Kate Cronin
@katiecronin.bsky.social
Corby reporter, Northampton Crown Court reporter. Proud Prestonian. PNEFC season ticket holder.
The victim in this case has been the most wonderful person to work with. Despite the risk of identification she wanted to tell her story
She faced a long wait for justice & had to face her attacker in court but she made it. So many women never get there. www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
She faced a long wait for justice & had to face her attacker in court but she made it. So many women never get there. www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
How an inspirational Corby barmaid faced her Rugby-playing attacker in court, and helped put him behind bars
A young woman who was survived a horrendous sexual assault by a Corby man bravely gave evidence in court and helped jail her attacker.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The victim in this case has been the most wonderful person to work with. Despite the risk of identification she wanted to tell her story
She faced a long wait for justice & had to face her attacker in court but she made it. So many women never get there. www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
She faced a long wait for justice & had to face her attacker in court but she made it. So many women never get there. www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
This was an absolutely superb episode. There are people trying to destroy the BBC and they’re not doing it because of bias, they’re doing it because it is big enough and strong enough to call out the lunatics who have taken over political and conversational spheres.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This was an absolutely superb episode. There are people trying to destroy the BBC and they’re not doing it because of bias, they’re doing it because it is big enough and strong enough to call out the lunatics who have taken over political and conversational spheres.
Countdown to Reece’s mea culpa video, straight to camera, hands together, saying he’s grown as a person and found God
Corby Guard founder Reece McCarron broke into his ex-partner's home and threatened to kill her before he swinging a machete around the kitchen
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
Corby Guard founder Reece McCarron broke into his ex-partner's home and threatened to kill her before he swinging a machete around the kitchen
A man who started a vigilante group to ‘protect women and children’ has admitted carrying out a shocking attack on his former partner.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Countdown to Reece’s mea culpa video, straight to camera, hands together, saying he’s grown as a person and found God
Thought this was a great piece to explain to all those journalists on social media concerned about where all the hate and racism on their FB pages is coming from. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thought this was a great piece to explain to all those journalists on social media concerned about where all the hate and racism on their FB pages is coming from. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Corby’s childhood cancer rates are being examined by public health bosses after renewed pressure from local parents following the screening of Netflix’s Toxic Town www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/environ...
Corby's childhood cancer rates being examined by public health bosses after renewed pressure following screening of Toxic Town
Corby’s childhood cancer rates are the subject of an investigation by the area’s Director of Public Health after parents asked her to respond to their concerns.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Corby’s childhood cancer rates are being examined by public health bosses after renewed pressure from local parents following the screening of Netflix’s Toxic Town www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/environ...
I’ve been following this astonishing £4m burglary case for three years now - it’s finally ended after two trials, with the one man given jail time walking free because he’s already served his sentence www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
Two Corby men sentenced after art worth £1.6m stolen from stately home of multi-millionaire David Ross
A jaw-dropping burglary case has ended with five men walking free after one trial collapsed, and a second ended in not guilty verdicts.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’ve been following this astonishing £4m burglary case for three years now - it’s finally ended after two trials, with the one man given jail time walking free because he’s already served his sentence www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
I agree 100 per cent with Bridgey
September 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I agree 100 per cent with Bridgey
Kettering now entering the ‘find out’ phase of roundabout flag painting
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Kettering now entering the ‘find out’ phase of roundabout flag painting
I’ve heard the recordings that this family made of their racist Reform councillor neighbour. I’m rarely shocked these days, but I’ve never heard anything like what this family was subjected to.
This story of a Reform councillor’s racist harrassment of his neighbours is utterly shocking.
Is this what gets though the party’s “common sense” vetting system for candidates?
https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/corby-reform-councillor-resigns-over-serious-racism-allegations-5289085
Is this what gets though the party’s “common sense” vetting system for candidates?
https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/corby-reform-councillor-resigns-over-serious-racism-allegations-5289085
August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve heard the recordings that this family made of their racist Reform councillor neighbour. I’m rarely shocked these days, but I’ve never heard anything like what this family was subjected to.
