Keogh returns to replace Newton in Northants team for Worcestershire encounter
Rob Keogh will bat in the middle order as a direct replacement for Rob Newton in Northants’ County Championship clash with Worcestershire that starts at the County Ground tomorrow (Wednesday).The...
View ArticleSaints full-back Foden: Brown will beat me to England starting spot
Saints and England full-back Ben Foden believes he will be forced to play second fiddle to Mike Brown in Saturday’s first Test against Argentina.Foden has been back to his best in recent weeks, scoring...
View Article21 people arrested as summer anti drink drive campaign gets underway
The number of drink drivers caught at the start of the annual summer police campaign is up on last year’s figures.The summer clampdown on drink driving started just at the beginning four days ago, and...
View ArticleGas firm to work with the county council
British Gas and Northamptonshire County Council are set to work together to help people in the county.A report before Northamptonshire County Council’s cabinet will hear how the authority and utilities...
View ArticleNorthampton Saints handed tough draw in Heineken Cup
Saints will face Leinster, Ospreys and Castres in next season’s Heineken Cup.Jim Mallinder’s men were in Tier 2 for the draw which took place in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon.They pulled out Leinster...
View ArticleDeadline is set for food and drink awards
The deadline is approaching for nominations for this year’s Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards.Friday June 21 is the cut- off for entries into the chef, young chef and spice chef of the year in the...
View ArticleBarwell steps down as Saints chairman on ‘health advice’
Saints have announced that Leon Barwell will be stepping down from his role as chairman with immediate effect.Barwell has taken the decision on health advice, though he will remain on the club’s board...
View ArticleContest evenly poised as wickets tumble
Alan Richardson took three wickets as Worcestershire just about managed to stay in contention with Northamptonshire on the first-day of their LV= County Championship Divison Two match at the County...
View ArticleVicar heading to new church
A VICAR at one of Daventry’s churches is heading off to pastures new – but only just down the road.The Rev Jay Phelps became minister at the SWAN Pastorate of Daventry, including Daventry United...
View ArticleVIEW FROM THE BLUES: Steelbacks looking the 40-over part at last
The Steel is back as Northants continue to charge up the YB40 table, seeing off Kent in a 500-run thriller at Tunbridge Wells on Sunday. Okay, hands up, I didn’t think the County had much interest in...
View ArticleCobblers closing in on new goalkeeper
The Cobblers are close to making their first new signing of the close season with a deal for goalkeeper Matt Duke believed to be near completion.Duke, 35, is currently negotiating a new contract at...
View ArticleSaints signing Corbisiero targeting Test start as he joins up with Lions
Alex Corbisiero set off for Australia from Argentina today with his sights set on winning a British and Irish Lions Test place.The 24-year-old prop, who joins Saints from London Irish this summer, was...
View ArticleMultivehicle crash on M1 near Daventry
Minor injuries after multiple vehicle crash on motorway near Daventry.At around noon today (Thursday June 6) the fire service was called to the M1 northbound, just south of the Watford Gap services.A...
View ArticleNorthampton Town linked with move for striker Odejayi
The Cobblers have been linked with a move for Rotherham United’s transfer-listed striker Kayode Odejayi.Town manager Aidy Boothroyd is in the market for a centre-forward following the release of...
View ArticleMurder trial day two: Man accused of murdering partner shouted ‘I’m sorry...
A Daventry man accused of murdering his partner shouted out ‘I am sorry I’ve killed her’ according to eye witnesses at the scene, the jury at Northampton Crown Court heard today.Erroll Anglin, 50,...
View ArticleCounty capitalise on Kapil’s gaffe
In a sport that is the amalgamation of hundreds of individual events, it often seems inconceivable that a game could hinge on one such incident.Too much significance is given on too many occasions to a...
View ArticleDaventry mother and son sentenced for anti-social behaviour
A mother who admitted making life miserable for her neighbours in Daventry has been sentenced to two weeks in prison after breaking an anti-social behaviour injunction.Isobel Swarbrick, of Arnull...
View ArticleDrunk driver spared jail after A428 crash
A drunk driver who was more than four times the legal limit when he crashed into another car on the wrong side of the road has been spared prison.Rupert Jones was drowning his sorrows with friends at...
View ArticleMurder trial: Man ‘mistook knife for wooden spoon’
A man accused of murdering a woman from Daventry told police he mistook a wooden spoon for a knife on the night of her death, a jury heard on Wednesday.The trial of Errol Anglin, 50, charged with the...
View ArticleA week in pictures
The Daventry Express photographers and readers have been out capturing photos of what’s been going on in the district.Here’s a selection from the last week.
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