Crime

A motorist was caught FOUR times the legal drink-drive limit...trying to sleep in a parked car in the middle of the road during rush-hour traffic.

The following people were sentenced at Northampton Magistrates’ Court:

Thieves have targeted a rural garden centre stealing a digger and trailer after ramming down the entry gates.

Security chiefs have today downgraded the threat level from terrorism to Substantial - meaning an attack is likely.

The family of Harry Dunn is calling for Northamptonshire Police's Chief Constable to resign over an 'insensitive' tweet on the day they announced they would sue the lead suspect in their son's death.

Knife arches are being used in Northamptonshire schools, as new figures show 30 blades have been seized from children by police.

Four young men have been found guilty of kicking down the door to a flat in Northampton and murdering Reece Ottaway in a "berserk" attack with a machete and a knife.

Officers for Northamptonshire Police are carrying out high visibility patrols across the county to deter anti-social behaviour.

Two thieves from Northampton have been jailed for a combined four years and ten months after an investigation by the police team dedicated to reducing burglaries.

A lorry on the M1 near Northampton had its windscreen smashed after someone threw an object at it from a bridge.

A defence barrister has accused four co-defendants of taking the lead in an alleged Northampton murder in a bid to save his own client from jail.