A bicycle was stolen from Primrose Hill in Daventry after thieves cut through the bike lock.
The bike had been chained up about 6pm on Tuesday February 3, but it had been taken by 7.30am the following day.
The bike was a black and green Cannondale Trail 7 similar to the one pictured.
Witnesses, or anyone who knows anything about this theft can call Northamptonshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or use the anonymous online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
A driver was caught speeding at 140mph in a 60mph zone on the A5 near Crick according to new statistics released by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).
The speeding infraction was just one of a raft of offences revealed by police forces to have been caught on speed cameras a in the last year in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the road safety charity.
Britain’s two worst speeders were caught at 146mph, both by Kent Police on the M25. One was travelling anti-clockwise at Junction 5 at Clacket Lane Services, the other going clockwise at Swanley.
There were three other instances of speeds of 140mph or more being recorded; 145mph on the M6 toll road (70mph limit), 141mph on the A1 Great Ponton Northbound road (70mph limit) and 140mph on the A5 Crick Eastern Verge road (60mph limit).
But perhaps the most astounding figure was 128mph recorded on London Road, East Grinstead – a 30mph road, exceeding the limit by 98mph.
The IAM asked each police force for the highest recorded incidences of speed caught on safety cameras in 2014, including locations, speed limits and top speed in each case.
Of the 41 police force areas the IAM requested the information from, 36 responded. All forces recorded at least one top speed over 110mph with the exception of City of London, Cleveland, Greater Manchester, Northumbria, West Midlands and South Yorkshire.
Wales’ top speeder was an individual who recorded 136mph on the A5 Ty Nant to Dinmael road in Conway, which has a 60mph limit.
London’s worst speeder was recorded at 123mph on a 30mph road by the Metropolitan Police. The location has not been revealed as it is exempt under Section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act.
The highest figure recorded in a 50mph zone was 120mph, by Nottinghamshire Police on the A631 Beckingham roadnd the worst speed caught on a 40mph road was 115mph on A10 Great Cambridge Road in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer, said: “It is disheartening to say the least that some road users are showing such disregard for the safety of all other road users – pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and other drivers.
“At speeds of 140mph an individual is travelling at nearly two-and-a-half miles a minute. At that speed it is simply impossible to react to anything that might happen in front of you.
“It is also impossible to handle corners, gradients, street furniture and junctions with any effectiveness. In short, all these individuals are playing with their own lives and others – they are all accidents waiting to happen and it requires a major shift in the attitudes of these people to think about safety.
An appeal has been put out for amateur cyclists to take part in a charity event organised by the Daventry Cycling Club.
The inaugural event will be held on Sunday, June 28 and is called the Daventry Cycling Club charity sportive.
There will be at least 200 cyclists – from family groups to long distance riders – who will be able to explore the local lanes and villages weaving between Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.
Riders are able to choose between 20-, 50- or 100-kilometre routes dependent on their abilities.
Laura Quirke from the cycling club, said: “I am keen on drumming up enthusiasm for a local community first with this event.”
All of the proceeds will be going to The Myton Hospices, a collection of hospices based in Rugby, Warwick and Coventry. The hospices helps terminally ill people and their families but it need nearly £9 million every year to keep going.
Mrs Quirke has personal reasons for wanting to support the hospices.
She said: “Myton has a particular resonance for me, as my mother and long-time Daventry resident Margaret Ridley spent the last month of her life at Myton’s Warwick hospice last September – and the care they provided was second to none.
“I think everyone should be able to have the care and be treated with the dignity she experienced at the end of her life.”
The event is registered with and supported by British Cycling, and as of this week is being advertised on its website, which gets one million visitors every month.
The finishing touches are being put together for the event and the organisers also have a number of sponsorship opportunities.
It is hoped that local businesses within the community will be able to sponsor the event.
There are a number of different sponsorship packages including gold, silver, mechanics and goodwill packages which vary in cost from £250 to £1,5000.
The entry fee varies between £8 and £12 depending on the length of the route.
There is also a family ticket for two adults and three child with an entrance fee of £20.
For further information or to take part in the event contact Mrs Quirke by emailing lauraquirkelpp@gmail.com.
Alternatively people can follow the event on Twitterwith the handle @CycleForMyton, or they can visit www.facebook.com/MytonPedal where regular updates for the event will be posted.
