The date of the 2021 Show has been rescheduled from 17th July to Saturday 4th September and will be held in Glapthorn Village Hall.

The Schedule will be printed in the next few weeks with a copy delivered to every house and published on the Glapthorn website.

In June 2002 Glapthorn Village Hall was formally opened at an event in conjunction with the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in the village. A video record of the event has recently been found and can now be viewed following the link below.

With thanks to Andy Brewer for sharing this piece of local history.

Anglian Water have announced a project to upgrade the existing water recycling centre off Cotterstock Road. Anglian Water will be creating new underground storm tanks within the existing site boundary; allowing a larger volume of water to be stored in the event of heavy rain fall.

Anglian Water engineers will start work in November for approximately 9 weeks.

Further details can be found in the attached... Read More »

Now that Glapthorn CE Primary School has joined the Rutland Learning Trust a consultation document and admissions policy for Glapthorn and Polebrook CE Primary Schools has been published, attached.

COVID-19 marshals will be deployed in East Northamptonshire from 31st October to support the local effort to curb the spread of the virus.

Full details of this initiative can be found in the attached briefing document.

July's annual show was cancelled due to current restrictions, so an alternative village show was held on Saturday in the gardens of Church Cottage. The event demonstrated outstanding local talent in gardening, arts and crafts. Proceeds from the afternoon were in aid of Cransley Hospice.

Leisure facilities owned by East Northamptonshire Council (ENC) will start to re-open from Saturday 25 July.

All three leisure centres across the district, which are run by Freedom Leisure on behalf of ENC, will re-open although customers can expect to see some changes to opening hours, programme timetables and services on offer in line with current guidance.

Full details can be found on the attached... Read More »

As the lock-down is lifting here's a timely reminder to remain vigilant as reported cases of financial scams during the coronavirus pandemic continue.

The recent Action Fraud Scam Warning advice remains pertinent, please see attached document.

Covid-19 hasn't gone away and nor have the scammers!