Recipe of the week: dark chocolate, beetroot and orange brownie
As we cope with the winter weather, try this deep, rich tasting brownie. The dark chocolate contains tryptophan, which can help manufacture serotonin, ‘the happy hormone.’ The beetroot and orange help...
View ArticleWINTER NAPS: Badgers stretch lead as 40 teams pick winners
A massive 40 teams signed off 2012 with a winner in the Dalepak Ltd Winter Naps Challenge, run in conjunction with Semilong Racing. While leaders Bugbrooke Badgers stretched their lead at the top with...
View ArticleDowson demands Sandy Park repeat from Saints
Saints flanker Phil Dowson says Exeter’s Sandy Park is one of the most pleasurable places to win at.And he is hoping his side can do what they did last April, and beat the Chiefs on their own turf, on...
View ArticleGuttridge prepared to fight for his place in Cobblers first team
Luke Guttridge admits he has no divine right to be instantly restored to the Cobblers first team and is ready to fight for a place in the starting line-up.Guttridge has missed almost three months of...
View ArticleNorthampton Town closing in on permanent Clarke Carlisle deal
The Cobblers are today expected to complete a permanent deal for former skipper Clarke Carlisle.The centre-back, whose second loan spell at Sixfields concluded with the win over Aldershot on December...
View Article2013 needs to see real action
Plans – we all live our lives as a result of them, either directly or indirectly, be they our own plans or those of others. Right now we’re about to start living with a whole bunch of newly...
View ArticleChron Comment: January 3
A shocking start to 2012 in terms of road deaths was mirrored in the very last few days of the year when five people lost their lives in accidents across Northamptonshire.Every death is a bleak...
View ArticleSaints target Corbisiero set for London Irish exit
London Irish boss Brian Smith looks to have conceded defeat in his battle to keep England international Alex Corbisiero at the club.The prop has been linked with a move to Saints as they look to find a...
View ArticleWhat’s in store, 2013?
IN time-honoured fashion, Aufona dusts off the crystal ball to look ahead to what will happen in the next 12 months. Tongue firmly lodged in cheek, Jim MacARTHUR...January: Eminence grise Professor...
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OCTOBER: THE Save the Bus station protest camp is finally dragged off the Greyfriars site on Halloween night, bringing an end to a 38-year horror show that has dominated Northampton town centre. The...
View ArticleGrant bidding for double in Northants Cross Country Championships
The last three winners of the men’s race will clash on Saturday at Abington Park when Rugby & Northampton AC host the Northants Cross Country Championships.Last year’s winner Rory Grant, now...
View ArticleDrugs team and first ‘reserve’ force at centre of commissioner’s plans
Commissioner Adam Simmonds aims to raise a reserve police force of 200 people as part of plans to boost force numbers.The Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner says he aims to maintain the number...
View ArticleFourteen arrested in undercover car crime operation
An undercover police operation in Northampton to target car thieves saw 14 people arrested in December.Northamptonshire Police has said local officers in Northampton North is running a proactive...
View ArticleFire crews called to bin lorry fire
Firefighters were called to a bin lorry blaze in Northampton earlier today.Crews from Mereway and The Mounts were sent to Aviemore Gardens at around midday after the contents of the Northampton Borough...
View ArticlePeters hopeful on Kleinveldt
Northamptonshire captain Stephen Peters is confident that a deal for South African bowler Rory Kleinveldt can be sorted in the near future.The County’s overseas berth is yet to be filled following the...
View ArticleTwo men arrested in connection with village robbery which saw couple tied up
TWO men have been arrested in connection with a robbery in Collingtree which saw a couple tied up and threatened at knife-point on New Year’s Day.A 32-year-old man from Semilong and a 27-year-old man...
View Article‘Jealous’ Northampton should concentrate on own shops
Northampton’s opposition to plans for a £50m shopping and leisure park in the north of the county has been labelled discriminatory by an official from the town where it will be built.The proposed...
View ArticleAudio: Boothroyd on Saturday’s Fleetwood Town clash and the January transfer...
Aidy Boothroyd knows his Cobblers side will have their work cut out against a Fleetwood team who are strongly fancied for promotion this season.Fleetood beat the Cobblers in the meeting between the...
View ArticleStriker Wilson returns to Northampton Town following Kettering loan
Lewis Wilson has returned to the Cobblers following a loan spell at Kettering Town that was highly beneficial to all parties.The teenage forward scored seven goals in eight games and was part of a...
View ArticleUniversity of Northampton applications six per cent down
The number of applications for places at the University of Northampton “reflects the national picture” of being six per cent down this year, latest figures have shown.New national UCAS figures show...
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