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BBC News
30-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Reform UK council leader in Northants criticised on net zero
A newly elected Reform UK council leader has been criticised over his remarks about net zero this week, North Northamptonshire Council's Martin Griffiths questioned the role of local authorities in tackling climate appointed council leader on 22 May, said his party was not made up of "climate change deniers" but believed that net zero was a "global matter" that was "making everyone poorer".But the leader of the Green Party group on the council, Emily Fedorowycz, said his statements on net zero were "irresponsible" and "dangerous". Fedorowycz said there was an "enormous" economic opportunity from climate projects and there would be future costs to residents if targets were ignored."Blaming climate action for rising poverty is a deliberate distraction from the real causes: a broken energy system, years of underinvestment in insulation and public transport, and global reliance on fossil fuels." Labour MP for Kettering Rosie Wrighting also criticised the comments, writing on social media: "Constituents regularly raise concerns with me about the climate emergency and bills."Tackling net zero is vital to both issues, so I am disappointed to read these comments by the new Reform leader of [North Northamptonshire Council]."Wrighting added: "Councillor Griffiths describes [net zero] as a 'global matter', brushing it off as someone else's problem."But local councils have a role to play and I will be watching [the council's] climate approach closely." North Northamptonshire Council declared a climate emergency in 2021 and committed to becoming a carbon-neutral authority by council's targets align with the UK's national legal requirement to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or Reform administration is expected to lead the council until 2029, shaping local environmental and policy decisions during that time. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service earlier this week, Griffiths said on other areas relating to the climate and environment, he agreed with wanting to plant more trees and clean up the county's stance taken by the new leader of the council mirrors the opinions of the Reform party at the national has been contacted for further Iain Staffell of Imperial College London said that in the long term, renewables "will be bringing down overall energy bills, and specifically electricity bills, for the UK".But some analysts have said in the short term, green energy prices could rise due to the rush to secure enough renewables to meet the 2030 net zero goal. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
30-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Rosie Wrighting MP calls for bereavement suites in new maternity units
A proposal to ensure bespoke bereavement suites are built into all new maternity units has been brought before Labour MP for Kettering, Rosie Wrighting, presented her Maternity Units Bill on Tuesday, in the House of bill would make it a legal requirement for newly built maternity units to include private bereavement spaces, ensuring grieving families are not placed alongside those experiencing the joy of childbirth."[Losing a baby] is made more difficult, when [mothers] experience this in a maternity ward... surrounded by mothers and families celebrating new life," Wrighting told the Commons. "For parents where the local hospital has a dedicated bereavement suite away from the main labour ward, they can process that pain in privacy and peace." According to figures from bereavement charity Sands, 13 families in the UK lose a baby each day before, during, or shortly after Kettering General Hospital, (KGH,) families who suffered baby loss were previously placed in rooms within the main labour ward. That changed after the launch of the Twinkling Stars Appeal in 2019, which raised £1m for a new bereavement suite, now under construction as part of a maternity unit Wrighting, who herself was born a premature baby at KGH, said: "Kettering General cares for up to 100 families a year who lose a baby. "They will now be cared for in a suite that has a bereavement area with... a cold cot for precious time with their babies."What we can do is try... not to add to those feelings and make an awful situation even worse by not providing support in an understanding environment."The bill will now go to a second reading on 16 May. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Independent
29-04-2025
- Health
- The Independent
MP calls for every new maternity unit to have bereavement suite
Every new maternity unit should have a bereavement suite so grieving parents can 'process that pain with privacy and peace', an MP has said. Rosie Wrighting warned MPs that the experience of baby loss was 'made more difficult' if parents were 'surrounded by mothers and families celebrating new life'. The MP for Kettering, who said she was born eight weeks early, proposed the Maternity Units (Requirement for Bereavement Suite) Bill, which if agreed to would require new units to have a dedicated bereavement facility. 'For anyone who is experiencing the loss of a baby, it is already one of the most difficult times in their life,' Ms Wrighting told the Commons. 'It's made more difficult when they experience this in a maternity ward in their hospital surrounded by mothers and families celebrating new life. 