A car salesman who was jailed for lying about the cars he sold has been ordered to repay £35,000.

Spencer Hannon, 40, and from Rushden, was convicted in September 2015 of defrauding 24 customers by giving them false information about the tax and MOT status, warranties, sale prices and history of vehicles they bought from his businesses in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.

Hannon has now been ordered to pay £35,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, including more than £28,000 in compensation, following a hearing at Northampton Crown Court.

A Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards investigation found Hannon had failed to disclose that vehicles he sold had been insurance write-offs, promised to tax and MOT cars but instead pocketed the money, and failed to honour warranties when customers reported faults with vehicles they bought from him.

Hannon was also said to have been aggressive towards customers who complained about poor quality cars he had sold them.

He has been given three months to pay, or he is liable to serve nine months in prison for non-payment.

Cllr André Gonzalez de Savage, Northamptonshire County Council cabinet member for public protection, strategic infrastructure and economic growth, said: “Spencer Hannon’s dishonest business practices have earned him not only a three-year prison sentence but also a court order to repay £35,000 of his ill-gotten gains. This really does prove that crime doesn’t pay.

“Trading Standards will not hesitate to take action against anyone found to be engaged in unfair trading.

“If you have concerns about suspicious business trading, you can report it by phoning the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 04 05 06 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

A scheme offering prizes to people who use their food waste bin has seen recycling rates increased across the four Northamptonshire council areas taking part.

More than 4,730 households have registered for the Northamptonshire Waste Partnership’s (NWP) ‘I’m In To Win’ scheme since it was launched in the Corby Borough, Daventry District, East Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire council areas in November 2015.

Between April and September this year a total of 3,686 tonnes of food waste was recycled across the four areas – an increase of 17 per cent on the 3,153 tonnes recycled during the same six-month period the previous year.

It means the four areas are set to recycle an additional 1,000 tonnes of plate scrapings, leftovers, fruit and veg peelings, used teabags and other food waste items between them in the first full year of the scheme.

Cllr Chris Millar, chairman of the Northamptonshire Waste Partnership, said: “I would like to thank everyone who has signed up to our campaign so far.

“All of the food waste collected is recycled at an anaerobic digester, producing electricity as well as compost, so your combined efforts are making a real difference, not only in preventing waste from needlessly being thrown away , but in saving valuable resources.”

Fully funded by a Government grant and set to run for a further two years, the scheme invites residents to register online at www.feedyourcaddy.co.uk.

Once registered, people are sent a registration pack – including an ‘I’m In’ sticker for their food waste caddy and a leaflet reminding them of all the food waste that can be put in it.

People that put their stickered bins out for collection on a regular basis are then entered into a draw, with winners chosen at random each month and invited to choose from a range of prizes, ranging from free leisure centre passes, experiences and days out to vouchers for local shops and restaurants.

The NWP is a partnership of Northamptonshire councils and was set up to improve joint working arrangements on waste management matters. Another key objective is to improve the effective delivery of waste services across the county and reduce waste going to landfill.

Daventry students have been shortlisted in a competition run by a hotel to find new artworks for its bowling alley.

Hellidon Lakes Golf and Spa Hotel challenged arts students at DSLV in Daventry to design pieces for the hotel’s newly refurbished 10 pin bowling alley.

After viewing the entries, the hotel has picked a shortlist and the students are invited with their families to attend a bowling party at the hotel where the winners will be announced.

All entrants have received a voucher for them and their friends to bowl at the hotel, and the top three will all receive prizes at the award ceremony.

Joanne Hammick, general manager of Hellidon Lakes, said: “Our involvement with the DSLV is twofold, it benefits the students and it leads to new young people entering into the hospitality industry.

“I was really impressed with the quality of workmanship and thank all the students for their efforts; I am looking forward to welcoming the shortlisted students and their families to Hellidon Lakes at the end of the month.”