Details are also available at www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/125194/Cycle-for-Myton-Hospices
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) has confirmed academies in its county face no restrictions on the numbers of pupils they enrol from Daventry.
Figures for the current academic year reveal one in three pupils from primary schools in and around Daventry passed over DSLV and Parker E-ACT Academy to leave the town for their education.
Many pupils go to Guilsborough School or Campion School in Bugbrooke, but the greatest beneficiary of the ‘brain drain’ is Southam College, which this year welcomed 56 new secondary school pupils from the Daventry area.
WCC confirmed there are no restrictions in place on independent academies currently benefitting from the student exodus. Until Ashlawn School became an academy there were strict admission rules for schools in Rugby.
The current principal of The Parker E-ACT Academy, Andrew Mackereth, has been left frustrated by the issue as he sees pupils getting on to buses near his school to take them to other schools.
He said: “I find it disappointing to see children from Daventry going to other schools.
“I think it can be incredibly disrupting in the transition from primary to secondary. If there are six children in a friendship group at primary school and the parents of five of those children have the wealth to be able to send their children outside the area, then that one child is left and is going to struggle to settle into secondary school.
“If a child from Warwickshire for example wants to go to school in Rugby but is being pushed out because the place goes to a child from Daventry then I find that perverse. I would call on the local authorities to do much more.
“But I don’t want to cast stones and I know that we have to get our house in order.
“I would hope that the community will bare with us while we do that and then we can compete on a level playing field with other schools.”
A new £1 million programme to turn around failing schools and improve opportunities for young people in Northamptonshire will also be available to academies, Northamptonshire County Council has confirmed.
The Race To The Top strategy aims to make Northamptonshire one of the highest performing counties for education by 2020 by encouraging schools to strive for excellence.
The cabinet agreed to invest £1 million in the scheme to turn around performance in under-performing schools at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Council leader Jim Harker said: “We are no longer prepared to accept any school that is failing our pupils and as a county council we are determined to take action to tackle this.
“That is why, at the end of this month, we will be formally launching our Race To The Top initiative which will identify under-performing schools and encourage all of our schools to do more for our pupils.
“By 2020, we will aim to be the best performing county for education.”
Top-performing schools will be asked to share good practice, grants and bursaries will be offered to schools seeking to improve, and schools will work with businesses to provide mentoring and work placement opportunities.
The strategy aims establish a Northamptonshire model of educational excellence, which includes setting “uncompromising targets” for pupils, potentially changing the structure of the school day.
Cllr Matt Golby, Cabinet Member for Learning, Skills & Education, said: “Race To The Top will be launched at the end of the month, with a tight programme and the aim to raise academic achievement of the young people in the county from below average to amongst the best in the country within the next three years.
“We will be working closely with the Department for Education and hope that additional funding will be made available from the government to help ensure its success.”
The fate of one of Daventry’s oldest listed buildings will be decided in the coming days following an appeal to the planning inspectorate.
Dawn Branigan, who runs First Light Photographic from the building at 3 High Street, attended a meeting with council representatives and inspector Nigel Harrison on Tuesday, February 10.
Permission to conduct alterations and repairs to the shop front was refused last year amidst concerns the changes, which include creating two oriel windows, would not be a ‘faithful’ restoration of the 15th century timber-framed structure which has been almost entirely supported by scaffolding running across the pavement outside for the past two years.
Concerns were raised over the changes, which also include exposing the original wooden timber which council officers felt was not in keeping with the character and appearance of the Daventry’s conservation area, and its 18th century appearance.
The original report states: “It (the structure) is prominent in the town centre conservation area, and the settings of a number of other listed buildings.
“As the proposals do not include alterations to the modern ground floor, the finished appearance will be an incongruous hybrid and not an authentic replication of the building as it stood in the 15th centre.”
The planning inspector heard how while Daventry Town Council and several district councillors had backed the scheme, English Heritage and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) had raised concerns the changes were a form of ‘conjectural restoration’ as the oriel windows were based on uncertain architectural evidence.
The building is one of the few timber framed structures remaining in Daventry, in part due to development during the 1980s, and is especially rare because of Northamptonshire’s tradition of building in limestone.
A video of Northampton Saints players talking about mental health issues has been released to mark Mental Health Awareness Day 2015.
