East loan spell at Cobblers ends as he returns to Hull
Defender Danny East has returned to Hull City following the completion of his loan spell with the Cobblers.The right-back, who turned 21 on Boxing Day, started 19 games in his time at Sixfields and...
View ArticleFrustrated Cobblers boss Boothroyd focuses on Dagenham test
Aidy Boothroyd admitted to a second weather-related frustration in three days but immediately turns his Cobblers side’s attention to the New Year’s Day visit of Dagenham & Redbridge to...
View Article‘CCTV makes difference in town’
POLICE officers working in Daventry say the past year has been an impressive one for going above and beyond to help out the community.Sgt Paul Valentine, who has been head of police in the Daventry...
View ArticleMyler misery as Saints are edged out in dramatic fashion by Saracens
Stephen Myler’s last-gasp penalty kick hit the bar as Saints were denied victory in the cruellest of fashions against Saracens at stadium:mk.The clock had gone dead when Myler, who had kicked four out...
View ArticleSaints boss Mallinder proud of his players after heartbreaking defeat to...
Saints boss Jim Mallinder says he couldn’t ask any more from his players after they slipped to a gut-wrenching 17-16 defeat to Saracens.Northampton were the width of a crossbar away from victory at...
View Article‘Upgrade busy road crossing’
A ZEBRA crossing on a main road in Daventry has been described as ‘an accident waiting to happen’ due to speeding vehicles.At the moment there is a zebra crossing on the Braunston Road between the...
View ArticleCobblers boss Boothroyd wary of wounded Dagenham
Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd is wary of the threat Dagenham & Redbridge will pose to his side on New Year’s Day despite the Daggers shipping six goals in their past two games.Town’s first opponents...
View ArticleBoxing Day crash man named
A MAN who died in a fatal road traffic collision on Boxing Day has been named by police.Kevin John O’Keefe, 33, from London was the passenger in a silver Ford Mondeo which left the carriageway and...
View ArticleSaints fly-half Myler shrugs off late penalty heartbreak
Saints fly-half Stephen Myler saw a late penalty bounce back off the bar against Saracens and declared: ‘It wasn’t meant to be’.Myler’s mammoth kick from inside his own half rebound off the crossbar as...
View ArticleNew Year’s plea to revellers
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) is making a New Year’s Eve plea to revellers to start 2013 safe and well.Tonight marks the end of more than two weeks of seasonal celebrations, which put more...
View ArticleNether Heyford man dies in car crash
A MAN from Nether Heyford has died following a crash on the A5 on Friday morning.Nigel Howse, 61, was the driver of a black Maserati Coupe G which was driving along the A5 towards Towcester at...
View ArticleTom Vickers’ verdict and ratings: Saints need to learn from Sarries
Saints did everything bar beating Saracens at stadium:mk on Sunday.Had Stephen Myler’s late kick gone over rather than rebounded off the crossbar, Jim Mallinder’s men would have seen in the New Year in...
View ArticleJefferson Lake’s Dagenham preview: Cobblers have the perfect chance of a...
Having seen 2012 end with a literal damp squib, the Cobblers get a double chance to kick off 2013 with considerably more of a bang.And how they need it - their festive inactivity has seen them slip to...
View ArticleLess is more for the new Volvo V40
The Volvo V40 is a car with some big boots to fill. It has replaced the S40 saloon and V50 estate and whereas the V used to denote an estate car, the V40 is now a five-door hatch. Based on the same...
View ArticleHappy new year
ON BEHALF of all of us at the Daventry Express, we would like to wish all our readers a happy new year.Keep following us for all of the latest, breaking news in 2013.
View ArticleBlow for Saints as Mujati suffers calf injury
Jim Mallinder has confirmed Brian Mujati suffered a calf injury in Saints’ 17-16 defeat to Saracens on Sunday.But the director of rugby is unsure how long the problem will keep his Springbok prop out...
View ArticleShow penned by villager wins TV comedy award
A SITCOM created by a former Weedon Bec Primary School pupil has won a prestigious international award.Tom MacRae’s Threesome, which has been running for two series on Comedy Central, has won a...
View ArticleDo something amazing and give blood
PEOPLE are being encouraged to do something amazing by giving blood in the new year.NHS Blood and Transplant will be visiting the community centre in Station Road, Long Buckby on Wednesday, January...
View ArticleLong Buckby trains among the most crowded
THREE of the top 10 most overcrowded trains in England and Wales run through Long Buckby, figures have revealed.Figures from the Department of Transport released last week looking at autumn 2011 show...
View ArticleHackett shines as Cobblers seal league double over Dagenham
Chris Hackett and Kelvin Langmead were on target as the Cobblers kicked off 2013 by completing a league double over Dagenham & Redbridge.Town ran out 3-1 winners at Sixfields with an own goal...
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