The resignation of Conservative MP Louise Mensch and the recent deaths of Labour's Malcolm Wicks and Sir Stuart Bell mean by-elections are due in Corby, Croydon North and Middlesbrough.

BBC: Sir Stuart Bell

Sir John Howard-Lawson sold the 13th Century Corby Castle estate in north Cumbria in 1994, but his son claimed it was not his to sell.

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Corby town are currently doing well in both the Blue Square North League and the FA Cup.

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