The initiative is part of the NHS and Northamptonshire County Council Mental Health Stigma Programme, Northamptonshire schools will be taking part in mental health awareness day, providing schools and the wider Northamptonshire community with the opportunity to raise awareness of mental health stigma.
For the first time during this annual event, the Mental Health Stigma Programme are sponsoring the Northampton Saints V London Irish game taking place tonight.
NHS commissioner David Loyd-Hearn, said “Through our work with young people, their parents, carers, teachers, youth workers and health professionals we have seen time and time again the negative effect that mental health stigma can have on children and young people. We hope Mental Health awareness day will present schools and the wider community with an opportunity to talk about the issue openly and candidly, focus on the importance of positive wellbeing and ensure everyone can access the support and information they need.”
Children at Braunston Primary School were left without milk after 54 cartons were stolen in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The milk was delivered at around 2am and by the time the school was opened it had disappeared.
The primary school published a statement on Braunston’s local community website, the Braunston Bugle. It says:“Following Government legislation schools are now required to provide milk for those children whose parents request it and pay for it.
“As the village school we are particularly saddened that this should have happened. We have now made different arrangements for the deliveries.”
A new website showcasing the very best of Daventry District as a place to live, work, visit and grow your business has been launched today.
Lovedaventry.com goes live at 12pm today (Saturday) to raise awareness amongst residents of the district’s many local attractions and investment projects and to attract new businesses and visitors into the area.
Developed by Daventry District Council (DDC) and Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership (NEP), the {http://www.lovedaventry.com|website|Link|} offers up-to-date information about Daventry District’s heritage and historic houses, sport, leisure and shopping facilities as well as days out, local events and festivals.
The website also provides details of the £175million regeneration of Daventry town centre, investment in housing, education and community facilities as well as the extensive support and networking available for businesses of all sizes.
Local companies and communities are encouraged to get behind the new website as work continues in the coming months to attract and engage visitors, shoppers and investors. They can also get involved on social media by following and sharing their news and events on Twitter @love_daventry
Councillor Wayne Howard, DDC’s Access and Communication Portfolio Holder, said: “There’s a lot to love about Daventry including an excellent work-life balance and an ideal location for businesses. Lovedaventry.com is dedicated to showcasing all the good things about our district, not just to visitors and future investors but to our own residents too.
“The Council and its partners are putting our hearts into improving the area with multi-million-pound regeneration plans including new shops, housing, education and community facilities. We’re delighted to be working with NEP on the Love Daventry initiative and contributing towards the wider promotion of Northamptonshire as the most enterprising place to do business in Britain.”
Kate Dent, Head of Marketing and Communications at NEP, said: “We have loved working with Daventry District Council on this exciting new Love Daventry campaign which will be an integral part of our well-established Love Northamptonshire marketing and will be a valuable tool for engaging local people, communities and businesses.”
On Sunday, February 1 volunteers braved the cold in West Haddon to prepare the ground for the village’s wildflower project. Organised by Kim Hemmings and the first such initiative in West Haddon, the volunteers plan to plant grassy areas with wildflower seeds to create a colourful and wildlife-friendly habitat.
Areas that have been prepared include Atterbury Close, Old Forge Drive and The Green. The seeds will be sown in March with the first flowering expected in June.
The seeds were donated by Daventry District Council as part of their district wide Big Wildflower Project, aiming to create perennial meadows. So far dozens of groups, schools and parish councils have received seed donations. If you would like to volunteer, call Kim on 07932 327234.
A woman has told of her story of ovarian cancer in a bid to raise awareness of the illness.
Kathryn Combstock, 32, has spoken out on the eve of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month this March.
She was just 27 when she was admitted to hospital with a worrying lump in her lower abdomen.
Miss Combstock said: “I was asked in A&E to do a pregnancy test, which was positive. I tried to convince the staff that knew I was not pregnant! But they were sceptical and said I had possibly confused my dates.”
A scan revealed a mass in Kathryn’s ovary and she was told she had ovarian dysgerminoma and would require chemotherapy.
She added: “I went through a ‘menopause’ while I had treatment as I wanted to preserve my other ovary if at all possible as I really wanted to have children in the future.”
Her treatment was successful and just three years later she gave birth to a baby boy called William.
