Wellingborough, England News

South Northamptonshire MP Andrea Leadsom effectively abstained from voting on the Government's plans to legalise gay marriage last night, as two right-wing county colleagues opposed the bill.

A service of commemoration to mark soldiers from Northamptonshire who died in the Korean War will be held in Northampton next month.

A sailor who fell into Pitsford Reservoir was rescued by a fisherman amid a large-scale operation launched by the emergency services.

DAVID Cameron is facing a major rebellion over membership of the European Union after Conservative back-benchers forced a vote in parliament next week on bringing forward a referendum.

Police say they have been looking for Christopher Mealey, Lee Smith and Jamie Spring, aka Hall, since January 2012 Detectives want to speak to 40-year-old Jamie Spring, who is also known as Jamie Hall, Lee Smith, 40, and Christopher Mealey, 37.

A prestigious awards ceremony took place at Clarence House yesterday for staff from a Housing 21 Northamptonshire-based sheltered housing scheme, who were presented with an award recognising their contribution to their local area.