Former special to run for Northamptonshire police commissioner role
A former special Pc who now runs a firm to help catch dangerous drivers on camera has confirmed he hopes to become police commissioner.Matt Stockdale, aged 42, becomes the second person to confirm his...
View ArticleHighways bosses claim lights ‘do not cause crashes’
A traffic junction n Northampton that has seen more than a dozen accidents ‘should not cause a problem to careful drivers’, road chiefs say.Staff at nearby businesses have been calling for the...
View ArticleFamily affair as the O’Brien brothers square up in t20 at Taunton
KEVIN O’BRIEN is looking forward to Somerset’s Friends Life t20 clash against Northants today at Taunton (2.40pm) as he aims to get one over his brother and Steelbacks batsman Niall.Big-hitting all...
View ArticleSpaniard Lorenzo has grasp on championship after MotoGP victory at Silverstone
Jorge Lorenzo took a firm grip on this year’s MotoGP championship with a convincing win at the British Grand Prix, but it was home hero Cal Crutchlow who gave the Silverstone crowd most to cheer.The...
View ArticleButtler sees off the Steelbacks
Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 58 saw Somerset to a thrilling five-wicket win over the Steelbacks with one ball to spare in the Friends Life t20 at Taunton.Buttler, overlooked for England’s latest one-day...
View ArticleSteelbacks the wrong side of the margin
David Capel was left to rue the fine margins of the 20-over game after watching his Steelbacks side go down by five wickets to Somerset.In a tight game on a turgid Taunton surface, A pair of boundaries...
View ArticleTen Northampton General Hospital staff left with £790k pay-off
Ten members of staff have been given average pay-offs of £79,000 each after they were made redundant by Northampton General Hospital.Health bosses revealed to the Chron staff numbers had reduced by a...
View ArticleAuthors descend on Althorp for annual literary festival
FAMOUS authors from the world of politics, journalism and acting talked about their latest work during the Althorp Literary Festival.The event, now in its ninth year, featured a range of well known...
View ArticleCobblers forward Robinson to fight for his Sixfields future
JAKE ROBINSON has vowed to fight for his future at the Cobblers and says if he leaves the club this summer he will regard his time at Sixfields as a ‘complete failure.’The former Shrewsbury Town and...
View ArticleYoungs injury opens England Test door for Saints scrum-half Dickson
SAINTS scrum-half Lee Dickson could be set for a start in England’s third and final Test against South Africa after Ben Youngs was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a shoulder injury.Youngs...
View ArticleHandcuffed woman rescued from Northampton bed by firefighters
A fire crew was called to a bedroom of a home in Northampton after a woman was unable to release herself from a pair of handcuffs.They used bolt cutters to quickly free her.Northamptonshire Fire and...
View ArticleCobblers to kick off new league season at Rochdale
THE Cobblers will open their npower League Two campaign with a trip to Spotland to take on Rochdale.Aidy Boothroyd’s men don’t start the new season until August 18 due to the London Olympics, and their...
View ArticleAs pet cruelty cases soar, we talk to the RSPCA about animal neglect
It is difficult to imagine the kind of mindless cruelty which could lead a person to repeatedly stab a dog with a potato peeler or abandon a blind kitten in a carrier bag, yet these are two of the...
View ArticleChron Comment: June 14
So now it’s official: plans for the expansion of Northampton’s Grosvenor Centre are going nowhere fast.Twelve years after the scheme was first unveiled, the site’s owner Legal & General says no...
View ArticleChron Comment: July 7
The latest timetable for the redevelopment of the Grosvenor Centre has slipped a further year. This may be disappointing but followers of this saga – plans were first revealed way back in the year 2000...
View ArticleBoothroyd welcomes tough opening fixtures for Cobblers
AIDY BOOTHROYD believes the Cobblers’ first three games of the new season will provide the perfect examination for the club’s close-season recruitment and preparation.The fixture list for the 2012/13...
View ArticleDickson and Doran-Jones in England team to face SA Northern Barbarians
SAINTS duo Lee Dickson and Paul Doran-Jones will start for England in their clash with South African Northern Barbarians in Potchefstroom on Tuesday evening.Dickson will be aiming to prove a point...
View ArticleSaints star Hartley is named England skipper for third Test
DYLAN HARTLEY will captain England in their third and final Test clash with South Africa on Saturday after Chris Robshaw was ruled out. Robshaw suffered a crack in the bone of his right thumb during...
View ArticleLabour selects union leader for police commissioner election
Former Northampton councillor and union leader Lee Barron has been confirmed as the Labour Party’s candidate for the post of police commissioner.Mr Barron, aged 42, is currently the Midlands Regional...
View ArticleBears without Woakes for Steelbacks t20 clash
WARWICKSHIRE Bears will be without key all-rounder Chris Woakes for tomorrow night’s Friends Life t20 clash with the Northants Steelbacks at Edgbaston.Woakes will be missing as has been added to...
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