Hospice charities join hands to launch bereavement service in Northamptonshire
Two local hospice charities have joined forces to launch an essential bereavement service to support individuals dealing with grief. Northamptonshire’s sister hospice charities Cransley Hospice Trust and Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charity came together after seeing a demand in the county for services to support people through their journey of an end of life diagnosis and palliative care. The hospices worked together to secure funding and put out a tender for the delivery of the service. Charities Age UK and Mind were successful in winning the tender and will both provide specialist email and telephone support, as well as one-to-one counselling..
CharityRemembering the Great Fire of Northampton 1675
Recovery, reconciliation, regeneration If you follow Northampton news stories you may have noticed that it is 350 years since the town suffered its worst ever fire. The story is a shocking one, with a good ending. The fire changed how the town looked and functioned, but the story of Northampton’s regeneration is one of cooperation, generosity and good management, writes Laura Malpas. In the hot dry summer of 1675, Northampton looked quite different from today. It was considered a beautiful old town, a contemporary report writing: ‘Northampton was Beautiful for the Situation, the Water good, and the Ground about it..
Only Fools in Northampton? It’ll be Bonnet de douche, mate!
A Lovely Jubbly time is ahead for June in theatre-land, with the arrival of the Trotter family, but that’s not all - there are visits from some of our best-loved comedians, and the chance to take a role in a reimagining of an Oscar Wilde classic. Pulse’s Sammy Jones guides you through the upcoming treats... It seems like we’ve been waiting forever, but the wait is almost over - the Reliant Regal is ready to splutter its way onto the Derngate stage (June 2-7) signalling the arrival of the stage version of the nation’s finest ever sitcom, Only Fools and..