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People ‘misunderstood’ Northampton New Year bin collections
Residents who had expected a normal bin collection last week were confused by council leaflets, council bosses have said.People living in areas of Northampton including Manning Road, in Moulton Leys,...
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Almost 6,000 breathalysed as 115 are arrested in December
Police arrested 115 drink drivers in December and throughout the Christmas period, after officers carried out a record number of breath tests.Northamptonshire Police this afternoon revealed almost...
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Former Billing Aquadrome employee jailed for £300,000 theft
A former finance manager at Billing Aquadrome who siphoned more than £300,000 from the park’s accounts has been jailed for six years.Andrew Stockwin stole the money over a 28-month period by...
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River in Northampton searched for missing man, Artur Liana
Police today started searching the River Nene as they continue to hunt for a man who went missing from outside a Northampton nightclub before Christmas.Artur Liana aged 32, was last seen in the early...
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NAPS TABLE: Badgers extend lead at the top
A total of 30 teams selected winners with a number of the leading posse featuring among that tally. Leaders Bugbrooke Badgers extended their advantage at the top although the Manor Mayhem partnership...
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Saints boss Mallinder delighted by van Velze progress
Jim Mallinder says he is delighted with the progress GJ van Velze has made since joining Saints.South African No.8 Van Velze had a difficult start to life at Northampton after joining the club from...
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Boothroyd confident Northampton Town’s away form will improve
Aidy Boothroyd is confident his Cobblers side has discovered ‘a way of playing’ away from home that will soon turn around their poor road form.Town have the best form in league two, having amassed 29...
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Jessops enters administration putting jobs at Northampton store at risk
Photographic chain Jessops has become the first high-profile retail casualty of 2013 - putting 2,000 jobs at risk across the UK.The group, which has a branch in Northampton and its headquarters in...
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MID-SHIRES GIRLS LEAGUE: Harrison hits four as Celtic cruise
Gregory Celtic cruised into the next round of the Under-13s NTFA Cup with an 11-0 trouncing of Moulton Magpies.Scorers: Monique Johnson Harrison 4, Chloe Murphy 2, Maisie Bussey 2, Danielle Gaskell 2,...
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COMBINATION FOOTBALL: Brixworth hit the summit with win over Harpole
Brixworth defeated Harpole to claim top spot in the Duston Garage (Great Wall Cars) Reserve Premier Division from non-playing Blisworth. Aaron Blundell scored twice for Moulton to deny Milton a point....
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Steelbacks ditch claret for blue in 2013
Northants Steelbacks will be sporting new-look blue kits when they take to the field for the Friends Life Twenty20 and Clydesdale Bank 40 this summer.In what the club admits is a break from tradition,...
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Cobblers midfielder Hornby set to go pro in time for Chesterfield visit
Lewis Hornby is expected to sign a professional contract with the Cobblers before the end of the week, it has been confirmed.The 17-year-old has emerged as a key performer in the past two months and...
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NORTHANTS BASKETBALL CLUB: Defensive effort seals Lightning victory
A superb team effort helped Northants Lightning to a 49-33 victory over Bromsgrove Bears in the Cadette Women’s Midlands South-West Conference.Not for the first time this season the girls ‘won ugly’,...
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Rugby & Northampton AC youngsters lead way in Northants Cross Country...
Rugby & Northampton AC’s youngsters shone as the club took four individual titles and six team golds in the Northants Cross Country Championships at Abington Park.While in the two senior races, one...
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TITANS BASKETBALL: Farrar leads way as Derby are downed
Skipper Elliot ‘Bosh’ Farrar led from the front as Northamptonshire Titans started 2013 in winning style, seeing off Derby Trailblazers 86-59 in the EBL Under 14 Boys Midlands Conference.Trailblazers...
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War rifles stolen from Northamptonshire property
World War Two rifles were stolen by thieves who broke into a Northamptonshire home.The rifles were among items stolen from the property in Catesby near Daventry on Tuesday, January 8 between 10am and...
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Scouts celebrate league double over Oadby
Old Scouts put in a workmanlike shift to gain a five-point maximum and season’s double over Oadby Wyggestonians.From the start the game was looking very similar to the corresponding fixture last season...
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Northants youngsters so close to clean sweep
A QUITE exceptional quartet... that was the verdict on the display turned in by Northants’ 9U juniors in Saturday’s Mini Orange Festival of Tennis at Corby.Only Hertfordshire stood in the path of a...
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Wilson returns for Saints’ crunch clash with Castres
James Wilson will make his first Saints start since October as he replaces Ken Pisi for the crunch Heineken Cup clash with Castres on Friday night.Wilson, who joined Northampton from Bourgoin during...
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McLaren designer named as principal of new Silverstone college
A senior designer for McLaren has been named as the principal of a University Technical College (UTC) at Silverstone due to open in September. Neil Patterson, aged 43, has worked for McLaren Automotive...
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