Kathryn added: “Although I had been told there was no reason for me to not get pregnant, to me, he was a miracle after everything my body had been through.
“The treatment I have received has been fantastic and is promising for the future – I am now a full time mum and back to being a part time police officer.
“I would like to give something back by raising awareness of gynaecological cancer.”
During the awareness month, the UKs leading gynaecological cancer charity is asking us to indulge in a little sweet treat to raise money for research into detecting and preventing ovarian cancer.
Only a third of women in the East Midlands said they felt confident that they were well informed about gynaecological health issues.
Everyone who signs up to Make Time For Tea will get a free fundraising pack which includes everything you need to hold the perfect tea party and ensure all your guests are better informed about ovarian cancer.
Visit www.eveappeal.org.uk/tea or call 020 7605 0100 for more details.
A new branch of a national tools supplier has opened up on an estate in Daventry.
HSS Hire – a national supplier of tools, equipment and services – opened its new branch in Low March on Thursday, January 29.
The store is one of HSS’ new local hire centres which are opening across the county.
Designed to feel like a modern retail outlet, where customers are welcomed in and encouraged to browse the kit, the store is a step away from the counter and catalogue models that traditionally dominate the hire industry.
The new Daventry store will give local customers and passing trades easy access to a wide range of tools and equipment as well as offering hire related services.
To celebrate the launch, HSS is offering a special half-price discount on first hires from the new branch until Monday, April 30. Customers interested in taking advantage of the offer should simply quote the code: PRESSDAV
Fiona Perrin, sales and marketing director at HSS Hire said: “We continue to invest in our business – in more branches, more equipment and more support – to ensure our customers get exactly what they need when they need it.
“Our new branch in Daventry will help us to deliver an even better service in the local area.”
The store is built to a very customer-centric format and stocks our most popular tools and equipment in an easy-to-browse layout.
We also offer an overnight delivery service, so we can get anything a customer needs that’s not already in Daventry for the next day.”
The new store is open from 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and from 8am to 1pm on Saturday. For further information about the store call 01327 700 411 or fax them on 01327 704 511. Alternatively visit www.hss.com.
Slimming experts in Daventry are celebrating a successful year after helping our members lose a total of 994 stone.
Now they have launched a campaign to recruit more people with a passion for helping others for the “best job in the world” with a special Slimming World careers opportunity event planned at Kettering Park Hotel, Kettering, on March 8 at 4pm.
Cate Kutas, who manages a team of 8 Consultants who run 17 Slimming World groups in West Northants, says: “We’re going through a period of growth. In 46 years millions of people have changed their lives with Slimming World’s brilliant combination of a hunger-busting eating plan, increased activity and weekly group support.
“Now, with obesity at an all-time high – 30 million adults (62%) in the UK are overweight or obese – and government predictions that 80% of men and 70% of women will be overweight or obese in the next decade – the demand for our unique warm and friendly approach has never been greater.
“At Slimming World we have the best eating plan in the world where members can, and do, lose weight without ever having to feel hungry,” says Cate. “We have the best understanding of the psychology of slimmers and we choose Consultants for their empathy, warmth and understanding. We have the best training in the business too. Every Consultant who comes on board goes through an intensive programme and is awarded diplomas in aspects of nutrition and successfully running their own slimming business.”
Slimming World is looking for people who have lost weight themselves with the club, who can share their own weight-loss success to build a fabulous career.
Cate adds: “Every Slimming World group helps members achieve long-term weight loss through healthy lifestyle changes. Food Optimising is a unique healthy eating plan which satisfies the biggest of appetites by encouraging people to fill up on unlimited amounts of satisfying foods and enjoy meals cooked healthily. Meals like curry and rice, lasagne, Sunday roasts and even fish and chips. Members love the fact that they aren’t restricted.
“Just as importantly, we provide support 52 weeks of the year and our members know from the minute they first walk through the door, often when their self-esteem is at its lowest, that they will never be judged, that their details are completely confidential and that they are with people who understand them – because they’ve been Slimming World members themselves,” says Cate.
Slimming World Consultants are all former members. The role is part-time, with the potential to earn £100-£400 a week for working 10-20 flexible hours, as a self-employed franchisee. In-depth training is offered with a well-respected and recognised brand that has been established for more than 46 years, and all Consultants get the benefit of excellent support from more than 250 head office staff based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. Slimming World provides administrative support, centralised marketing and PR, stock services, a host of up-to-the-minute website support plus nutrition and research expertise. Slimming World magazine, which is produced at Head Office, is the highest selling title in the diet and health sector.
