Video: Northampton’s Fishmarket - gone in 60 seconds
Time-lapse video of Northampton’s Fishmarket being demolished has been revealed by Northampton Borough Council.The final sections of the building were demolished last week, making way for the town’s...
View ArticleDamning report into child protection in Northamptonshire identifies “legacy...
Officials at Northamptonshire County Council have “accepted unreservedly” the findings of a damning Ofsted report which has labelled the county’s child protection services inadequate.The highly...
View ArticleNorthants involved in attritional day against Yorkshire
It was slow going on day one of Northamptonshire’s two-day pre-season clash with Yorkshire in Barbados.Having won the toss and elected to bat, Andrew Gale’s side made 266 for four in 93 overs at...
View ArticleStrike over pay and pensions sees 44 driving tests cancelled in Northampton
Civil servants across Northamptonshire are staging a 24-hour strike to coincide with Budget day in a row over pay, pensions and working conditions.The strikes have meant the Northampton driving test...
View ArticleNumber of Northampton jobless rises again
Unemployment in Northampton has risen for the third month in a row, with 500 more people out of work compared with at Christmas.There were 5,934 people claiming jobseeker’s allowance in the town in...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Dang’s - Northampton
One of the problems of having a reputation which precedes you is the pressure of continually having to live up to it.Ask any restaurant savvy diner from Northampton to list their top five in the town...
View ArticleJohn Griff: Changing of the music old guard
I must admit to being just a little bemused by what’s going on in the popular music industry at the moment. It’s as though there’s some kind of revolution – and Simon Cowell is apparently nowhere to be...
View ArticleJohn Grosvenor: Justice must always be seen to be done
JUSTICE behind closed doors is no justice. It must be seen to be done. Therefore the two leading Liberal Democrats who quit the party at its weekend conference over its backing for a Commons Bill...
View ArticleAufona: Gina/Shirley heads the Tory cast leaving stage
TIME to bid an early farewell to a few Tories – and the odd grandee among them – whose careers are coming to an end after deciding not to stand in May.Obviously Ben Smith’s off (Barbados, keep up, we...
View ArticleAufona: Better luck for next time, NEP
Very late (about three months) breaking news: Remember the fanfare that surrounded Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership and its finest patrons, the county council, winning the (two-horse) race to...
View ArticleAufona: Mikey, Maltesers and a first in Daft Portfolio ‘13
IT’S taken until mid-March, but here’s some much needed comic relief from Mikey Ellis, with this, his first entry in what he might catalogue as “Daft Portfolio 2013”.“Daft Portfolio 2012” was brimming,...
View ArticleDriver released on bail after fatal A6 crash
A driver who was arrested following a fatal crash in Rushden has been released on bail.The 23-year-old from Northamptonshire was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing...
View ArticleScarlets ‘desperate’ to keep Northampton Saints target George North
Scarlets head coach Simon Easterby says he is ‘desperate’ to hold on to Saints target George North.North’s agent Christian Abt confirmed on Wednesday that there had been talks between the two clubs...
View ArticlePolice arrest man in Northamptonshire murder probe
Detectives have this afternoon revealed they have arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of David ‘Les’ Ross.Officers from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit carried out a number...
View ArticleChancellor’s budget welcomed by Northamptonshire MPs
There was some cheer for beer drinkers and taxpayers in chancellor George Osborne’s budget today, but it was delivered under an economic cloud where the year’s growth forecast was slashed in half.The...
View Article£400,000 will be used to repair Delapre Abbey roof
Urgent repairs to the roof of Delapre Abbey are set to be carried out this summer after the Northampton Borough Council successfully bid for nearly £200,000 in funding.The borough council has received...
View ArticleMcGleish backing Northampton Town to clinch automatic promotion
Former Cobblers striker Scott McGleish has backed the current side to ‘cross the line’ and win promotion from npower League Two this season.McGleish scored 24 goals and was named the club’s player of...
View ArticleNorthants struggle with the bat against Tykes
Yorkshire’s attack held the upper hand on the second day of the pre-season encounter with Northamptonshire in Barbados.In reply to the Tykes’ 266-4, the County mustered 236 for the loss of 11 wickets...
View ArticleSuspect in Northamptonshire murder probe released on bail
A man who was yesterday arrested as part of a murder probe in Northamptonshire has been released on bail, police have said.Northamptonshire Police yesterday arrested a 39-year-old man in connection...
View ArticleWalker enjoys a winning debut as England win International Series
Jamie Walker enjoyed a winning debut for England at the annual British Indoor Bowls Council International Series at County Durham.Walker, who lives in Abington and plays for Wellingborough IBC,...
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