Corby, England News

"It seems like it has just been sneaked through without anyone knowing. Usually you are sent a letter but I haven't had one and my neighbours haven't either" Bamburg Close resident William Hammell Controversial plans to build 45 homes on a site in Corby have been approved.

"Ultimately they could represent the town of Corby as Carnival Queen or Princess at many events and functions all over the country for one year" Terri Meechan By David Brennan News editor A search is under way to find a group of girls to represent their estates in a bid to find members of the 2010 Corby Carnival Court.

Kettering's MP has called for a change in the law so that residents of new housing estates are not left with unadopted roads.

A TERRIFIED cashier at a Harborough petrol station had to lock herself in a storeroom when two men jumped the counter, a court heard.

Police in Corby have issued an artists' impression of a man they want to speak to in connection with a distraction burglary that took place in Beanfield Avenue in the town.

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A house which had been converted into a cannabis factory with A 100,000 worth of plants has been raided by Corby police.

A volunteer driver who has clocked up about 18,000 miles while helping cancer patients at Lakelands Day Care Hospice is finally taking his foot off the gas.

"I think there's a new confidence that we are beginning to turn a bit of a corner but there's nervousness about what's happening in terms of national debt" Kirstine Storey By Monique Cleaver Kettering reporter The number of unemployed people in the north of the county is at its lowest since the start of the year.

A COUNTY council is going to miss its target date for a decision on a major planning application.

Villagers who saw a crane skid down a hill and roll into a house have called for weight restrictions to be placed on a narrow main road.

People living in Kettering are less concerned about anti-social behaviour in their town than residents anywhere else in the county.

"Lots of street lights aren't being fixed at the moment. This is just one of the difficulties of not having roads adopted" Lyveden Way resident Pete Ceely By Richard Marsden Corby reporter Residents are set to win a long-running battle for road improvements on the Oakley Vale estate.

A centre which provides a lifeline to the elderly could be forced to close due to funding problems.

A two-week crackdown is under way to tackle arson attacks on Corby estates. Members of Corby Community Safety Partnership have been on the Exeter estate this week and will be working on the Kingswood estate for a week from Monday.

Films could replace shows on the site of Corby's former theatre. Corby Council is in talks with two cinema companies about building a multiplex cinema either on the Willows Arts Centre site or somewhere else in the town centre.

Councillors are concerned their town will become "the highway to the dump" if a low-level nuclear waste site eight miles away gets the go-ahead. Corby councillors passed an emergency motion on Thursday opposing movement of nuclear waste through the borough to a proposed site at King's Cliffe until guarantees on safety are met.

Youngsters have been learning how to avoid toil and trouble and stay safe this Halloween while out trick or treating.

A killer who murdered her mother 13 years ago died after her body was riddled with cancer.

Neighbours left reeling by the death of a woman after a house blaze in Corby have had their homes checked by fire officers.