The shortlisted students are: Catalina Placinta, Adelina Prohorova, Charlotte Burt, Erin Pratt, Alina Neculai, Matthew Aris, Ryan Maull, Cara Spencer, Rebecca Smith, Katie Berry, Kara-Maa White, and Mollie Bunting.

Emma Dickens, head of art at DSLV said: “The students have worked really well on the bowling alley project.

“It has been a new experience for them working from a live design brief, giving the students an insight in to the creative industries.

“It has created a buzz in the department with students working with enthusiasm and artistic flare.

“We are extremely proud of all of the students involved, and the high quality of the outcomes they have produced.

“We look forward to working with Hellidon Lakes on future projects, and thank them for the opportunity they have given to exhibit our students work.”

There is a backlash from families who have lost loved ones to road crashes that justice is not done with lenient sentences compounding their grief.

Figures from the Ministry of Justice revealed under the Freedom of Information Act show that 1,640 people have been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving between 2006 and 2015.

Of those convicted, 79 received a suspended sentence with a further 14 just given community services.

A further 10 people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving received just a fine.

Not one person has been given the maximum 14 year jail term for causing death by dangerous driving since the maximum sentence was lengthened from 10 years in 2004.

While some offenders escaped jail, families say others were given unduly lenient sentences and believe judges are constrained by guidelines.

Under rules which apply to all criminals, a driver who pleads guilty before the case goes to trial will have their sentence automatically reduced by a third and most criminals will be released after serving half their sentence.

This means that some killer drivers could be out of jail in a matter of months.

Data obtained for England, Wales and Northern Ireland shows no-one has ever received the maximum sentence of 14 years. You can sign our Change.org petition here and share it using #DriveForJusticeCampaign

Amy Aeron-Thomas, advocacy and justice manager for RoadPeace, the charity for road crash victims, says: “There are too many cases where courts have been too lenient on those who cause death or serious injury on the roads.

“We think all culpable cases should be treated as manslaughter and there needs to be a full review of driving offences and it is good that the Government has said they will have a consultation on this.

“RoadPeace welcomes this Drive For Justice campaign for reform of driving offences.

“We have had piecemeal reform for the past decade which has resulted in great inconsistency in how law breaking drivers are prosecuted and sentenced.”

Gary Rae, campaigns director at road safety charity Brake says: “We fully support this Drive For Justice campaign to get the whole issue of sentencing guidelines for road deaths re-examined.

“We agree one of the issues is courts don’t use the powers they have already got - what do you have to do to get the maximum 14 years?

“There are also inconsistencies in different courts.

“People think road crime is viewed and treated as a second rate crime.

“If your loved one was shot dead, everyone would say how horrific that was.

“But people are more accepting and complacent about road deaths.

“The law needs to change so sentencing fits the crime.”

Duncan Dollimore, senior road safety and legal campaigner at Cycling UK, says: “We fully support the re-working of sentencing guidelines and agree there should be tougher sentences.

“There are lots of concerning decisions in cases where drivers cause death or serious injury and do not receive a custodial sentence at all.

“Our biggest concern about sentencing is the inadequate use of disqualification powers.

“We believe that courts are forgetting that driving is not an entitlement: it is a privilege.

“There are too many cases where people are arguing it would cause extreme hardship to them if they were banned from driving.

“But courts should be more concerned about the risk they are presenting to others.

“We would like to see more disqualifications and with repeat offenders, much longer bans and lifetime bans from driving.”

Two drivers were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a three-car crash.

The collision involved a silver Honda CRV, a red Ford Fiesta and a white Hyundai I30 and happened at about 4pm on Tuesday November 22 on the A422, near Brackley, just past the Banbury Road Roundabout heading toward Banbury.

The drivers of the Honda and Hyundai received serious injuries and were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or the vehicles prior to the incident are asked to call Northamptonshire Police on 101 or, alternatively, the Drivewatch hotline on 0800 174615.

Changes to the rules for children joining schools across Northamptonshire next year have gone out to public consultation.

The main changes relate to how the distance tiebreaker is applied if a decision needs to be made between two or more children in the same criteria and the validity of sibling links if the sibling is older or younger than the child applying.

