09 March 2010

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06 March 2010

Two men are being held by police after a house
fire off Shetland Way in Corby overnight.

Five fire crews dealt with the fire at a ground
floor flat on Orkney Walk at around 2am, bringing it under control
and leading people inside to safety.

Police and fire forensic teams are due to continue
investigations today, while the men remain in custody.



Three people were injured by a road traffic
accident in Corby yesterday.

None of the injured were seriously hurt by the accident which happened
at around 1:30 on Oakley Road near to the town centre.

As a result, Police closed the road between there and Geddington Road
until around 3:15, causing some traffic delays around town.


Corby will be one of just ten boroughs across England and Wales
to trial so-called "community contracts".

It's a plan by the Home Office to develop
voluntary agreements between locals, elected
officials and public service providers.

04 March 2010

Police in Corby want to speak to a taxi driver about an assualt two weeks ago.

They say two men and a woman caught a taxi from Kettering to Corby at 1am
on Sunday February the 21st. When the vehicle stopped at Chatsworth Road in Corby
one of the men assaulted the other two passengers before leaving the scene.

Police want to speak to the driver to help them with their investigations.



A breast cancer support group has been launched by a county charity in Corby.

The Mayor of Corby is backing the group being established by the Crazy
Hats charity at the Stephenson Way Community Centre.

04 March 2010

A couple in Corby have won an apartment in town worth a £100,000.

Ellen and Paul Jordan were handed the keys to the flat on Walton Homes'
Radbrooke Rise development off Gainsborough Road on Wednesday.

Theyve been living in Corby for 4 years, they'll say they will look
to sell the apartment in order to give them and their family extra income.

Lakelands Hospice will begin to roll out their Hospice at Home service this week

From money already raised the charity on oakley Vale is aiming to give respite
to carers by providing a service for
seriously ill people.

04 March 2010

A Birmingham-based administrator is still
looking for a buyer for Corby based business
Codan Rubber.

The firm, which makes automotive hoses and belts
entered administration to stave off bankruptcy
two weeks ago, they are now being managed by
the accounting group Baker Tilley.

The company had to make 15 redundancies after
Codan's parent company in italy collapsed.


Crime-fighting partners across Corby say
that theres still work to do despite
a significant drop in anti-social behaviour.

The Corby Community Safety Partnership includes
the Council, police health services and youth
offending teams.

They say that anti-social behaviour has gone down 30 per cent
in since March 2008, which they
attribute to the Weeks of Action scheme and
increased CCTV operation - more than 250
arrests were put down to the use of cameras.

However Corby remains a hotspot for incidents of crime related

to alcohol consumption.