Bullivant praises NSB team-mates for thrilling Daily Mail Cup run
Kicking king Conor Bullivant paid tribute to his Northampton School for Boys team-mates after their thrilling Daily Mail Cup run ended in defeat at Twickenham.NSB were beaten 27-17 in the showpiece...
View ArticleBoss Boothroyd may bolster Northampton Town squad with loan signings
The Cobblers could enter the loan transfer market this week after losing defenders Kelvin Langmead and John Johnson to injury during Saturday’s win over Oxford United.Club captain Langmead, who had...
View ArticleBoss Young questions referee as Wasps are stung by Saints
Wasps boss Dai Young questioned some of the decisions made by referee David Rose after seeing his side’s Aviva Premiership play-off hopes dented by a dramatic 26-24 defeat to Northampton at a snowy...
View ArticleDefibrillators for county fire stations
Life-saving defibrillators are being installed at fire stations across Northamptonshire.The equipment, paid for by East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), will be installed at eight Northamptonshire...
View ArticlePaul Gascoigne told doctors ‘please don’t let me die’ after Northampton...
Football legend Paul Gascoigne has appeared on live TV this morning to discuss his latest battle with alcohol, which was prompted by a public breakdown in Northampton.The former England footballer...
View ArticleFinal decision made on Northamptonshire ambulance stations
Ambulances will be stationed at 13 points across the south of Northamptonshire, after the plans were approved by the East Midlands Ambulance Service board.Members made the final decision at a board...
View ArticleAufona: Mr Mayor and Mayoress are getting jiggy with it
GREAT to see the Mayor and Mayoress, Rog and Jenny Conroy, getting jiggy down at O’Neills bar, in the Drapery, on St Patrick’s Day.The two of them have so far managed successfully to steer their way...
View ArticleAufona: ‘Drunk male wets himself’ #PcPlod
Good effort by the Plod on Twitter during #alcoholharm night, highlighting the boozy incidents on Saturday night’s shift.Sample: “drunk male has wet himself #alcoholharm” and so on. OK, one Special...
View ArticleAufona: Who’d want to write a manifesto these days?
JUST time to sneak a couple of observations in before Purdah kicks in at some point in the next few days. (Monday is the unilateral declaration from County Hall).One can’t help but notice the...
View ArticleJohn Griff: Back arts for all our sakes
On Monday I went to Derngate to see a performance of The Mousetrap. It was a new play to me and great to see it played out here as part of the production’s first ever tour. The cast was greeted by a...
View ArticleKerry Provenzano: Is technology as great as we may think?
I want your opinion on something. See, it’s become almost cliché to articulate how incredible technology in our modern world is. In fact, it’s become one of the centralised topics of small talk....
View ArticleHamilton says sorry to Mercedes following pit-stop gaffe
Lewis Hamilton was left apologising to Mercedes for a pit-stop gaffe that left McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh with a smile on his face at the end of another tough day.Making his first stop...
View ArticleDi Resta ready to move on from disappointing time in Malaysia
Paul Di Resta has drawn a line through a wretched weekend following a Malaysian Grand Prix that proved to be of ‘extreme disappointment’ for Force India team principal Vijay Mallya.Despite possessing a...
View ArticlePolice name man wanted in connection with Northampton summer knife attack
Detectives have today released a photograph of a man they want to speak to in connection with a knife attack in Northampton town centre eight months ago.The attack happened at around 4.30am on Tuesday,...
View ArticleTrio found guilty of beating 60-year-old to death in Northamptonshire murder...
Three people have been found guilty of the murder of a 60-year-old, who was brutally beaten to death in Irthlingborough in August last year. John York, aged 23, Jenny Ryan, aged 46, and Gary Monaghan,...
View ArticlePrime Minister to be lobbied over business in Northampton
The Prime Minister was today due to be lobbied by one of Northampton’s MPs to help boost business in the town.The Conservative MP for Northampton South, Brian Binley, was due to meet David Cameron this...
View ArticleBoothroyd believes opponents are targeting Northampton Town winger Demontagnac
Aidy Boothroyd believes some of the Cobblers’ opponents are deliberately trying to get in-form winger Ishmel Demontagnac sent off.The 24-year-old has been yellow-carded in Town’s past two matches to...
View ArticleEx-squaddie jailed after knife attack on ex-friend
A man who stabbed his former friend because “that is what you do during fights” has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison.James Moore, aged 23, who used to serve in the Army, stabbed...
View ArticleSubmariner calls for official presentation of Arctic convoy medals
A World War Two submariner has said the long-awaited Arctic convoy medals awarded to him and his comrades ought to be presented officially. Eric Wills, aged 92, of Kingsthorpe, made two treacherous...
View ArticleGreenwood believes versatility could cost Saints star Wood a Lions place
World Cup winner Will Greenwood fears Tom Wood’s versatility on the international stage could end up costing the Northampton Saint a spot on this summer’s Lions tour to Australia.Following an injury to...
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