A full list of affected schools and what changes are being proposed is on Northamptonshire County Council's website.

The consultation takes place every year and offers people the chance to have their say on the proposed admissions policies of mainstream schools in Northamptonshire.

The consultation is open now and runs until Friday January 13. Final admission arrangements will be published in February.

Millions of Brits have no idea what their home telephone number is, according to new research.

Sixty per cent of the nation only have a landline because they need it for their broadband connection.

And if the phone does ring, a third of people assume it’s an automated or sales call, and 22 per cent never answer it .

A Heinz baked beans ad which showed children drumming on empty tins has been banned because young viewers could copy it and slice their fingers open on sharp edges.

The television ad showed full and empty tins being flipped and twirled around while actors drummed out the rhythm of a song on its sealed top, sides and bottom.

It was part of the food giant’s Facebook and social media campaign “Learn the #CanSong”.

But the advertising watchdog received complaints the ad encouraged unsafe practice and featured behaviour that could be dangerous for children to emulate.

The US multinational argued all surfaces shown in the ad “were safe to tap on and the ad did not depict any movements that involved placing a hand or fingers inside the can.”

It added viewers had created their own video versions of the ‘Can Song’ and uploaded them “which was evidence that copying the ad was not prejudicial to their health or safety.”

On its social media sites there were online tutorial videos explaining how the Can Song could be performed with “additional, precautionary measures” including instructions on preparing a can in the social media videos.

The tin needed to be empty and clean and it also recommended applying tape to the inside of the open end of the tin.

All cans in the ad had been taped.

The children shown tapping cans in the ad were supervised by adults and the ad was designed to appeal to adults too.

Advertiser Clearcast said the behaviour in the ad did not look dangerous or harmful and no one was shown playing with the rim of the cans .

However the Advertising Standards Authority banned the ad as viewers were likely to copy the actors.

But the children would not be as “proficient” and “it might still be possible that mistakes could be made with an empty can, which might include a hand or fingers being inserted into an open tin (with the associated risk of cuts).”

While the ad referred to Facebook and “#CanSong,” it did not include instructions “to ensure a tin can was made safe before attempting to learn the song.

“For the reasons given and because the ad did not include information on how to ensure consumer safety when recreating the song, we concluded that the ad condoned and encouraged behaviour that prejudiced health or safety.”

ASA added the ad was “likely to have appeal to a wide age range, including children, who wanted to learn the Can Song and would therefore seek to recreate it.

“However, as set out above, we considered there was a health and safety risk in doing so, particularly if a child was to attempt to play the song with an empty tin without adult supervision.

“Because the ad was likely to condone or encourage behaviour that could be dangerous for children to emulate, we concluded it breached the Code.

“The ad must not be broadcast again in its current form.

“We told HJ Heinz Foods UK Ltd to ensure that future ads did not condone or encourage behaviour that prejudiced health and safety, including behaviour that could be dangerous for children to emulate, for example by featuring open tin cans being used to play music.”

Strict new rules which will see backless car booster seats banned for younger children have been delayed until next year.

Currently, children weighing as little as 15kg - around three years old - are permitted to travel in backless booster seats, but under the new rules, children below 125cm and 22kg will be banned from travelling in them.

The change in law was originally expected to come into force next month, but the United Nations - which sets the standard for car seats worldwide - must implement the new rules before the European Union can update the law in Europe.

This is now unlikely to happen before March 2017 - and if Britain has left the EU by the the time the ban is implemented, the UK government will update it on its own timetable.

A backless booster seat, also known as a booster cushion, currently satisfies the legal car seats law requirement for children up to 135cm tall, and can be purchased for as little as £6, but is not recommended. However, parents who have already purchased a backless booster seat before the change will be allowed to continue to use them.

But child car seat experts from consumer organisation Which? say that this type of booster seat is unsuitable for such young children.

