Have your say on what Northamptonshire's police and fire service should make...
Northamptonshire's police and crime commissioner wants to know what the county's residents think should be the top priorities for the police and fire service.New plans are being drawn up for what...
View ArticleJames Heneghan’s Lincoln City v Northampton Town preview
Fixture: Lincoln City v Northampton Town, Sky Bet League TwoDate/time: Saturday, February 9, 3pm kick-offVenue: Sincil BankForecast: 9C, sunny spellsOuts and doubts: Imps: Michael Bostwick (calf), Cian...
View ArticleShop in Northampton hid 10,000 illegal cigarettes in nearby car
Police uncovered a huge haul of illicit cigarettes after spotting a shopworker acting suspiciously near a car.The officers were about to carry out an inspection of UK Monopol in St Leonard's Road, Far...
View ArticleNaiyaravoro returns as Saints take on Newcastle
Taqele Naiyaravoro returns as Saints take on Newcastle Falcons in Saturday's Premiership Rugby Cup semi-final at Franklin's Gardens (kick-off 12.15pm).Naiyaravoro was given a rest for the recent wins...
View ArticleNorthampton Saints v Newcastle Falcons: Tom Vickers' semi-final preview
Fixture: Northampton Saints v Newcastle FalconsCompetition: Premiership Rugby Cup (semi-final)Venue: Franklin's Gardens, NorthamptonDate and kick-off time: Saturday, February 9, 2019, 12.15pmReferee:...
View ArticleWoman says former Northampton diocese priest she accuses of sexually abusing...
A woman accusing a former Northampton diocese priest of raping her in the mid-1970s described him as “a master of winning people over” at the trial.The now-retired Father Francis McDermott, aged 75, is...
View ArticleCurle demands ‘controlled aggression’ and ‘focus’ as Cobblers head to Lincoln
Keith Curle says the Cobblers will have to produce a performance of ‘controlled aggression’ and ‘focus’ if they are to get any reward from their trip to Sky Bet League Two leaders Lincoln City on...
View ArticlePub landlady returns to Daventry home to find tea towels burning AFTER taking...
A pile of tea towels almost started a fire in a Daventry home when they started burning after being folded and piled straight out of the tumble dryer.A photo seen by Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue...
View ArticleThe applications granted planning permission in Northampton in the past week
Officers at Northampton Borough Council determined a series of planning applications in the past week.These are planning applications approved by Guildhall planning officers, rather than major...
View ArticleEarls Barton post office to close for refurbishment
Earls Barton post office will be temporarily closed while it's refurbished.The branch at 17-19 Station Road will be shut from tomorrow (February 9) at 12.30pm and will re-open on Thursday, February 21...
View ArticlePerson airlifted to hospital from scene of accident in Northampton
A person has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after a collision on Upton Way.Emergency services were called to the scene at about 2.10pm followiing a crash involving a car and motorbike.The...
View ArticleBreak-in at Kettering house
Police officers are appealing for witnesses after a burglary in Kettering.The incident happened between 11.30pm yesterday (Thursday, February 7), and 6am today (Friday, February 8).Burglars forced...
View ArticleMan wanted over smash-and-grab theft in Northampton
Police officers have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to following a theft from a car in Marlborough Road,St James..The incident happened on Sunday, January 13, at about 1am, when a...
View ArticleYoungsters on motorbikes and quad bikes ride over farmer's crops in Finedon
Motorbike and quad bike riders became abusive and threatened violence after a Finedon farmer confronted them for damaging his crops.On Sunday, February 3, between 2.05pm and 2.25pm, a group of young...
View ArticleOnly court battle would have settled Northamptonshire councils disagreement...
Hopes by Northamptonshire County Council to gain £7.8m from the boroughs and districts to help balance their budget have been abandoned as the authority would have had to go through the courts to get...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted in Raunds
A jogger was sexually assaulted by a hooded teenager in Raunds.Police have launched an appeal after the incident in Fairoaks Drive between 8.45pm and 9.05pm last night (Thursday).As the victim was...
View ArticleCash and jewellery stolen in Northampton burglary
Money and jewellery were stolen in a Northampton burglary.The burglary happened on Tuesday, February 5, between 2.30pm and 9.15pm, when the unknown offender/s forced open the front door of the home in...
View ArticleFamily pays tribute to Reece Ottaway following his death in Northampton
The family of Reece Ottaway, who was killed in St James a week ago, have described him as having "a loving heart".Reece aged 23, from Daventry, was stabbed and fatally wounded during an incident at...
View ArticleKINGSLEY MURDER TRIAL: Neighbours heard 'panicked, scared' shouting outside...
Witnesses have described what they saw of the foot chase through their neighbourhoods that ended in the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Northampton man.The people at home in Carlton Road and Randall Road...
View ArticleFEATURE: Club historian Frank Grande keeping it in the family as he hands on...
“It used to be said to me that ‘your claim to fame is that you are the Cobblers historian’. I used to say, ‘no, my claim to fame is if I Anglicised my name, I would be Frank Large...’And in one...
View Article