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JON SLEIGHTHOLME COLUMN: England can beat the Irish, but it will be tight
As usual the Six Nations did not fail to deliver on its opening weekend with plenty of drama, shocks and intrigue that only it can deliver. You can argue that perhaps there is a higher quality to the...
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Tom Vickers’ Saints v Gloucester preview: No excuses now for Mallinder’s men
When the phrase ‘Why not us?’ started being bandied about following Saints’ superb league win at Exeter last month, there was always the potential it could backfire.A European exit and an LV= Cup...
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Six arrests in burglary crackdown in Northampton
Police have arrested six people in Briar Hill and East Hunsbury as part of an Operation Guardian crackdown on suspected burglars. It followed a number of house burglaries in the Northampton estates on...
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Robbers with axe and baseball bat hold-up Post Office van in Northamptonshire...
Two men armed with an axe and a baseball bat robbed a Post Office delivery driver and escaped with a significant amount of cash contained inside a secure box.The robbery happened today at about midday...
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Jefferson Lake’s Cobblers v Rochdale preview: Only wins will do at Sixfields
With all due respect to the cultural treats offered by a trip to Gillingham or Rotherham, there really is no place like home for the Cobblers right now.The vast chasm between the team’s home and away...
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Boothroyd says Nuneaton loan switch will be good for Cobblers striker Moult
Cobblers striker Louis Moult has been loaned out to Blue Square Premier outfit Nuneaton Town for a month.The former Stoke City youngster has found first-team opportunities hard to come by in recent...
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NON-LEAGUE PREVIEW: Foster praise for striker Robinson
Daventry Town boss Darran Foster has hailed the attitude of hitman Ashley Robinson.Robinson grabbed a goal in his side’s superb 4-1 win at Chalfont St Peter last weekend, Town’s first game back after...
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Chron Comment: February 8
Prostitution is often referred to as the oldest trade of all and for good reason: Despite all the efforts of law enforcement down the ages, it has always lingered on.Only a few years ago, the Semilong...
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It’s a Kraken good way to blow some of our cash...
GOOD blogging by xSPcTCxMP (Ind) highlighting the very real threat posed to the county’s waterways,at least if a Plod leaflet on “Project Kraken” is anything to go by. Tony was flicking through the...
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Come back Jim, please
So, the jostling for position has begun for the May 2 county council elections which, among other things, could see UKIP fielding candidates in all 57 seats.This surely means a return to battle for Jim...
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RIP Aufona!
Sad news reaches us - no not of our demise (yet) - but that of Den Boy Meredith’s chicken named in, er, honour of us. Den said Aufona - one of his favourites - passed away at the end of January after...
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Saints boss Mallinder admits Foden still not ‘100 per cent match fit’
Jim Mallinder admits Ben Foden is not yet 100 per cent match fit following his return from injury.Foden was released by England earlier this week, but will play no part in Saints’ Premiership game...
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Rochdale boss Hill says Cobblers are ‘league one club playing in league two’
Rochdale boss Keith Hill has heaped praise on the Cobblers ahead of tomorrow’s npower League Two showdown between the sides at Sixfields (ko 3pm).Hill is back at Spotland for a second stint as manager,...
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Pizza Hut driver is attacked by three men while making Northampton delivery
A pizza delivery driver was attacked and had his food stolen after trying to drop off an order in the Lings area of Northampton last night.Police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery, which took...
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Testing success has Di Resta believing Force India will make F1 impact
Paul di Resta believes a leaner, keener and happier Force India team are ready to make an impact in Formula One this season.Di Resta enjoyed a solid two full days of testing in the VJM06 at the...
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Drug dealing dad jailed for 21 months
A father-of-seven who turned to drugs and dealing after losing his father and job has been jailed for 21 months.Ashley Bull’s Northampton home was raided by police on three occasions, when officers...
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Video nasty to inspire Saints against Gloucester
Jamie Elliott has revealed Saints have used a ‘brutal’ review of the defeat at Exeter as inspiration for Saturday’s showdown with Gloucester.The young wing was part of the Northampton team that was...
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Saints flanker Wood sees his long-term future at eight
England’s Tom Wood sees his long-term future at number eight - even though tomorrow’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland will be his first ever senior start, for club or country, in the position.Wood has...
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Boss Brawn welcomes Hamilton criticism of Mercedes car
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn feels Lewis Hamilton’s criticism of the Brackley-based team’s latest car will serve as a spur and an inspiration.After one victory over the past three seasons since...
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Platt says Northampton Town will recover from ‘a bit of a battering’
Clive Platt admits the Cobblers squad has taken a ‘bit of a battering’ in the past week - both from the outside and the inside.First came the back-to-back league defeats, at Gillingham (where the team...
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