Reposted by Kate Cronin
Local journalism update: this Reach title is trying to cause a run on the banks.
August 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Local journalism update: this Reach title is trying to cause a run on the banks.
So many fans these days 🙏
July 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So many fans these days 🙏
Reposted by Kate Cronin
When I worked at the Croydon Ad we switched off comments under stories in around 2010, largely because of how toxic they were. 15 years later the Facebook pages of local newspaper are rife with racism and toxicity. Well done to @katiecronin.bsky.social for calling it out in Northamptonshire
Northants Telegraph reporter slams "racist" readers - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
Correspondents criticised for comments like "deport" and "non British"
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July 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
When I worked at the Croydon Ad we switched off comments under stories in around 2010, largely because of how toxic they were. 15 years later the Facebook pages of local newspaper are rife with racism and toxicity. Well done to @katiecronin.bsky.social for calling it out in Northamptonshire
Super letter from my dad in The Tablet today
June 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Super letter from my dad in The Tablet today
I’ve spoken to close friends of Abdhi Patel, from Northampton, this evening about the loss they are feeling so deeply after she was killed in the Indian air disaster.
Abdhi sounds like such a wonderful woman. Condolences to all those who loved her www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/emergen...
Abdhi sounds like such a wonderful woman. Condolences to all those who loved her www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/emergen...
‘Best of the best’ Northampton beauty therapist among those who tragically died in Indian air crash
A young mum who lived and worked in Northampton is one of more than 200 tragically killed in a devastating Indian air crash.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’ve spoken to close friends of Abdhi Patel, from Northampton, this evening about the loss they are feeling so deeply after she was killed in the Indian air disaster.
Abdhi sounds like such a wonderful woman. Condolences to all those who loved her www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/emergen...
Abdhi sounds like such a wonderful woman. Condolences to all those who loved her www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/emergen...
The response to this story tonight has been overwhelming.
While the news is shattering for friends and family of the Modhas, I’m sure it brings them some comfort to see that they were so, so loved in Wellingborough.
While the news is shattering for friends and family of the Modhas, I’m sure it brings them some comfort to see that they were so, so loved in Wellingborough.
A Wellingborough family are thought to be among those killed in today’s Indian air disaster www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/emergen...
Wellingborough family among those thought to have been killed in Indian air disaster
A Wellingborough businesswoman and her family are believed to have been among more than 200 who have been killed in a horrific air crash in India.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The response to this story tonight has been overwhelming.
While the news is shattering for friends and family of the Modhas, I’m sure it brings them some comfort to see that they were so, so loved in Wellingborough.
While the news is shattering for friends and family of the Modhas, I’m sure it brings them some comfort to see that they were so, so loved in Wellingborough.
I’ve been looking at how the DOGE-style financial shakedown by Reform-led North Northants Council is shaping up - and it’s a different story to the approach taken elsewhere
✍️ ANALYSIS: The first details have emerged of how North Northants Council will run its shakedown of local finances - and it looks quite different to the ‘shock and awe’ approach taken elsewhere www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
First indication that North Northamptonshire's DOGE review could take a more measured approach
Details of how a thorough review of council finances will be undertaken in North Northants have been revealed for the first time.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I’ve been looking at how the DOGE-style financial shakedown by Reform-led North Northants Council is shaping up - and it’s a different story to the approach taken elsewhere
I sat down with Reform UK’s Cllr Martin Griffiths for his first interview after he was officially made leader of the council last night.
He promised no DOGE-style wide-scale redundancies and said he would be running the council, not Reform UK HQ www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
He promised no DOGE-style wide-scale redundancies and said he would be running the council, not Reform UK HQ www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
No 'DOGE-style' redundancies at North Northants Council but workers WILL be brought back into office, says new leader
The new leader of North Northants Council has laid out some of his plans for the next four years in office.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I sat down with Reform UK’s Cllr Martin Griffiths for his first interview after he was officially made leader of the council last night.
