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Bad Day for luckless Saint Christian
Saints boss Jim Mallinder has confirmed Christian Day has suffered a recurrence of his problematic ankle injury - and is not sure how long the lock will be out.Day limped off after just 11 minutes of...
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Market Thoughts: Lets make it a happy new year
Well, that was the year that was! As far as the property market is concerned, we look back on a period that was notable for nothing in particular.Over the past 12 months readers will have endured no...
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As you were, Team America
So it’s happened . . . after the near-miraculous election of Barack Obama four years ago, this week the American public did it again to give him a second term in office.Republican Mitt Romney didn’t...
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Vote, vote, vote...for one Mickey Mouse
With only a week to go the nation waits, fingernails chewed to the quick, sleepless nights, passions raised to fever pitch.Oh sorry, the new James Bond movie was released last week . . . I’m talking...
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Less Robert Redford, more Private Walker
I’ve done it. I’ve taken the Tash. I have joined the ranks of men that use the month of November as an excuse to grow a moustache.Movember started in Australia as a way of raising awareness of men’s...
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Pedestrian airlifted to hospital after he was hit by car in Northampton
A pedestrian was airlifted to hospital with multiple injuries after he was hit by a car in Northampton town centre on Saturday night.The 53-year-old man was in collision with a black Citroen Saxo...
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Chron Comment: November 8
“JAM tomorrow” seems to be the message from Northampton Borough Council leader, David Mackintosh, regarding the state of the town centre (page 34). “Cranes are in the air,” he said and pointed out 15...
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Commissioner candidate offers olive branch to officers
The Conservative candidate hoping to become Police & Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire has told the Chron how he wants to work with police officers, not against them.Adam Simmonds today said...
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At least they are talking about you Sir Mikey...
POOR show from the Daily Mail’s acerbic sketch writer Quentin Letts who has laid into Mikey Ellis for his slavish loyalty to the Government. (County colleagues Binners, Bone, Hollobone and Eurosceptics...
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Seeing the job through
EXCELLENT to see the 9th/12th Lancers being given the Freedom of the Borough the other day, an event their second in command, Major Andrew Simpson (no, not him) described as a “significant honour” for...
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Tasty opener for top flight new boys
Oundle will start life in the Northants Cricket League Premier Division with a trip to Finedon Dolben.The clash at Avenue Road is the standout fixture on the 2013 season’s opening day which will be...
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Thieves drive off in Mercedes after demanding man’s car keys
A 64-year-old man had his car stolen after being threatened by two men who demanded his keys.The victim was approached by the men in Valley, Road, Northampton at about 4pm on Friday, November 9 and...
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Cat killed by exploding firework
Police have launched an investigation after a cat was killed by an exploding firework.Officers were alerted after the cat’s body was found by a woman and her daughter in Shelley Road, Wellingborough,...
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Northampton Town keeper Nicholls unable to play at Bradford
Lee Nicholls will not be available for selection for the Cobblers in their FA Cup tie at Bradford City on Tuesday night (7.45pm kick-off).The goalkeeper has not been given permission to play by parent...
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PHYSIO COLUMN: Warm up properly for winter exercise
As temperatures plummet while we head in to winter, injuries sustained due to poor warming-up start to soar. Here, leading Northampton physiotherapist Mark Buckingham begins his bi-weekly sports...
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Boss Mallinder says Saints have to stick together through rocky patch
Saints boss Jim Mallinder has urged his players to stick together as they aim to end their barren run of form. Mallinder’s men have suffered four successive defeats and five in their last six games in...
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Northampton Town boss Boothroyd wary of Bradford City strikers
Bradford striker Nahki Wells has been a regular thorn in the side of the Cobblers, but manager Aidy Boothroyd believes his players will need to pay equally close attention to Wells’ strike partner...
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Nurse wrote Christmas cards as A&E cases queued
A nurse stole painkillers and wrote Christmas cards while patients waited in Northampton General Hospital’s accident and emergency.Liza Hawes, from Northampton, has been struck off by the Nursing and...
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Boy of 10 linked to sex attack gang
A woman has been sexually assaulted by three boys, including one who is believed to be just 10 years old.Detectives are appealing for witnesses following an incident which happened at 9.45am on...
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Cash reward is a real incentive for Cobblers at Bradford
Tuesday night’s game at Valley Parade is unlikely to feel much like a significant fixture for the players or the supporters of the Cobblers.Bradford’s ground is enormous and the game is not included in...
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