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Cobblers ace Alex Nicholls to undergo skin graft after broken leg agony
Doctors at Northampton General Hospital were today expected to perform a delicate skin graft procedure following an operation on Cobblers striker Alex Nicholls’ broken leg.The forward suffered a double...
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Port Vale boss hits out at referee after surprise loss to Cobblers
Firebrand Port Vale boss Micky Adams hit out at referee Richard Clark for the part the official played in Saturday’s surprise 2-0 defeat at Sixfields.Clark angered Adams with his decision to send off...
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Cobblers striker Alex Nicholls also broke his leg six years ago
Cobblers striker Alex Nicholls faces a long road back to recovery following his horrific injury sustained in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Port Vale, but it is a well-trodden path as the 24-year-old has...
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Legal wrangle over restaurant premises
A restaurant which has been closed for several years could re-open, but only if a licensing wrangle with Northampton Borough Council is dealt with first.Businessman Sunny Kooner is in the process of...
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Sport teams returning to Duston after decade away
Sports clubs banished from Duston for more than a decade have been flocking back since the opening of its sports centre, managers say. The former British Timken Sports and Social Club in Duston,...
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Broken leg victim Alex Nicholls tweets from hospital bed to thank fans for...
Cobblers striker Alex Nicholls has tweeted from his hospital bed to say thank you to fans for goodwill messages in the wake of Saturday’s injury horror.The 24-year-old frontman has undergone an...
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Man charged with Asian gold burglary
Detectives investigating a string of burglaries targeting Asian families for gold have arrested a 23-year-old man from Northampton.The man, who is believed to be from the Asian community, was arrested...
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Diggin double puts Brackley Town back on top
Steve Diggin bagged both goals as Brackley Town regained top spot in Blue Square Bet North following Monday’s 2-1 victory at Worcester City.In a first half of few chances, Diggin turned home Owen...
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Road crackdown snares 33 people in Northampton
Thirty-three people were found to be breaking the law in Northampton on Saturday as traffic police targeted drivers using their mobile phones and not wearing a seatbelt.Officers from the Operations...
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Doyle has faith that Kettering Town can be saved
Kettering Town manager Alan Doyle is optimistic the demands put upon them by the Southern League can be met and the club can be kept alive.The league held an emergency board meeting last week, the...
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Man hurt in vicious attack by woman wearing pink bunny ears
A man was attacked by a gang of four people including a woman who was wearing pink bunny ears, police have said.A 23-year-old man was attacked between 1.30am and 2.30am on Sunday in the Drapery, in...
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Saints trio released by England ahead of Leicester clash
Injured duo Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley are among nine players released by England ahead of this weekend’s Aviva Premiership action.But the pair, who sustained knee injuries in Saints’ defeat to...
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Tribute night review: Dirty Dancing at Whittlebury Hall
Die-hard Dirty Dancing fans moved to the beat at a special kind of tribute night for the popular feel-good movie. Whittlebury Hall, near Towcester, held a Dirty Dancing tribute night which included a...
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Northampton Town physio Barker: Nicholls injury is the worst I have seen
Cobblers head physio Stuart Barker has described the injury suffered by Alex Nicholls against Port Vale on Saturday as the worst he has ever seen.Barker was the first member of medical staff on the...
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England boss Lancaster reveals extent of Lawes and Hartley injuries
National boss Stuart Lancaster is hopeful Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley will both play a part in England’s autumn international series.Lawes was forced off with a knee injury after just 28 minutes...
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Burglars who posed as police officers jailed
SIX men have been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison after posing as police officers and stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds from trusting members of the public.Steven Nutting, aged 31, was...
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Northampton Town duo return to first-team training
Chris Hackett and John Johnson will train with the Cobblers squad this week and are in the selection frame for Saturday’s FA Cup first-round tie against Bradford City at Sixfields (3pm...
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Drugs gang from Northamptonshire in £1.7 million cocaine smuggling plot
An international drugs smuggling gang who flew £1.7 million of cocaine in a light aircraft from France were arrested once it had touched down at a Northamptonshire airfield, a court heard today.The...
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Former Saints star Ashton faces ban after Artemyev challenge
Former Saints wing Chris Ashton could face a ban after receiving a post-match Level One citing for his challenge on Vasily Artemyev at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend.Ashton put in a no arms hit on the...
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Northamptonshire Police commissioner candidate forced to quit over arrest
The Labour candidate for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections has been forced to quit after it emerged he was arrested during a town centre disturbance 22 years ago.Football fan Lee Barron was...
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