Local Plan consultation by Monday 5 October.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-transport-strategy-consultation/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-transport-strategy-consultation/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBus priority on Harborough Road and Kettering Road, park and ride and a path on the old Brackmills railway are in the draft plan. Comments close 15 November.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-diwali-festival-of-lights/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-diwali-festival-of-lights/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnNorthampton's 26th Diwali festival fills the Market Square on Saturday 31 October, 10am to 8pm, with the lantern parade at 6pm. The 2026 route is still to come.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-ice-rink/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-ice-rink/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnLast winter's Market Square rink ran 4 Dec to 4 Jan, adults £16. By 30 September no 2026 rink had been announced; last year's was confirmed on 23 September.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/whats-on-northampton-this-month/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/whats-on-northampton-this-month/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnDiwali fills the Market Square on 31 October, the Racecourse fireworks follow on 1 November. First: pumpkin farms, Delapré ghost hunts, Othello and Saints.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/malabar-daventry-237-homes-approved/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/malabar-daventry-237-homes-approved/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors approved 237 more homes at Malabar off Staverton Road on 22 September, taking the Daventry estate to 655 of 1,100. The mix, rents and concerns.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/dallington-grange-parcel-b3-270-homes/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/dallington-grange-parcel-b3-270-homes/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsDavid Wilson Homes wants to build 270 homes on Parcel B3 at Dallington Grange, 27 of them affordable. Comments close 8 October. Why the share is 10%, not 35%.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-new-businesses-september-2026/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-new-businesses-september-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News57 new companies registered in West Northants between 20 August and 9 September, led by services and online retail, plus the local firms now in liquidation.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/earl-spencer-primary-lockdown-arrest/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/earl-spencer-primary-lockdown-arrest/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA London man, 46, was arrested after a threatening call put Earl Spencer Primary into lockdown. Police say there is no ongoing risk to the school or the area.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/john-lobb-horizon-house-factory/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/john-lobb-horizon-house-factory/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJohn Lobb wants to leave Westminster Works for a new 4,831 sqm factory behind Horizon House, St Peter's Way. Comments close 15 Oct; decision due 18 Nov.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-planning-applications-21-september-2026/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-planning-applications-21-september-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA 30,857 sq m warehouse at M1 J18, solar panels on Royal & Derngate and nine homes in West Haddon lead this week's 89 applications. Comment dates for each.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/daventry-fireworks-bonfire-night/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/daventry-fireworks-bonfire-night/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnDaventry Town Council's free display is at Parker E-ACT Academy on Saturday 31 October 2026. Gates 6pm, last entry 7.15pm, fireworks 7.30pm. No parking on site.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/brackley-fireworks-bonfire-night/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/brackley-fireworks-bonfire-night/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBrackley's free fireworks are on Magdalen College School field on Saturday 31 October at 7pm, no tickets, with hot food, bars and live entertainment first.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/delapre-abbey-christmas/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/delapre-abbey-christmas/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnDelapré Abbey's grotto is £15 a child and £5 an adult from 28 November; the light trail runs 27 November to 3 January from £12.50. Fair: 21 and 22 November.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/father-christmas-northampton/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/father-christmas-northampton/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSanta Specials on the Northampton and Lamport Railway run weekends from 29 November, Delapré's grotto opens 28 November, Lamport Hall is £20 a child. All dates.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/christmas-markets-northampton/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/christmas-markets-northampton/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnDelapré Abbey's fair is 21 and 22 November, Daventry's market the same day, Brackley's on 28 November and Lamport Hall's in December at £6. None on the square.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-nature-recovery-strategy/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-nature-recovery-strategy/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWest Northamptonshire's first nature recovery strategy publishes on 24 September: 58 species to save, a beaver feasibility study and 124 practical actions.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/amazon-daventry-pay-rise/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/amazon-daventry-pay-rise/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAmazon raises frontline pay by up to 5.6% from 27 September. Minimum starting pay becomes £15.10 an hour, £2.39 above the legal minimum, covering Daventry.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-modular-temporary-homes/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-modular-temporary-homes/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News38 modular homes at Lings Park are due this autumn, with 70 more at Claret Park. 672 West Northants households were in temporary accommodation in March.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-local-plan-direction/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-local-plan-direction/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe Government has overruled the council's Local Plan reset: consultation by 5 October, submission by 31 December, and the plan cannot be withdrawn.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-house-prices-july-2026/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-house-prices-july-2026/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe July average of £291,929 is up just £247 since November. Flats fell 1.8% in a year, the only type losing value, and June was revised down £1,339.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/hardingstone-affordable-homes-landimore-park/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/hardingstone-affordable-homes-landimore-park/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council is buying 87 affordable homes at Landimore Park, Hardingstone. The cost sits in an exempt appendix. 61 are social rent, and not one is a one-bed.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-local-plan-restart/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/west-northants-local-plan-restart/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors rejected the draft plan for 42,704 homes after £1.04m of work. A replacement takes 30 months, and officers warn of speculative development.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/brackmills-waste-transfer-station-repair/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/brackmills-waste-transfer-station-repair/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe tipping hall that takes Northampton's household rubbish has a failing floor. Cabinet backed a £1.2m repair; the temporary props cost £10,000 a week.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-traffic-enforcement-cameras/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/northampton-traffic-enforcement-cameras/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCabinet approved cameras at ten Northampton junctions on 15 September: six months of warnings first, then £70 fines. Not one site had majority support.https://northamptonwire.co.uk/brackley-active-travel-consultation/https://northamptonwire.co.uk/brackley-active-travel-consultation/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsManor Road would go one-way northbound past four schools, with five raised zebra crossings. Drop-ins on 15 and 24 September, comments close 11 October.