Merry time in Sherwood
A SHOW of heroes and villains based around English folklore will be coming to Guilsborough Village Hall next week.Guilsborough Music and Drama Society (GMADS) will be staging the classic tale of Robin...
View ArticleA Christmas market to help our heroes
A MINI Christmas market will be held in Dodford in aid of Help For Heroes next month.Stalls will include antiques, artists, farm shop produce and Nobby’s brewery and bar. Hot mulled wine and a hog...
View ArticleBorough Hill results
THE very wet start to the morning event gave way to brighter weather and did not deter some of the hardier new orienteers who came along to try out this adventure sport at Borough Hill, Daventry.The...
View ArticleEnd is in sight for mother’s challenge
MORE than 100 old phones have been handed in to the Daventry Express office in High Street as part of our campaign to help a Daventry mother obtain an iPad for her son.When 185 phones have been...
View ArticleStepping up to help premature baby charity
MORE than 70 Daventry residents stepped out last Saturday (November 17) raising £700 in just two hours for premature babies.The candlelit walk, organised by Weedon mother Lindsey Websdale, raised funds...
View ArticleThe end is in sight for mother’s challenge
MORE than 100 old phones have been handed in to the Daventry Express office in High Street as part of our campaign to help a Daventry mother obtain an iPad for her son. When 185 phones have been...
View ArticleForklift truck involved in fire
Two fire crews attended a forklift truck fire at Hankook Tyres in Daventry earlier today (November 26).A crew from Daventry and one from Long Buckby were called out to the site on Fawsley Drive at...
View ArticleDance academy celebrates successful 10 years
A Daventry dance academy celebrated its 10th birthday this month.The Kate Fisher Dance Academy has been successfully in business for a decade and celebrated the milestone with a Hollywood oscar themed...
View ArticleEar bite attacker jailed
A thug with a history of violence attacked a man on a night out in Daventry town centre and bit off part of his ear.Danny Hancock, 26, had drunk 15 pints of lager when he launched an unprovoked attack...
View ArticleStarts switch on lights at Heart of the Shires
There will be plenty of familiar faces coming to Heart of the Shires, Weedon, for their first ever Christmas lights switch on event.Stars on the night will include X Factor finalist Lucie Jones,...
View ArticleBingo night brings in funds for Daventry school
The friends of the Abbey Junior School in daventry dined on fish and chips before playing bingo on Friday (November 23) to raise funds for the school.Around 70 pupils and family members came along to...
View ArticleVillage groups get cash boost from fete fund
AROUND 20 village groups have received a grant from the Weedon fete committee following a record-breaking village fete fundraiser that raise almost £6,000.The Weedon cub scout group will get the...
View ArticlePrimary schools in bottom 30 nationally
A LEAGUE table of the quality of primary schools across Northamptonshire has placed the county in the bottom 30 nationally.Ofsted published the details on Tuesday, saying that in Northamptonshire 59...
View ArticleVillage halls host cinema screenings
TOP films will be shown in several village halls across the area in coming weeks.Centre Screen Northamptonshire works with volunteer promoters to turn community halls into temporary cinemas.On Friday,...
View ArticleGun dealer in prison assault
A gun dealer serving 12 years at a Northamptonshire prison has had a year added to his sentence for attacking another inmate.Jerome Aitcheson, aged 22, was jailed in July 2009 for supplying south...
View ArticleSchool Christmas craft fair this weekend
Guilsborough senior school will have over 30 stalls selling Christmas gifts and crafts this weekend to raise money for the parent and teacher association (PTA).The Christmas craft fair will run from...
View ArticleCommissioner backs alcohol measures
THE newly elected Northamptonshire Police Commissioner Adam Simmonds has welcomed government proposals which aim to cut drunkenness in towns.Suggestions include minimum prices, orders to restrict the...
View ArticleAmbulance plans examined by DDC and criticised by DTC
CHANGES to the ambulance service were discussed by Daventry District Council’s strategy group.The plans from East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) would see Daventry’s ambulance station closed and...
View ArticleVillage hold Christmas fayre with a difference
A Christmas fayre with a ‘sparkle’ is coming to Flore this weekend.On Sunday December 2 the millennium hall will host a range of stalls including handmade gifts, Izzy Loops jewellery, Stella and Dot...
View ArticleBuckby battle to whistle
WHAT a difference seven days makes – a total repeat of the previous meeting.Long Buckby brought in Dan Farrell for the injured Ash Malhorta and Dan Mullarky came in for the unavailable Jean Debouri. On...
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