Northampton Town welcome back defender Artell for Burton Albion visit
David Artell is set for a recall to the first-team squad for Saturday’s game against Burton Albion at Sixfields (3pm kick-off).But fellow defender John Johnson, who has also spent several weeks out...
View ArticlePreparations under way to widen A14 in Northamptonshire
Long-awaited work to widen the A14 Kettering bypass between junctions 7 and 9 is set to start on Tuesday, January 22.The Highways Agency says advance work on the scheme, including site clearance and...
View ArticleGritting crew has brick thrown at them in Northampton
Ice gritting crews have had rocks and bricks thrown at their vehicles in Northampton while trying to grit the town’s roads.The most recent attack happened yesterday, in Park Square, Kings Heath, as...
View ArticleWINTER NAPS: Flaming Charmer ensures Cory is Not Too Sad
HOW do you beat the January blues by tipping horses on a racecourse? Well, Kingsthorpe punter Neville Cory has the answer! Sad syndrome is no problem to Cory, whose team Not Too Sad came up with the...
View ArticleSunday’s Towcester race meeting is frozen off
Sunday’s National Hunt meeting at Towcester is the latest fixture to be beaten by the cold snap.Clerk of the course Robert Bellamy had an easy call to make with the course frozen solid and temperatures...
View ArticleCOMBINATION FOOTBALL: Moore woe for Blisworth as they slump to Weldon
Blisworth dropped another place in the Duston Garage (Bosch Service) Premier Division after slumping to defeat against Weldon.Richard Moore gave Weldon the lead before Paul Simpson capitalised on a...
View ArticleTITANS BASKETBALL: Browne leads the way as Titans sink Riders
Loughborough Riders II 47Northamptonshire Titans 58TITANS were given a tough time, but still emerged as winners in this EBL VCARS.co.uk Division Two Women SW Midlands clash.The match was tied at 27-27...
View ArticleSilson Joggers AC out in force as club beat rivals at Luton
The fourth round of the Chiltern League Cross Country series saw a massive turnout for Silson Joggers, with 46 runners braving the cold to represent the club on a wintry course in Luton’s Wigmore...
View ArticleKettering stunned as ONs roar back to seal double
Old Northamptonians secured their first double of the season as they scored 28 unanswered second-half points in a 35-20 win Kettering.ONs trailed 20-7 at the break, their only points coming from a Jack...
View ArticlePolice hunting two men for robbery in Northampton
Police today said they were hunting two robbers who mugged a man in the Lumbertubs area of Northampton.The victim was walking in Old Quarry Court when he was struck from behind causing him to fall to...
View ArticleHartley made aware of Youngs competition
This time last year Dylan Hartley probably hadn’t even considered Leicester’s Tom Youngs as his main rival for the England number two jersey - but the Northampton Saints man certainly will by the time...
View ArticleNorthampton Town terminate contract of defender Charles
Utility defender Anthony Charles has left the Cobblers after having his contract terminated, and has signed for Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season.The former Aldershot and Barnet man, who can...
View ArticleAnd finally...ITV’s newest signing with an old story
A DECADE ago when #PCC Adam Simmonds was a mere political assistant in Opposition at County Hall, Rageh Omaar was in Baghdad giving his now famous despatches for BBC News on the invasion of Iraq.A...
View ArticleDen alongside the Glitz
NEVER since William Caxton saw his first printed pages run off the presses in the late 15th century, can there have been a better time to visit your local library than now.For it emerges that thousands...
View ArticleChron Comment: January 17
IN the week when the deadline for primary school applications this September passed, there can be no clearer indication of the pressures on classroom places which Northampton faces.Abington Vale...
View ArticleReturn for the monster river perch?
MONSTER river perch – real lumps of 4lb+ – could again be a realistic proposition on the local Ouse!Sunday’s MKAA match at Stony Stratford saw Steve Schubert banking a 3-14 stripey as part of his...
View ArticleNorthampton Town teenager Hornby signs professional contract
Cobblers midfielder Lewis Hornby has signed a two-and-a-half year professional contract at Sixfields.The 17-year-old Kettering-born Academy product has impressed since breaking into the Cobblers first...
View ArticleWidower from Northampton awarded damages after death of wife following surgery
A widower from Northampton has been paid £150,000 in damages after his wife died following a routine hernia operation.Helen Blyth, aged 79, had the operation on March 2, 2010 at Northampton General...
View ArticleGame Review: Farming Simulator 2013
These days there are plenty of simulation games out there flying, driving cars and trains. Now we have Farming Simulator 2013 - one of the most niche games you’ll find.If you’re looking for car chases...
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