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Candidates for County Council

Details: Created on Monday, 08 April 2013 12:03

Elections for councillors for Northamptonshire County Council take place on Thursday May 2nd.

Here are the confirmed candidates for the wards in the Corby area:

* = current County Councillor

Corby Rural Ward

Stan Heggs - Cons *
Margot Parker - UKIP
Bob Riley - LDem
Jonathan West - Lab Co-Op

Corby West Ward

Philip Bromhall - LDem
Julie Brookfield - Lab Co-Op *
Eve Howitt - Cons
Stuart McKay - Ind
Marc Riddell - BNP

Kingswood Ward

Helen Harrison - Cons
Eddie McGeown - LDem
John McGhee - Lab Co-Op *
Steven Scrutton - Green
Stella Wright - BNP

Lloyds Ward

Terri Meechan - LDem
Fred Parker - UKIP
Gordon Riddell - BNP
Bob Scott - Lab Co-Op *
Christopher Woolmer - Cons

Oakley Ward

Mary Butcher - Lab
James Campbell - BNP
Peter McGowan - UKIP
David Sims - Cons
Chris Stanbra - LDem *

The deadline to register to vote is April 17th. The deadline for
proxy votes is April the 24th.

Candidates for County Council

Details: Created on Monday, 08 April 2013 11:59

Community News

Details: Created on Monday, 08 April 2013 10:41

The cost of unused medicines is putting pressure on healthcare budgets.

That's the message that's being rolled out in Northamptonshire.

The Medicines Waste Campaign is being launched with support from Corby's NHS Commmissioning Group.

It says that unused prescription medicines cost £4.6m pounds every year in the county.

They say that's equivalent to more than 4,000 cataract operations or 600 heart operations.

They are asking that people "think carefully" before ticking all boxes on a repeat prescription form, and
that GPs and pharmacists can always offer advice.

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Meanwhile from this week Northamptonshire County Council is taking over resposnbility for public health services.

They are the services which aim to prevent ill health.

They include healthy living initatives and work on tobbacco control and health in the workplace.

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The campaign against the building of a recovery resource plant near Gretton have organised a protest march.

They are set to hand in a petition against the plans of Gretton Brook Estates to the council on April the 13th.

They claim pollution and the destruction of woodland mean it would be wrong to go-ahead with the scheme - the developers claim thousands of jobs would be created by the plan in the years ahead.

Ross case: man quizzed then bailed

Details: Created on Thursday, 21 March 2013 17:16

A man arrested over the murder of David "Les" Ross has been released on bail pending further enquiries.

The 39 year old man was arrested yesterday after police visited addresses in both Corby and Market Harborough.

He was interviewed at Corby police station and has been bailed to return in three months time.

Detective Chief Inspector Martin Kinchin, who is leading the investigation, said: "We are still particularly interested to speak to anybody who was in contact with Les during 2012.

“We know he confided in different people in his life. He will have told them about aspects of his life, his hopes or concerns. We need those people to come forward and contact us so that we can build a true picture of the life of David Ross."

MoD details bravery of James Ashworth

Details: Created on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 10:02

Details from the Ministry of Defence released on March 18:

Lance Corporal Ashworth and his platoon from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards were inserted into Nahr-e Saraj on 13 June 2012 in order to engage an insurgent sharpshooter team. They came under fire as soon as they landed, prompting Lance Corporal Ashworth to lead his fire team in a 300-metre charge to the heart of the enemy position in a local village.

Two insurgents were killed in this initial attack, but a follow-up assault by Afghan police stalled when a patrolman was shot and killed as the enemy fled.

With no regard for his own safety, Lance Corporal Ashworth again led from the front of his team, advancing on an insurgent compound and using grenades to drive the final remaining enemy to an outbuilding. The insurgents were now being supported by fire from several positions, with the enemy desperate to protect their sharpshooter team.

The immediate priority for Lance Corporal Ashworth’s team was now to neutralise the final sharpshooter and extract as soon as possible. Seeking to break the stalemate using his final grenade, Lance Corporal Ashworth dropped to the floor and crawled behind a knee-high wall that ran parallel to the front of the outbuilding. With just enough cover to conceal his prostrate form, he inched forward on his belly.

Bullets flew over his head as he edged forward and the enemy continued to engage the rest of his team. When he was within 5 metres of the insurgent position Lance Corporal Ashworth was desperate to make his last grenade count. He deliberately crawled out from behind the wall, exposing himself to fire to get a better angle for his throw.

Lance Corporal Ashworth was now in full view of the enemy just metres away, with rounds hitting the floor just centimetres from him. He was preparing to throw the grenade when he was tragically hit by enemy fire.

The citation for Lance Corporal Ashworth’s VC underlines the exceptional bravery he showed:

Despite the ferocity of the insurgent’s resistance, Ashworth refused to be beaten. His total disregard for his own safety in ensuring that the last grenade was posted accurately was the gallant last action of a soldier who had willingly placed himself in the line of fire on numerous occasions earlier in the attack. This supremely courageous and inspiring action deserves the highest recognition.

The Victoria Cross is the most prestigious of all military decorations and only awarded in exceptional circumstances for bravery carried out under direct enemy fire. It was created on 29 January 1856 and is handmade from bronze cannon captured from the Russians at the siege of Sevastopol from 1854 to 1855 during the Crimean War. The inscription ‘For Valour’ was personally chosen by Queen Victoria.

To date, only 1,360 VCs have been awarded. Lance Corporal Ashworth’s is the 1,361st, and the first to be awarded to a British soldier since Corporal Bryan Budd was posthumously honoured in 2006.

The announcement of Lance Corporal Ashworth’s VC comes ahead of the release of the latest operational honours and awards list on 22 March. The awards for 119 personnel are in recognition of actions from April to September 2012 during Operation Herrick 16 in Afghanistan, as well as other acts of bravery across the globe.