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Council to pay £8k for its ‘unlawful’ action

Daventry Town Council has been forced to apologise and pay out nearly £8,000 in legal costs after ‘unlawfully’ suspending one of its members from committees.

Marina plan gets sunk by councillors

PROPOSALS for a new 200-berth marina off the Oxford Canal near Barby have been thrown out.

Southbrook fete on the field
Pictured with Silly Soapy are Katie Boorman ( 9 ), Sophie-Louise Bates 
( 9 ) & Liam Bates ( 3 )

Picnic on field will celebrate families

A family picnic celebrating togetherness will be held in Daventry on Saturday, June 1.

Jubilee Playing Field, Weedon.
Barry Pilkington, Sue Halkett & Neil Anthony

Work means game on again for club

Long-awaited work to replace the surface of a playing field in Weedon is finally under way following a £50,000 donation.

Can you help out at Breakfast Club?

Daventry & District Housing needs local volunteers to help set up a weekly breakfast club at Greenhill Court in Long Buckby.

Elderly residents report phone scam

A number of elderly people across the county have received calls asking them for their bank details.

Sport rss

Dylan Hartley

Disciplinary hearing set for Sunday morning for Northampton Saints captain Dylan Hartley

Dylan Hartley will find out tomorrow morning whether he will miss the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia after being sent off for dissent during Northampton’s Aviva Premiership final defeat against Leicester at Twickenham.

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Northampton's Stephen Myler scores a try during the Aviva Premiership Final

First-half incident leaves Myler confused

Stephen Myler says there was ‘confusion’ and a ‘fault with interpretation’ over the first-half incident which indirectly led to the dismissal of captain Dylan Hartley in Saints’ 37-17 defeat in the Aviva Premiership Grand Final at Twickenham.

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Aviva Premiership Rugby Final at Twickenham. 
Leicester Tigers V Northampton Saints.

Twickenham timeline: Fourteen-man Saints go down fighting video Picture gallery

Saints travelled to Twickenham today hoping to claim their first Aviva Premiership title.

Aviva Premiership Rugby Final at Twickenham. 
Leicester Tigers V Northampton Saints.

Northampton Saints captain Dylan Hartley could be banned from Lions tour after sending off

Dylan Hartley could be suspended from the British and Irish Lions tour after he was sent off during the Aviva Premiership final.

THINKING BIG - Dylan Hartley is confident Saints can shine on the Twickenham stage (picture by Linda Dawson)

Hartley expects big showing from Saints in Premiership final video

Dylan Hartley believes today’s Premiership final will bring a big performance out of Saints.

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Laughing all night with Bill Bailey

Watching Bill Bailey is like being massaged with laughter in a strobe-lit living room while listening to jazz, and by that I mean it’s absolutely great.

Andy Barton working on the green man sculpture at Countryside Day

Carving stolen from Daventry Country Park

A specially commissioned wood carving that was created at the recent Countryside Day event has been stolen from Daventry Country Park.

Flower club demonstrator to wow at monthly meeting

The Daventry and District flower club will welcome demonstrator Shirley Henderson to their meeting at the Abbey in Daventry on Thursday evening.

Daventry ‘spider park’ reopens after revamp video

A children’s play area on the Headlands Estate reopened today following a revamp from Daventry District Council.

Comic Ross films in Weedon

Comedian Ross Noble called in on Weedon last week as part of his cross-country visits to film a travel show.

Afternoon tea at Fawsley Hall.

Luxury hotel can be yours for £15m

The people running Fawsley Hall have confirmed that it is business as usual after it emerged the hotel was up for sale.

Community rss

Gas fire in East Haddon

A fire involving a gas fire and cylinder broke out in East Haddon last night.

Honour

Andy Nixon, Manager of Time2Talk, The Abbey Centre, Daventry, has recieved an MBE in the birthday honours.

Pictured: Andy Nixon

Big cash boost for Daventry advice service

A new project helping people with advice on benefits and other areas will be launched after groups in Daventry received £198,876 in funding.

Cow Pastures Wind turbine near Whittlebury.
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Turbine plan gets blown out

Plans for another wind turbine near Yelvertoft have been refused permission by Daventry Districty Council due to the cumulative impact on the area.

Four pavilions to be demolished in Daventry

Four empty and disused pavilion buildings in Daventry will be demolished next week.

Police to tweet a Saturday night out

Northamptonshire Police will take to Twitter on Saturday (May 25) to highlight the number of drink related incident that occur across the county.

RAF hurricane at village fair

The Woodford Halse Country Fair and Classic Car Rally will have a flypast by an RAF Hurricane this year.

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