08 September 2010

Kingswood Primary opened to pupils for the new term

today after drafting in new construction workers

at the last minute.

Work at the school was one of the projects halted by news

last week that Weldon Plant had brought in administrators.

Workers from a Nottingham based company completed work to

a road that allowed the school to open later than planned.

At the weekend Corby MP Louise Bagshawe voiced dissapiontment

at the decision regarding Weldon Plant, adding that she had sent

a letter to bosses of bank RBS asking them why they had tried

in her words

to "rush through" closure of the firm, which employs over 100

people in the area.

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There's been another warning issued about bogus phone callers locally.

The police say theyve had reports of calls from people claiming

to be form the county council offering

loft and wall insulation.

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A spokesperson for the authority said they did not offer this service

and stressed that people should not give out personal information

over the phone.

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A 39-year-old Corby man's appeared before Wellingborough Magistrates

this morning in connection with the theft of a bike from a child.

On Sunday afternoon a man threatened a boy in George Street on

then stole the boy's

bike -it was later recovered

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Police are looking for further witnesses to a fire that destroyed thousands of

bails of hay off the A43 at the weekend.

The incident happened on sunday lunchtime near to the village of

Eaton on the Hill

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An appeal's been made for people to get in stride for this year's Sunset Walk

at the Rockingham Motor Speedway.

Corby Business Group have put together the event to promote awareness of Breast,

Testicular and

Prostate Cancer - it happens two weeks today on the 21st.

You can find out more and download a sponsorship form for the event online at

www.corby.gov.uk

28 August 2010

Lakelands Day Care Centre will begin the Hospice at Home scheme
soon after a reaching a landmark fundraising target.

£ 80,000 has been raised to launch the new service to help
care for terminally ill patients in their own homes.

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Corby's council houses could be fitted with solar panels as early as next year - the council's been in talks with utillity companies about the

possibility of installing solar cells to houses, this would be a way of providing renewable electricty to tennants and also help cut

the cost of bills.

The goverment cleared the way for similar schemes to begin last month and a report will be presented to committee next month.

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A event to give council tenants in Corby a voice has been set up for next week.

The event dubbed Tenants Talkabout will happen on Saturday the 4th of September at the One Stop Shop in the Town Centre.

The council have said they want to hear the concerns and suggestions people renting from them are having.

There are almost 5,000 council house tenants in the Corby area.

26 August 2010

Patients of the Gretton doctors surgery are being urged to attend a public meeting on its future next week.

A petition to save the surgery from closure's been launched by locals in the village and surrounding area - in April the closure plans were announced

The meeting's being held next Tuesday evening at 6:30 at Gretton Village Hall

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County police say they'll be upping night time patrols over the Bank

Holiday weekend to combat alcohol related crime.

Operation Nightsafe focusing on the north of the county including Corby - working with the pub watch scheme.

One of the options open to licencees is can be use to Nightsafe officers to disperse rowdy groups and issue a direction to leave to problem individuals.

25 August 2010

More of Corby's Safer Community Teams have outlined the crime issues
they'll be concentrating on in the near future.

The North team will be focusing on drunken and rowdy behaviour in the Rockingham Road
area along with vandalism and graffiti
around Studfall Avenue and Welland Vale Road.

Parking and speeding in Oakley Vale are concerns for the South team - burglaries in
East Carlton and Stanion will be one of the priorities for the Rural team.

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The county council says its doing better in dealing with
problem potholes.

The number reported's been cut by half over the past four months -
and the council says a change in policy means more potholes
are repaired permanently instead of temporarily.

However theyve admitted that it will still take years to get the
county's roads up to an excellent standard.

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GCSE results released on Tuesday provided mainy good news in Corby's schools.

At Brooke Weston school all of there students have achieved at least nine passes at grade A to C.

The students at Corby Business Academy were the first from the school to complete GCSEs - they've

reported a twenty per cent improvement on the school's predecessor, the Community College.

Kingswood were pleased with record results as was Lodge Park, who reported over two-thirds of their students

getting 5 or more A to Cs.

25 August 2010