Boss Yates admits Robins ‘could have got a tanking’ at Northampton
Cheltenham manager Mark Yates said he thought he’d picked the wrong team at Sixfields on Saturday after watching the Cobblers score through the two methods he highlighted as being their best...
View ArticleProtest held outside Starbucks in Northampton
Members of the Northampton Alliance to Defend Services (NADS) gathered outside a branch of Starbucks in Northampton to protest against the amount of corporation tax the company has paid in the UK.The...
View ArticleNorthampton Town boss Boothroyd: “We’re still not good enough”
Aidy Boothroyd admitted Clarke Carlisle did not turn in his best Cobblers performance in the defeat to Cheltenham but says the team take collective responsibility for the loss.Town went down 3-2 to the...
View ArticleCard con gangs target Northampton cash machine
A victim of a card con has warned people to be vigilant after discovering £300 had been taken from her account by a gang armed with a hidden camera.Lisa McDonaugh, aged 38, from Kingsthorpe, tried to...
View ArticleHartley says England can be inspiration for Saints
Dylan Hartley is using England’s win against the All Blacks as inspiration ahead of Saints’ trip to Belfast on Saturday.Skipper Hartley and his Northampton team-mates suffered a 25-6 Heineken Cup...
View ArticleNorthampton Saints sell half a million shares to help fund new stand
Half a million shares in Northampton Saints have been sold to help pay for the proposed new North Stand at Franklin’s Gardens.Saints chief executive Allan Robson has thanked fans for backing the...
View ArticleRepair work causes power cut in more Northampton homes
A total of 17 more homes in Northampton have no electricity following work to restore power elsewhere.A British Red Cross vehicle has been mobilised to Delapre Crescent Road to hand out hot drinks to...
View ArticleSpa stay review: Whittlebury Hall
The idea of hanging about in your dressing gown, surrounded by lots of strangers also in dressing gowns, may sound odd to some, but there is much more to the Whittlebury Hall spa experience than...
View ArticleElections just around the corner
Lots of rumours circulating about next year’s county council polls when the number of wards will be slimmed down from 73 to 57. One newly created one is Rushmills where, it is rumoured, Penny Flavell...
View ArticleBones sent for carbon dating tests after find
Human remains found at a building site in a south Northamptonshire village have been sent to experts for carbon dating.Two sets of human remains were found at a site in Middleton Cheney on Friday and...
View ArticleIs it gerrymandering?
The electorate has had their say and Wootton and East Hunsbury Parish Council will now split thanks to that narrow majority at last month’s advisory poll which was formally waved through by the borough...
View ArticleAlfa Romeo used in Post Office ram raid
Thieves failed in an elaborate bid to steal money from a cash point after using a silver Alfa Romeo in an apparent ram raid.Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a ram raid, on Saturday...
View ArticleSaints skipper Hartley cited for clash with Ulster’s Best
Saints skipper Dylan Hartley has been cited for alleged foul play during Northampton’s Heineken Cup defeat against Ulster on Friday night.The England hooker has been reported by match commissioner...
View ArticleWanderers’ final hopes dashed by Saracens at Gardens
The Wanderers missed out on a place in the A-League final as Saracens mounted a second-half surge to win 33-23 at Franklin’s Gardens on Monday night.Saints’ second string had gone in 13-10 up at the...
View ArticleBowe expecting Saints to hit Ulster ‘twice as hard’ in Belfast
Ireland wing Tommy Bowe has warned his Ulster team-mates that Saints will come at them ‘twice as hard’ this week. Bowe got on the scoresheet as the last season’s Heineken Cup runners-up clinched a...
View ArticleCobblers defender Tozer: There’s no blame game culture at Sixfields
Ben Tozer has revealed the Cobblers squad did not play the blame game in the aftermath of the defeat to Cheltenham Town on Saturday, and says the players must focus on the fact they matched one of...
View Article£10m reward heading to Northamptonshire council coffers
Councils across Northamptonshire are being given almost £10m as a reward for boosting housing growth across the county, the Government announced today.Housing Minister Mark Prisk said the New Homes...
View ArticleLatest religion and ethnicity data for Northamptonshire released
Early census figures released today suggest more than 76 per cent of people living in Northampton consider themselves “White British”.The data, compiled by the census survey taken across the country in...
View ArticleNorthampton Town striker Akinfenwa shortlisted for monthly award
Cobblers striker Adebayo Akinfenwa has been shortlisted for the npower League Two player of the month award for November, although manager Aidy Boothroyd has not made it on to the shortlist for the...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Arrest made in Daventry ‘murder’ probe
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder after a woman from Daventry died from a head injury in the early hours of this morning.Officers were called to Grenville Close at around 2.15am where...
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