Which? say a small child is not held as securely in the seat, the adult seat belt is not guided across their body in the best way, and, most importantly, a booster seat offers no protection for a child if your car’s involved in a side-impact crash.

Which? child car seat expert, Lisa Galliers, said: “A decent high-backed booster seat provides better protection in a front crash, as they’re designed to guide the adult seat-belt across the child’s body properly.

“Our crash tests prove they offer much more protection in a side-impact crash than a backless booster seat alone.”

The new rules will only apply to any new products appearing on the market, meaning parents buying a booster seat next year should start to see that they are not approved for use with children under 125cm and 22kg.

A former teacher from Daventry is set to appear before magistrates charged with downloading incident images of children.

Northamptonshire Police said Mark Tcherniak-Morse, aged 34 and from Daventry, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children

Mr Tcherniak-Morse is due to appear at Northampton Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, Thursday November 24.

Today (Wednesday) Bilton School in Rugby sent a letter home to parents. In it headteacher Patsy Weighill said Mr Tcherniak-Morse had been a teacher at the school, and was suspended when the allegations were brought to the school’s attention.

Ms Weighill writes: “We have been assisting the police with their enquiries from the outset and will continue to do so.

“The safety of children at our school has always been paramount and we are confident we have robust safeguarding measures in place.”

She added the school has not received any information to suggest that the charges related to any of the students.

Desmond and Barbara Elcock mark 60 years of marriage today (Thursday) topping off a year of milestones.

This year Mr Elcock celebrated his 90th birthday, and Mrs Elcock celebrated her 80th.

Mr Elcock, originally from Southampton, moved to Daventry to work as technical assistant at BBC Borough Hill.

It was while in the town that he met Mrs Elcock, who used to work at Brook Manufacturers in Daventry as a dressmaker.

They were married at Holy Cross Daventry on November 24, 1956, and have lived in Daventry since. They had four daughters, Joanne, Annette, Margaret and Emma, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Mrs Elcock is part of the choir at Holy Cross and occasionally is verger at services. She also helps with decorating the church.

They and their family celebrated the milestones with a party in August at The White Horse in Welton.

The festive season will kick off in Daventry with the town’s Spirit of Christmas event next week.

The event, organised by Daventry Town Council, features a variety of free events and activities around the town for all to enjoy.

The festivities take place on Friday, December 2.

On that day Santa’s grotto will be in Sheaf Street from 3pm to 6pm (now fully booked). There will also be donkey rides, petting and grooming in Sheaf Street from 3pm to 6pm.

A giant photo booth snow globe will be in Bowen Square from 3pm to 7.30pm where you can have your photo taken with all the family inside.

There will also be the lantern parade starting at 6.30pm from the library car park.

For those wanting to join the parade the last free workshops are running this weekend at the community centre – book by contacting the town council via www.daventrytowncouncil.gov.uk/daventry-spirit- of-christmas.html or 01327 301246.

Those taking part in the lantern parade are asked to gather from 6pm at the library car park where Daventry Tesco will be on hand with its warming soup.

At 6.30pm the parade led by the Liberty Drum Corps will make its way via North Street to High Street, then go up Sheaf Street, through Foundry Walk to Bowen Square, and then back along High Street and Sheaf Street to end at Bowen Square at 7pm by the Christmas tree.

Around the tree there will be carol singing led by the Dunchurch and District Brass Band and Daventry Community Choir.

The following day on Saturday, December 3, the Munchkins and Monsters Theatre Company will be performing Wind in the Willows at the Saxon Suite in the leisure centre.

The theatre company specialises in creating imaginative and innovative children’s theatre.

The show starts at midday and all tickets are free. However, booking is required via the town council.

A display – A Partridge in a Pear Tree – created by pupils in the Grange School’s art club was chosen from entries to be display at the gazebo at the top of Sheaf Street by the town council.

The design features a hanging partridge and pears made from chicken wire and modroc.

Speculation is rife that the Government’s long awaited review of dangerous driving offences and penalties may consider the possibility of increasing the maximum sentence for death by dangerous driving from 14 years to 20 years.

