Community News
11 June 2010
2 people were treated for injuries following a road accident on the A43 on Wednesday.
The road out of Corby to Stamford was closed between Deenethorpe and Duddington following the accident; as oil had spilled onto the road.
The accident involved three vehicles.
**
On Wednesday, new anti-speeding signs showing designs by local school children were put onto lampposts in the Old Village.
Three children from Old Village School were selected with the winning designs, which have been converted into road signs to help tackle speeding in the area.
The school worked on the project with Corby's north safer community team and
people in the area.
**
Community News
09 June 2010
Police are appealing for witnesses following an incident of racially aggravated criminal damage, which occurred at the Londis Store, Rockingham Road between 5.30pm and 5.40pm on Saturday 22 May.
The offender was standing in the queue with a crate of cans, which he dropped on the floor causing them to split. A racially motivated altercation then took place between the offender and the person behind the till.
The offender then left causing further damage to the store including shattering the store windows.
The offender is described as White male, early 20s, approximately 6ft tool, short red hair and wearing a black vest and black jogging bottoms.
Community News
08 June 2010
£730,000 a year for the next twenty years - reports say that's the amount Corby Council will have to set aside because of the toxic reclamation case.
A settlement was reached with 19 families in the case in April this year - now details have emerged of what the council will need to save to meet the costs.
The details come in a report to the One Corby Policy Committee that says the council are facing tough financial challenges in the future - it's thought some savings can be made if 50 jobs being made vacant are not replaced in the next financial year.
**
A new study says Corby is a hotspot for reposessions and personal insolvency.
The Centre for Responsible Credit has released a debt map - which shows Corby as one
of ten places in the UK which had the biggest numbers of claims for repossessing homes
in the last year.
**
Corby has some of the cleanest streets in the East Midlands.
That's the findings of a survey by the Audit Comission that was orgasnised
by the GMB union.
Corby was ranked fifth best out of 39 boroughs in the region - the GMB is
campaigning nationwide for higher standards of street cleaning.
Community News
08 June 2010
Police are looking for witnesses to an assault and robbery in Corby that happened over the holiday weekend.
On the Sunday May 30th at 9:30pm a 19 year old man had his mobile and cigarettes stolen after being attacked by a number of men near to the Texaco garage.
The victim was treated in hospital for facial injuries.
**
Work to bring Oakley Vale's streets up to scratch has begun.
Weldon Plant are carrying out work on behalf of the council which centres on completing work at Lyvenden Way and Butland Road.
The contractors say the work is being phased in to try and avoid disruption and should be completed by Christmas.
**
East Midlands Trains' discount day out of Corby has been hailed a success after hundreds of people took advantage of discounted fares.
On Saturday ( May 5 ) passengers were able to travel out of Corby for only ten pounds in the promotion dubbed "Red Dot Day"
Rail consumer group Railfuture said the day was a huge success - they now want the rail operator to improve northbound connections at Kettering for Corby rail users.
Community News
04 June 2010
The Mayor of Corby officially opened the Army's new careers office in the town centre on Thursday.
The centre's in corporation street on the balcony - the previous army office in town closed in 1991.
Police are appealing for information following the theft of a wolf statue from a property in Occupation Road sometime last Saturday
The life-size statue of the wolf was stolen from the front garden of the property.
Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery that took place in an underpass located near to the Texaco garage on Oakley Road at around 9.30pm on Sunday 31st May.
A 19-year-old man was walking through the underpass when he was approached by an unknown number of men who assault him causing him to fall to the ground.
The victim’s mobile phone and cigarettes has been stolen and he was taken to hospital where he was treated for facial injuries.
One of the offenders is described as male, wearing a black hoody and a baseball cap.