Anyone looking for a career that offers opportunities for growth and development and flexibility around family life could find that opening a Slimming World group offers the perfect solution. There are opportunities across the whole of the UK and Ireland.
Plans for the Flore/Weedon bypass have moved further forward with the appointment of a contractor to assist in progressing the scheme.
Northamptonshire County Council (NCC), which is behind the bypass officially known as the A45 Daventry Development Link Road, confirmed the news after reports appeared online.
NCC stated the contractor will help progress preparation of the project, but no appointment has yet been made to carry out construction work An NCC spokesman said: “We are fully committed to building the A45 Daventry Development Link Road and are working with partners to bring the scheme forward.
“We have appointed a contractor to assist in progressing the scheme so we can get to a stage where the site is ready for building work to take place.
“However, such is typical with any major project, there are a number of stages which need to be completed before building work can start.
“These include securing all the land that is needed, ensuring all of the finance is in place and securing planning permission.” The online reports states that Balfour Beatty was given the contract, but NCC has not named the firm it has handed the contract to.
The bypass has been called for over the past 50 years by campaigners and will go around the villages of Flore, Weedon and Nether Heyford.
A planning application for the bypass has been submitted and will be determined by NCCs development control committee.
The council has previously stated that work on the road will start in the summer.
The bypass is likely to bring economic benefits to the Daventry district.
More than 100 people from Eydon and the surrounding area enjoyed a visit to see snowdrops in the village on Sunday last week.
The snowdrops could be seen in the churchyard while an afternoon tea with home made cakes were served in the church. Churchwarden Sue Yates said: “Several people had visited us for our first snowdrop tea in 2014 and were with us again on Sunday. It was great to welcome them back to the village and also to meet others who had family connections with Eydon.”
Daventry Town Crier Anthony Church has quit his role after admitting wrongly wearing military medals and lying about serving in the Coldstream Guards.
Mr Church has apologised for a ‘grave error of judgement’ after being exposed on Facebook by a group calling themselves the Walter Mitty Hunters Club.
He has now resigned from the Loyal Company of Town Criers and the Ancient and Honorable Guild of Town Criers.
John Robinson, secretary of The Loyal Company of Town Criers, said: “We are shocked. We were contacted a month ago when we received a complaint that he had been seen wearing military medals so we investigated it and he said it was a one-off and a geniune mistake. He apologised profusely and we thought that was the end of it.
“But when we heard what had happened on Sunday we were trying to get our heads around it. It is the fact he said he got the BEM (British Empire Medal) and Imperial Service Medal (ISM) as well but why on earth did he say he was awarded them?
“It is dreadful and I want to feel sorry for him but I can’t. He was a good friend of mine but I cannot believe he has been so stupid. We have more than 80 members and some of our town criers have military backgrounds themselves. Can you imagine how they feel?
“The work he has done has been fantastic for the towns, but it is been blown away by these lies.”
Mr Church is accused of falsely using medals including the British Empire Medal, the South Atlantic Medal and General Service Medal with Northern Ireland clasp.
The 62-year-old – who over the past 12 years has also worked as a town crier in Banbury, Oxford, Thame, Chipping Norton and Wallingford – does not have a military background.
It is reported he also admitted once lying to Jim Lewendon, the county chairman of the Royal British Legion, telling him that he had served in the Coldstream Guards.
While the Royal British Legion said medals awarded to a deceased service/ex-service person may be worn on the right breast by a near relative, Mr Church wore the medals he acquired on the left.
In a statement released to the media, Mr Church said: “I was told several years ago that as the sole-surviving son I was entitled to wear the BEM and put BEM after my name.
“I also wanted, with the anniversary of the Falklands and World War One, to show my solidarity for those people who had served in these campaigns and found a place I could purchase replica medals and purchased a South Atlantic Medal.
“In September I contacted Buckingham Palace on an unrelated matter and received a letter back asking when I had been awarded the BEM. I wrote back explaining the situation and was told that I had been misinformed and was in fact not allowed to use the title or wear the medal as it would lead people to assume that I had been awarded the medal, so I immediately removed all medals.
