Northampton Saints announce consultation and detailed plans for ground expansion
A PUBLIC consultation about the proposed re-development of the North Stand at Franklin’s Gardens will take place next week.Members of the club’s management and stadium design team will be at the Heroes...
View ArticleFake identities and bank fraud revealed after Northampton shop theft
A SHOPLIFTER caught stealing an £80 jacket from TK Maxx in Northampton was found to be an illegal immigrant living and working under two false identities.Randollph Morthey, 39, was arrested for...
View ArticleNose tip bitten off in Daventry pub fight
A DRINKER had the end of his nose bitten off during a fight outside a Daventry town centre pub. Darren Bird, aged 36, became involved in an argument with another drinker inside the Dun Cow pub in Brook...
View ArticleTheatre Review: The Last Dance For Me at Royal & Derngate
IS it possible for a musical to have too many songs?Save The Last Dance For Me, currently showing at Royal & Derngate, squeezes 37 rock ‘n’ roll classics from the 1950s into a two-hour show.The...
View ArticleCounty’s Coetzer named in Scotland squad to face Canada
NORTHANTS batsman Kyle Coetzer has been selected by Scotland for their World Cricket League matches with Canada next month.Scotland face the Canadians in both the Intercontinental Cup and World Cricket...
View ArticleTime limit to build on former Northampton middle school sites extended
DEVELOPERS have been given another three years to come forward and build houses on seven former middle school sites around Northampton.Proposals to build on land at the former Abington Vale Middle...
View ArticleSomerset hammer woeful Steelbacks
If you think you’ve read this all before then I can only apologise.For the fifth time this season the Steelbacks finished up on the losing side - by seven wickets with more than six overs to spare this...
View ArticleMidfielder Harding dreading Cobblers pre-season
BEN HARDING admits he is dreading pre-season training at the Cobblers – because his Achilles injury limited the amount of work he has been able to do in the past two months.The midfielder missed the...
View ArticleBurrell ready to take centre stage at Saints
LUTHER BURRELL is adamant he can take centre stage at Saints – and fill the boots of James Downey. The 6ft 3in centre moves to Northampton from Sale Sharks this summer, heralding a ‘massive...
View ArticleElectricity supplier battling to restore power after power cut hits part of...
Officials from Western Power are still working to try to reconnect hundreds of homes in Northampton hit by a power cut earlier today.The power cut affected 219 properties in the Headlands area of...
View ArticleManchester’s museum is not just for dinosaur geeks
IT’S easy to be dazzled by the array of entertainments on offer in the city of Manchester, because there is something there for pretty much anyone.Although I have always known Manchester is a great...
View ArticleRecipe Card: Cheese, onion and spinach quiche by Faye Baxter
A quiche with salad can be a great summer meal and this one is quick and easy to make. I have chosen spinach for the quiche as it is in season.I have made the quiche with ingredients such as cottage...
View ArticleTrolls: the ugly side to online community
ONCE upon a time, the word “troll” was rarely found anywhere outside of fairy tales.These days the term “troll” has been given a whole new meaning, to refer to something that exists very much in the...
View ArticleCaptain at a loss to explain poor form
Alex Wakely was offering no excuses in the aftermath of the Steelbacks’ seven-wicket mauling at the hands of Somerset.The emphatic defeat was the County’s fifth in as many outings and it leaves them...
View ArticlePolice investigating disappearance of Northamptonshire mum confident she is...
Police investigating the disappearance of a Northamptonshire mother have said they are confident she is ‘alive and well’ - despite being unable to trace her.Nicola Spain went missing from her home in...
View ArticleIncrease in number of drink drivers stopped in Northamptonshire
Nearly double the number of people were arrested for drink driving in the fourth week of Northamptonshire Police’s summer campaign compared to the same time last year.The month long anti-drive campaign...
View ArticleCameron determined to bounce back after Olympic agony
Chantelle Cameron only narrowly missed out on a spot at London 2012, but the Northampton boxer insists the near miss has only made her hungrier for more.The 21-year-old lightweight is no stranger to...
View ArticleSaints signing Burrell aiming to follow in Foden’s England footsteps
LUTHER BURRELL believes a move to Northampton can help him realise his England ambitions.The 24-year-old swaps Sale Sharks for Saints this summer, where he will link up with Jim Mallinder, who has a...
View ArticleHigh number of sexual crimes linked to drink
SEXUAL offences fuelled by alcohol are worse in Northampton than most areas of the country, figures show.The Local Alcohol Profile for England shows there were 43 sex crimes in the town in 12 months...
View ArticleMum stands by son following Spanish death tragedy
When Lynette Goodman decided to pack her bags and start a new life in Spain away from Northampton she had no idea of the trauma that lay ahead.Six years after her dream move she has found her teenage...
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