Plans for HS2 station are drawn up
STATION designs for a high speed rail line that will slice through parts of the Daventry district have been produced.The controversial HS2 line, which will run from London to Birmingham, will cut...
View ArticleBowls club appeal
Woodford Bowls Club is looking for new and experienced bowlers to join them this season. For more information contact Tom Rigby on 01327 261560 or at info@woodfordbowls.co.uk, or visit...
View ArticleTheatre review: Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Milton Keynes Theatre
DAVID Suchet puts away his Belgian accent and swaps it for the USA in this epic.Long Day’s Journey Into Night stars Suchet as the head of the Tyrone family who all go through the demons of their past...
View ArticleCrimestoppers launch mobile site
THE East Midlands branch of crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers has launched a mobile version of its website to make reporting information even easier.The site allows people to access a secure online...
View ArticleSickness levels at council drop dramatically
SICKNESS levels at Daventry District Council (DDC) have dropped dramatically following a concerted effort to tackle the problem.At one stage Daventry District Council workers each took an average of 13...
View ArticleHelix bag first win of season
AS the Daventry Netball League now splits into two divisions, the first match in group A proved that the matches from now on will be closer to call. Grafton Gate and Ashmore Tornadoes were first to...
View ArticlePolice name man who died in accident
POLICE have named the driver of a vehicle who died following an accident on Sunday.Joe Butler, 19, from Daventry died when the black Volkswagen Polo left the carriageway and rolled several times. He...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVD releases
The media was all agog in 1956 when screen siren Marilyn Monroe was sensationally paired with theatre giant Laurence Olivier in British movie The Prince And The Showgirl.But MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (15:...
View ArticleApprenticeship fair comes to Daventry
BUSINESSES are being encouraged to sign up for an apprenticeship and jobs fair in Daventry.The event is being held to help young people (aged 16 to 19) meet with potential employers and for both sides...
View ArticleNew homes for Long Buckby thrown out
THERE was victory for villagers in Long Buckby as plans for 132 homes were thrown out last night (Wednesday).The new homes, which would have been built on land to the west of Station Road, were refused...
View ArticleThere’s been a murder in the village
THERE’S foul play afoot in a village near you! Guilsborough Music and Drama Society’s latest production asks its audience to turn sleuth when it presents its adaptation of Agatha Christie’s thriller...
View ArticleAll Blacks celebrate a winning streak
DAVENTRY All Blacks travelled to Deepings with a run of four consecutive league wins under their belt and came away with another. From the kick-off centre Luke Jones suffered a bad ankle injury and had...
View ArticleThe Reds miss out to lone-goal strike
WOODFORD United’s deepening disciplinary record took a turn for the worse when Nathan Liburd was sent-off and three players cautioned during the lone-goal defeat at Beaconsfield.The fourth Reds’ player...
View ArticleMonitoring mast for wind farm gets the go-ahead
AN APPEAL against a wind monitoring mast has been granted.TCI Renewables applied to put the mast on the Shuckburgh Estate and was turned down by Stratford upon Avon District Council in September 2011....
View ArticlePirates of the Philharmonic
THERE was a distinctive swashbuckling theme to a concert at Falconer’s Hill Junior School.The youngsters worked with six musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sinfona ViVA to put on the...
View Article‘Homes are needed’
DAVENTRY and District Housing, which is part of Futures Housing Group, is backing a call to increase the supply of affordable homes as it starts work on new village houses.The housing group is getting...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: 21 Jump Street, Contraband, The Devil Inside, We Bought A Zoo
21 Jump StreetWell colour me corrected. To say I wasn’t excited about this film is an understatement, but I am happily proved wrong and I never mind admitting when I am. Well. Sometimes.This remake of...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to new movie releases: 21 Jump Street, The Devil Inside, We...
Three high-profile releases on offer this week, and they are as different as chalk and cheese and another bit of cheese not much like the first bit at all.First up is 21 Jump Street, based on a 1980s...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYHow God Made the English (BBC Two, 8pm)Some people have always thought the English had an over-inflated sense of their own importance, but isn’t making a series called How God Made the English...
View ArticleThirds are put under plenty of pressure
DAVENTRY thirds were put under early pressure against Milton Keynes following a soft try and they let in another shortly before half-time.But the All Blacks’ line-out was working well along with the...
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