Chron Comment: August 9
Project Angel may sound like some Secret Service codeword, but it’s in fact a thoroughly common sense move to bring potentially thousands of workers – very likely county council employees – into the...
View ArticleShepherd signs for Sale after Saints pull plug
CAMERON SHEPHERD has signed for Sale Sharks – little more than a week after Saints pulled the plug on a deal to sign the Australian winger. Shepherd signed for Saints back in May but the club put a...
View ArticleCobblers to play Wolves at home in second round of Capital One Cup
The Cobblers will play Wolves at Sixfields in the second round of the Capital One Cup.Town, who beat Cardiff City 2-1 in round one on Tuesday night, will play host to the npower Championship side on...
View ArticleHonours even in Southampton
Rob Newton and James Middlebrook dug Northamptonshire out of potential trouble at the Ageas Bowl with an unbroken stand of 72 after hosts Hampshire had threatened to get on top.Only 48 overs were...
View ArticleCyclists get in saddle as bike route is extended
Three miles of new cycling track were officially opened in Northampton at a celebration of bicycles.The Connect2 route, which runs from Southbridge to Upton, is designed to encourage more people to...
View ArticlePeterborough almost there after Saints surrender
Peterborough all but sealed the Hevey Building Supplies Northamptonshire Cricket League title with a win over their nearest challengers.They brushed aside Northampton Saints as Paul McMahon’s...
View ArticleHampshire chase stuns Northamptonshire
Captain Jimmy Adams led the way to help Hampshire chase down a victory target of 326 with almost two overs to spare as Northamptonshire crashed to an eight-wicket defeat at Southampton.Adams made 149...
View ArticleRecipe Card: Ravioli with vegetarian filling
Faye Baxter from Earls Barton works as a nutritionist and cookery teacher. She runs The Healthy Chefs Cookery School and has a number of courses scheduled in for the coming months.These include a...
View ArticleRhys Oakley takes his chance to impress Saints coaches
PAUL GRAYSON says trialist Rhys Oakley ‘threw his hat into the ring’ for a Saints contract after a strong showing against Leinster on Saturday.The No. 8, who has two Wales caps to his name, came on as...
View ArticleSteelbacks succumb to inspired Nash
A stunning half-century by Brandan Nash helped the Kent Spitfires to a thrilling five-wicket win over the Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Wantage Road to keep their semi-final hopes in the Clydesdale...
View ArticleNuisance granny regularly breaching ASBO
A NUISANCE gran who was handed a five-year ASBO because of her drinking and bad behaviour is breaching the order on “a weekly basis”, a court has heard.Josephine Eze, aged 62, of no fixed abode,...
View ArticleTown centre car park evacuated due to fire
An electrical fault in a Vauxhall astra sparked a car fire which prompted the evacuation of a town centre car park.Fire crews were called to the Grosvenor Centre car park at 2.45pm on Sunday following...
View ArticlePolice launch speeding crackdown across Northamptonshire
Officers across Northamptonshire are taking part in a European speed enforcement campaign this week.The TISPOL campaign sees the majority of police forces across the continent taking part in the same...
View ArticleCharlotte’s inspiring journey to walk again
Throughout the Olympics there came again and again the message that the athletes on our screens did not become medal winners overnight, they worked, they strived and they sacrificed to get to their...
View ArticleGilligan launches astonishing attack on Cobblers boss Boothroyd
FORMER Cobblers midfielder Ryan Gilligan has launched an astonishing attack on current Town boss Aidy Boothroyd on social networking site Twitter.And the 25-year-old, who currently plies his trade with...
View ArticleNo injury concerns for Cobblers ahead of Rotherham visit
THE Cobblers will name an unchanged starting line-up for the visit of Rotherham United to Sixfields on Tuesday night (7.45pm kick-off).Manager Aidy Boothroyd has no fresh injury concerns for the game...
View ArticleFelled tree causes problems for town centre motorists
Police were forced to temporarily seal off a section of one of Northampton’s busiest junctions this morning after a tree fell over on a roundabout.Officers were called to St Peter’s Way at about 8am...
View ArticleStreet in Northampton sealed off after ‘iron bar’ attack
Police sealed off a town centre street after a 27-year-old man was hit over the head with what officers believe may have been an iron bar in a violent attack in the early hours of Saturday...
View ArticleUCL champions Long Buckby suffer Holbeach hammering
Champions Long Buckby suffered a nightmare start to their UCL Premier Division campaign as they were hammered 5-1 at Holbeach.After losing most of their title-winning side over the summer, the new-look...
View ArticleInvestigating Northamptonshire’s crashes
Anyone who has endured the sad task of sitting in a public inquest examining the death of a crash victim will be familiar with just how thorough investigations by Northamptonshire Police’s Collision...
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