Although no one has actually received the maximum of 14 years since it was extended from 10 years to 14 years in 2004, campaigners believe increasing the maximum would be a good move as it will increase sentences overall.

Duncan Dollimore, senior road safety and legal campaigner for Cycling UK who have long been campaigning for a review of motoring offences, says:

“We have been told there will be a review looking specifically at motoring offences and penalties, with a public consultation beginning before Christmas, and an intention to bring legislation before parliament in 2017.

“At the moment, the maximum penalty for death by dangerous driving is 14 years.

“The judge will never impose that. There is not a sentence that ever gets the maximum. It has to be the worst possible case.

“Judges will probably only go up to 90 per cent of the maximum. They also give a discount for an early guilty plea.

“They are talking about possibly having the maximum sentence extended to 20 years.

“This would not mean someone would get the 20 years but the sentences themselves would go up and be higher.”

Justice minister Sam Gyimah said: “Driving offences can have devastating and heart-breaking consequences for victims and their families.

“This government is determined to make sure sentencing fits the crime for those who kill or seriously injure on our roads.

“We will launch a consultation on dangerous driving offences and penalties by the end of the year.”

You can sign our Change.org petition here and share it using #DriveForJusticeCampaign

The expansion of services offered by a pet store in Daventry has created new jobs.

Pets At Home on the Abbey Retail Park will open its newly refurbished story on Friday December 9, which will also house a new Vets4Pets veterinary practice and Groom Room inside the improved store.

The refurbishment is set to create seven new jobs for locals with new grooming and veterinary practice positions created, bringing the total number of people employed at the store to 19 across a range of full and part time roles.

The Vets4Pets practice is set to open on Friday December 16, and will have a fully equipped surgery, with operating theatre, digital X-ray facilities, in-house laboratory and a hospital ward.

The Groom Room will offer a wide range of services including full grooming, bath and blow dry, puppy grooming and nail clipping.

Store manager, Steph Tatt, said: “We’ve listened carefully to what our customers have been telling us and we’re confident the store’s improved layout and new services will be just what they want. Our mission is to ensure pets live a happy and healthy life and the addition of a grooming salon and vet practice means our customers will now find everything they need to care for their pets under one roof.”

A supermarket in Daventry has hosted a workshop for those wanting to take part in the town’s lantern parade, and made a donation towards the event.

As well as hosting the workshop Tesco Daventry will be supplying refreshments and making a £250 donation to the Daventry Town Council.

The store in New Street hosted a lantern making workshop and presented the Mayor of Daventry Cllr Glenda Simmonds with a cheque for £250. The donation helped the council to purchase the equipment for the workshops.

Kirsty Francis, the store manager, said: “It has been great to see all the wonderful and wacky creations at the workshop today.

“We’d like to thank Cllr Glenda Simmonds for coming down to the store.

“The lantern parade is coming up on Friday 2 nd December and we’d like to encourage everyone to come down and support those taking part, it should be a lovely evening!”

The parade will start at 6.30pm from the Daventry Library Car Park on December 2.

The parade will be led by Liberty Drum Corps and the Tesco store will be handing out Tesco Finest* soup.

Cllr Simmonds said: “We’d like to thank Tesco for their support with the lantern parade. We’re all very excited and can’t wait to see everyone’s wonderful creations on the night!”

The next lantern making workshops are this Saturday and Sunday, November 26 and 27, at Daventry Community Centre off Ashby Road. You can book onto these online at www.daventrytowncouncil.gov.uk/daventry-spirit-of-christmas.html or by telephone on 01327 310246.

One of the aims of the Drive For Justice campaign is to lobby for greater use of driving bans given out when sentencing and longer bans for those who kill or seriously injure on the roads.

Campaigners are supporting this call and believe greater use of driving bans would act as a deterrent to motorists when it comes to risky behaviour.

However, figures reveal driving bans being given by courts are rare and becoming rarer.

