Temporary restrictions to be put in place on M1
LANE closures, diversions and temporary speed restrictions will be put in place on the M1 from today (Monday).The restrictions affect the motorway between junction 18, at Crick, and junction 20, at...
View ArticleAir ambulance fuel petition
A MAJOR campaign has been launched to force the Government to scrap VAT on fuel for the air ambulance.The life-saving service is funded entirely through charitable donations, and has saved successive...
View ArticleBridge club
A RECORD nine and half tables played 24 hands of duplicate bridge last Wednesday evening at the Daventry Town Football Club. Debbie Welch and Terry Bradbury topped the results for the North/South...
View ArticleWarehouse noise being investigated
AN INDEPENDENT review is being carried out to look at noise levels coming from a huge warehouse near Crick, as neighbours continue to endure sleepless nights. Andrew and Nicola Allman, who live with...
View ArticleRecycling rates in Daventry are on the rise
PEOPLE in the Daventry district are reducing the amount of waste being sent to landfill, according to latest figures on the newly launched food waste recycling service.In February 135.42 tonnes of food...
View ArticleTows take top spot
Buckingham Colts 24 Towcester Colts 31TOWS Colts completed their league programme with another win to finish top of their group.Next they face the league play-off against Olney at Greens Norton Road....
View ArticleChance to get involved with town parade
PEOPLE are being sought to get involved in the Daventry Arts Festival town centre parade.The Daventry Business Partnership is organising the festival, which will be held from July 6 to 28.And now...
View ArticleInter A are top of table
INTER A came out 3-0 winners against Inter B to remain top of the table in the Soccer Sevens League. Sam Birtwistle led the way with a well-taken double and Chris Shackleton also found the net.Newnham...
View ArticleEvents to mark World Service closure
SPECIAL events will be held next week to mark 20 years since the BBC World Service was last transmitted from Borough Hill.March 29, 1992, was the day the last shortwave for the service was sent from...
View ArticleFuneral for popular teenager
A DATE has been announced for the funeral of a Daventry teenager who died in a car crash.The funeral of Joe Butler (pictured) will be held on Friday, March 30, at Holy Cross Church in Daventry,...
View ArticleTesco plans put on hold – for now
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a Tesco Express in Weedon have been put on hold after a dispute with the Highways Agency.The application would have seen the store on the site of The Globe Hotel on the A5/A45...
View ArticleBeginners’ courses in canoeing
BANBURY and District Canoe Club’s season of beginner courses kicks off with an Easter holiday junior course. Aimed at children aged 8-14 years, it takes place between Monday, April 2 to Thursday, April...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Hunger Games
“May the odds always be in your favour…”Step this way for The Hunger Games, an impressive sci-fi kill-em-up in which kids in the near future are forced to slaughter each other in a sadistic official...
View ArticleCobblers kick off a special day for Daventry school
IT WAS a school day of two halves for children who received a group of special visitors.Pupils at Falconers Hill Junior School had a football- themed day when Northampton Town players called in.PE...
View ArticleArtefacts need a new home
A NEW home is being sought for several historical artefacts which have been discovered across the Daventry area.The Community Landscape and Archaeology Survey Project (CLASP) of Northamptonshire...
View ArticleGolf club kitted out for season
DAVENTRY and District Golf Club began their new season with a pre-season warm-up match against the B team.The club are looking forward to the new season with their new team kit funded by new sponsors...
View ArticleRound-up of all the junior football
Weedon Juniors U15s 3 Gregory Celtic 1Weedon were the stronger team throughout, gaining in confidence as the game went on. Gregory Celtic scored a late goal but it was too late as Weedon went on to get...
View ArticleSuspected gas leak in Daventry town centre
A MAIN road in Daventry was closed after a suspected gas leak was reported on Monday lunchtime.The suspected leak was reported at a property close to the junction of Ashworth Street and Badby...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man in critical condition after car crash in Daventry
A MAN suffered head, neck and chest injuries in a crash at the junction of Western Avenue and Badby Road West, in Daventry. Police are appealing for information after the crash, shortly before midnight...
View ArticleCricket club clean up
THIS Saturday (March 31) sees preparations for the new cricket season really spring further into action at Willoughby Cricket Club.Club members, players and officials young and old will all be popping...
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