“I realise now that I made a grave error of judgement with this.”
Mr Church’s personal website – www.oyez-oyez-oyez.co.uk – today (Tuesday) has a message saying it is ‘currently under maintenance’ and will be ‘back shortly’.
A principal has said her school cannot take on any more pupils if plans for 130 new homes in the town are given the go-ahead.
Gaynor Yates, who is in charge of The Grange School in Daventry, made the comments after plans for new housing and a revamped college were revealed.
Northampton College is looking to transform its Daventry campus on Badby Road West with the new houses and a revamped college site.
She doubts that any families who move into the new homes would be able to get a place at the school.
Mrs Yates said: “We are oversubscribed and we have long waiting lists for every single year group. It is very difficult for parents to get a place at this school.
“We have a two-form entry which means that we have 60 children in each of the year groups.
“There is one year group which has 75 children in and we have three classes in that year group because we were asked to take that number on by the local authority.
“We do not have the physical space to take on any more children either. One of the reasons why we are such a good school is that we have a food technology area, an art studio and a music room and we wouldn’t want to compromise those areas in order to get more children.
“We do not have any space for the school to be extended either.
“We are also the designated catchment area for the Middlemore estate in Daventry. We have two very large housing estates to cater for and there would be no way we would be able to do it.”
Northampton College has been given £6.5 million by the Government towards the new building.
However, the college must match the same funds and the college says the only way to do this to use some of the land for housing development.
The project, which will cost a total of £13 million, will also see two full-sized football pitches and open space.
The plans have not proved entirely popular with many of the residents on the Grange estate concerned about the loss of green space around the site.
It has led to some forming the College Ground Action Group which has put in a community asset application in order to protect the green space from any development.
The application will then go to Daventry District Council (DDC) which will decide whether the playing fields are a community asset.
A DDC spokesman added that once an application is received the group will be sent an acknowledgement if it is valid and the owner will be advised.
There is then a period of up to eight weeks for consideration of the application before the property is listed.
Daventry District Council (DDC) has revealed there are likely to be delays on opening the primary school on the new Monksmoor estate.
It came after DDC published an agenda of its strategy group to be held tonight (Thursday).
In a report entitled the capital and revenue budget and medium term financial plan, the council says the school’s opening could be delayed by two years.
The report written by the council’s chief financial officer, Audra Statham, says: “Dialogue with the developer indicates that due to its development programme and consequent site availability, there is likely to be a delay in opening the school from 2016 to 2018.
“While work could proceed on studies and design, it is proposed to defer the bulk of expenditure by one year until more details are available on the timing and availability of the school site.
“Officers will continue to work towards securing earlier access.”
The Monksmoor estate will be built in five separate phases and one of these phases will see the primary school built.
The new estate will eventually have 1,000 homes when finished and a 1.5-form entry primary school. There will also be a small local centre with a community building, retail units and office space, new children’s play areas, range of public open spaces and an extension to Daventry Country Park and reservoir. No timescale has yet been put on when the estate will be finished.
Other items to be discussed by the council’s strategy include the disposal of certain sites in the town centre to boost the redevelopment of Daventry.
The group will also be asked for its views on using site eight east at Middlemore for more houses where the council will rent them out at private rates. It follows on from a similar scheme which was set up on site 10 of the estate. It will also be asked to allocate up to £70,000 to fight planning appeals.
DDC’s planning committee turned down a proposal for 121 homes in Weedon and 99 homes in Kilsby.
The money is designed to give the council a robust defence to fight the appeal by the developers.
The strategy group will be held at DDC’s offices in Lodge Road, Daventry, starting at 6.15pm.
A window was smashed at a dentist surgery in Daventry over the weekend.
The damage was caused at the property in New Street sometime between 4pm on Friday, 13 February and 9.30am on Monday, 16 February.
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with any information to call Northamptonshire Police on 101.
Alternatively, they can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or use the anonymous online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
There was success for two villages last night (Wednesday) as full scale planning applications were determined in their favour.
There was delight for Kilsby as plans for 70 homes on land off Barby Road was refused planning permission, going against the recommendation of Daventry District Council’s (DDC) planning officials.
People in Byfield were also left pleased as a proposal for 116 homes on land off Woodford Road was also refused planning permission.
The application were determined by the planning committe by DDC.