'There is no number of new facilities that can take that pain away but for parents where the local hospital has a dedicated bereavement suite, away from the main labour ward, they can process that pain with privacy and peace.' In her speech, Ms Wrighting praised staff at Kettering General Hospital's Rockingham Wing, where she was born, who she said 'help people go through one of the most difficult experiences anyone can imagine, and they continue to do this despite years of underfunding and understaffing'. The Northamptonshire MP said the hospital – where there are plans for a new bereavement suite as part of a Rockingham Wing extension – was where her 'mum fought for her life after a complicated and traumatic birth which was made even more difficult as she was surrounded by happy and healthy mothers and their babies'. She described a suite as a 'safe, separate space where families are not coming face-to-face with other pregnant women and newborn babies while going through such a heartbreaking time'. According to the stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands, 13 families a day lose their babies before, during or shortly after birth. 'So, this is bigger than Kettering or Northamptonshire,' Ms Wrighting said, and added that she had looked at fundraising website JustGiving before her speech to find it 'full of appeals from every corner of the country for funding for new facilities, specialist counselling or trained midwives for bereavement services'. She told MPs: 'I can't even begin to express the admiration I have for parents who are taking their pain and channelling it into making things better for those who come after them.' Ms Wrighting's Bill will be listed for a second reading debate on May 16.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
MP calls for every new maternity unit to have bereavement suite
Every new maternity unit should have a bereavement suite so grieving parents can 'process that pain with privacy and peace', an MP has said. Rosie Wrighting warned MPs that the experience of baby loss was 'made more difficult' if parents were 'surrounded by mothers and families celebrating new life'. The MP for Kettering, who said she was born eight weeks early, proposed the Maternity Units (Requirement for Bereavement Suite) Bill, which if agreed to would require new units to have a dedicated bereavement facility. 'For anyone who is experiencing the loss of a baby, it is already one of the most difficult times in their life,' Ms Wrighting told the Commons. 'It's made more difficult when they experience this in a maternity ward in their hospital surrounded by mothers and families celebrating new life. 'There is no number of new facilities that can take that pain away but for parents where the local hospital has a dedicated bereavement suite, away from the main labour ward, they can process that pain with privacy and peace.' In her speech, Ms Wrighting praised staff at Kettering General Hospital's Rockingham Wing, where she was born, who she said 'help people go through one of the most difficult experiences anyone can imagine, and they continue to do this despite years of underfunding and understaffing'. The Northamptonshire MP said the hospital – where there are plans for a new bereavement suite as part of a Rockingham Wing extension – was where her 'mum fought for her life after a complicated and traumatic birth which was made even more difficult as she was surrounded by happy and healthy mothers and their babies'. She described a suite as a 'safe, separate space where families are not coming face-to-face with other pregnant women and newborn babies while going through such a heartbreaking time'. According to the stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands, 13 families a day lose their babies before, during or shortly after birth. 'So, this is bigger than Kettering or Northamptonshire,' Ms Wrighting said, and added that she had looked at fundraising website JustGiving before her speech to find it 'full of appeals from every corner of the country for funding for new facilities, specialist counselling or trained midwives for bereavement services'. She told MPs: 'I can't even begin to express the admiration I have for parents who are taking their pain and channelling it into making things better for those who come after them.' Ms Wrighting's Bill will be listed for a second reading debate on May 16.
The Guardian
29-03-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Three people die after house fire in Northamptonshire village
Three people have died after a fire at a Grade II-listed former railway station in a village in Northamptonshire. Police, fire and ambulance services were called at about 10.30pm on Friday to reports of a large blaze at a property in Beswick Close in Rushton, near Kettering. Three people were later confirmed to have died, Northamptonshire police said. No details about the age or identity of the victims have been given. Images from the site show a large hole burned through the roof of the building, a 19th-century former train station that has been converted into a residential property. The former Glendon and Rushton railway station is a Grade II-listed building, according to the Historic England website. Three police officers required hospital assessment because of smoke inhalation, the force added. The Rushton parish council vice-chair, Mike Brightman, said: 'It's a very sad day for the village, losing some of our residents in such a horrific way.' The MP for Kettering, Rosie Wrighting, said in a post on Facebook: 'I am saddened by this tragic fire and my thoughts are with the family and friends of those involved and everyone in the Rushton community. Thank you to the emergency services who attended the scene.' One resident told the BBC: 'From our drive we [could] see flames. The house was on fire, it was all on fire, but we didn't know if anybody was in it. 'Everybody is very sad. They're very distraught.' Sign up to First Edition Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion The cause of the fire is under investigation by the police and Northamptonshire fire and rescue service. Train services were affected by the fire, which was near a railway line, because of damage caused to the track, according to the National Rail website.