Between 2005 and 2015, they declined from around 150,000 to less than 60,000.

Amy Aeron-Thomas, advocacy and justice manager for RoadPeace, the charity for road crash victims, said:”It is very rare that drivers committing offences on the road are sent to prison. It is usually only if they kill someone they are given a prison sentence.

“For dangerous driving offences that do not result in a death, less than half of offenders go to prison.

“This is why we think driving bans play such a key role.

“We think dangerous driving should carry longer bans and judges should never let drivers off.

“The fact that there are fewer driving bans being given out rather than more means we are going the wrong way.

“The more serious offences already carry a driving ban but other bans are discretionary such as with using a mobile phone even though evidence shows it is as dangerous as drink driving.

“Driving bans are always more of a deterrent for the vast majority of people.

“If you take away the opportunity to drive, it hits people hard.

“The justice system needs a rethink on driving bans. They are a punishment that truly fits the crime.

“Driving is a privilege, not a right, and the privilege should be removed when it has been misused.

“We would call for courts to use driving bans much more - for short, long and lifetime for the worst offenders.

“There should be lifetime bans for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving while under the influence.

“The Sentencing Guidelines should recommend longer driving bans for the more serious offences.

“With summary offences, even short bans, if given frequently, should deter law breaking.

“Where a serious injury has resulted by careless driving or using a mobile phone, driving bans should be given.

“Drivers arrested on suspicion of any offence that carries an obligatory driving ban should be banned immediately.

“This should be a driving license condition, rather than a sentence imposed before a conviction.

“Judges need to be trained upon the importance of driving bans as a deterrent.

“If the courts cannot manage, then the DVLA should take on more of the responsibility of banning drivers, as they already do with penalty points.”

Duncan Dollimore, senior road safety and legal campaigner for Cycling UK, says: “Our biggest concern about sentencing for driving offences is the inadequate use of disqualification laws.

“We believe the courts are forgetting that driving is not an entitlement but a privilege.

“We would like to see more disqualifications and with repeat offenders, much longer bans and the consideration of lifetime bans from driving.”

Gary Rae, campaigns director at road safety charity Brake says: “We believe drivers who kill and seriously injure should be taken off the road once they are charged as a condition of bail.

“Prosecutions often take months to come to court. In many cases, the driver charged is able to continue driving during this time potentially putting others in danger and often in the same community where the crash took place causing further distress to bereaved families

“We are not happy that many offenders are using extenuating circumstances to argue to allow them to drive again and again by saying not being able to drive would cause them extreme hardship.

“But then by being allowed to drive, sometimes that person has gone on to kill and caused extreme hardship to another family.

“Driving is a privilege, not a right. You do not have the right to put other people in danger.”

You can sign our Change.org petition here and share it using #DriveForJusticeCampaign

Hundreds of rail passengers in Northampton watched on as a suspected robber hurdled three train lines with police in pursuit.

Rush hour commuters in Northampton were already experiencing delays after a car hit a crossing near the line in Rugby earlier yesterday evening.

But at around 6.40pm, a man in a grey vest was then seen sprinting onto the platform.

He ran across the footbridge and hurdled three of the lines before disappearing into the darkness.

Officers followed around two minutes later, said a witness, and the police helicopter was scrambled to look for the man.

Rail passengers had to be herded to the sheltered parts of the station by police while the pursuit took place and London Midland halted trains, citing an "intruder" on the line.

Earlier yesterday evening a police force Twitter account confirmed the officers were looking for a robbery suspect.

However Northampton's Proactive Team later tweeted: "He got away after assaulting a police dog. Still hopeful that we'll hopefully track him down."

All lines were reopened at about 7pm yesterday.

This week, 42 years ago, the Birmingham Pub Bombings took place. On November 21, 1974, bombs were planted in two Birmingham pubs – the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. The explosions killed 21 people and injured 182 others.

Six men – the so-called ‘Birmingham Six’ – were jailed for life for the bombings but were released 16 years later, in 1991, when their convictions were quashed by the Court Of

Appeal.