He promised no DOGE-style wide-scale redundancies and said he would be running the council, not Reform UK HQ www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
He promised no DOGE-style wide-scale redundancies and said he would be running the council, not Reform UK HQ www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
A brief guide to how to spot a wrong ‘un in 2025 for young journalists:
1) they suddenly start to undermine the police repeatedly on social media
2) they call into question the integrity of the court system
3) they start spouting off about ‘the MSM’ being corrupt
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1) they suddenly start to undermine the police repeatedly on social media
2) they call into question the integrity of the court system
3) they start spouting off about ‘the MSM’ being corrupt
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May 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A brief guide to how to spot a wrong ‘un in 2025 for young journalists:
1) they suddenly start to undermine the police repeatedly on social media
2) they call into question the integrity of the court system
3) they start spouting off about ‘the MSM’ being corrupt
/1
1) they suddenly start to undermine the police repeatedly on social media
2) they call into question the integrity of the court system
3) they start spouting off about ‘the MSM’ being corrupt
/1
An unexpected find for road policing www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
Criminal claimed he found Glock pistol in bush before cops found gun in routine traffic stop at Irchester Country Park
A Raunds man told a court he found an illegal firearm in a bush in an attempt to explain why it ended up in his uninsured van.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
An unexpected find for road policing www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
Found these stats interesting (via Mail Online).
We have only 240 asylum seekers living in North Northants. 6.5 in every 10,000 people.
Our population is 360,000.
Yet it became an election issue last week & helped Reform to victory here.
We have only 240 asylum seekers living in North Northants. 6.5 in every 10,000 people.
Our population is 360,000.
Yet it became an election issue last week & helped Reform to victory here.
May 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Found these stats interesting (via Mail Online).
We have only 240 asylum seekers living in North Northants. 6.5 in every 10,000 people.
Our population is 360,000.
Yet it became an election issue last week & helped Reform to victory here.
We have only 240 asylum seekers living in North Northants. 6.5 in every 10,000 people.
Our population is 360,000.
Yet it became an election issue last week & helped Reform to victory here.
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who followed our live election blog on Friday. We smashed all records.
I’m so glad people are still interested in local politics in Northants. There were some really good councillors among those who lost seats and we’ll miss them.
I’m so glad people are still interested in local politics in Northants. There were some really good councillors among those who lost seats and we’ll miss them.
May 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who followed our live election blog on Friday. We smashed all records.
I’m so glad people are still interested in local politics in Northants. There were some really good councillors among those who lost seats and we’ll miss them.
I’m so glad people are still interested in local politics in Northants. There were some really good councillors among those who lost seats and we’ll miss them.
Reposted by Kate Cronin
Minimum wage for a 9-5 full time job (40 hours a week) is, as of today, £25,396 a year for anyone over 21.
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
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April 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Minimum wage for a 9-5 full time job (40 hours a week) is, as of today, £25,396 a year for anyone over 21.
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
I’m inside the only steeple in Corby - at St John’s Church in the old village.
I’m watching the treble bell being lowered for restoration and I’ve found some great graffiti from people that locals might recognise.
I’m watching the treble bell being lowered for restoration and I’ve found some great graffiti from people that locals might recognise.
March 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m inside the only steeple in Corby - at St John’s Church in the old village.
I’m watching the treble bell being lowered for restoration and I’ve found some great graffiti from people that locals might recognise.
I’m watching the treble bell being lowered for restoration and I’ve found some great graffiti from people that locals might recognise.
I was one of only two reporters allowed in court this morning for the first hearing of this harrowing case.
Just a total tragedy for poor Marta and her family www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Just a total tragedy for poor Marta and her family www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Family of Wellingborough murder victim Marta Bednarczyk pay tribute to 'caring matriarch, loving mother and supportive friend'
The family of a 43-year-old woman who was murdered in Wellingborough have written a moving tribute to the caring woman they describe as ‘the matriarch of the family’.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I was one of only two reporters allowed in court this morning for the first hearing of this harrowing case.
Just a total tragedy for poor Marta and her family www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Just a total tragedy for poor Marta and her family www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...