In London, three time-bombs blasted pillar boxes during the rush hour. Commander Robert Huntley, the head of Scotland Yard’s Bomb Squad, described the bombings as a “classic IRA tactic to cause chaos.” Twenty people were hurt in the explosions.

Trouble in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s military rulers stunned the country’s 25 million people with the news that 60 former ministers, officials and military officers had been summarily executed.

Radio bulletins of the executions were broadcast in an announcement by the 120-man Supreme Military Council, which had ruled the country since former Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed in a military coup.

Tin can Maggie

Back on home soil, Margaret Thatcher, who was about to challenge for the leadership of the Conservative Party, angered housewives and MPs in a magazine article in which she admitted to stockpiling tinned food.

The future Prime Minister said she had been squirrelling away groceries such as ham, tongue, tinned fish and fruit, jams and marmalades for “some time”.

Left-wing Labour MP Dennis Skinner seized on the subject in the Commons. He asked the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, to extend the wealth tax to include food hoarders.

Film goers get Tangoed

Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango In Paris, a Franco-Italian erotic drama starring Marlon Brando, went on trial at the Old Bailey in what was regarded as the most important obscenity trial since the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case in 1960. It was the first occasion on which a film passed by the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) had been prosecuted.

The case was thrown out on a point of law. The film, however, was not allowed on British television until the 1990s, when it was shown on Channel 4 as part of its ‘Banned’ season.

These photos look old, and they are – they come from August 1963.

They show people in Daventry enjoying the waters of the town outdoor pool, one year after it first opened.

The story which ran along side it was about Daventry Swimming Club. The club formed after swimming teachers were trained by the Swimming Pool Association in 1961.

On the opening night of the outdoor pool in 1962 the swimming club already had 100 members, and by the end of summer 1963 it had 294 members.

The heating for the pool was used for the 1963 season, allowing more children to use it for longer.

Top is one of the club’s star swimmers diving into the pool.

Bottom is a group of swimming club members enjoying the pool.

A woman broke her ankle after tripping over a pothole in Daventry town centre, leaving her eight-year-old grandson to run down the road seeking help.

Mandy Dyson was walking to the town centre from her home on the Southbrook with her grandson Jayden Adams on the evening of Monday last week.

Having cut through the church graveyard, they were crossing Church Walk when Mrs Dyson tripped on a pothole and went over on her ankle.

She was left immobile in the middle of the quiet road with a broken ankle. She also injured her hand and knee.

Because Mrs Dyson could not move, her grandson Jayden, eight, ran off down to Casey’s Club where he raised the alarm and paramedics were called.

Mrs Dyson’s daughter and mother of Jayden Chenade Adams said: “They were just walking into the town when it happened by the church.

“I think the county council needs to do something about it. If my mum had fallen over and hit her head she might not be here because she has a shunt in her brain.

“It’s a fairly big pothole – several inches across and an inch or two deep.

“It might not be big enough to worry a car, but roads aren’t just for vehicles.”

The location is a busy pedestrian route in and out of the town centre.

The time of day meant the road was dark, and what street lighting there is can be blocked by trees. Add to that the amount of leaves on the roads and pavements, and it can be difficult to see problems like potholes along that road.

The road is also a dead-end for vehicles, so there are fewer motorists going at a much slower speed to notice and report potholes.

Mrs Adams said: “Jayden was so brave. He knew he needed to get help so he ran down the road to get someone to help.

“Jayden does know how to call 999 because of his gran’s illness. But that’s usually indoors.

“This time he was outside in the dark, I just think it’s amazing and that he was really brave.”

A spokesman for Northamptonshire County Council said: “We are committed to maintaining the quality of the county’s roads and carry out regular inspections to see what maintenance work needs to be carried out. These inspections assess any defects present, including both the carriageway and footway, against defined intervention criteria.

“Anyone who needs to report a pothole can do this through our Streetdoctor service www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/streetdoctor. They will receive a reference number and can track the progress of their call.”