Companies in Northampton with more than 250 employees have revealed the difference in pay between men and women, following last night’s deadline.

CLICK THE LINK ABOVE TO VIEW THE GALLERY OF BUSINESSES.

Larger firms across the country had to submit the pay disparities between male and female employees by last night as part of new Government rules.

The company with the highest median pay gap between male and female members of staff was Northampton School for Boys with a 60.6 per cent disparity. This means that women earn 39p for every £1 that men earn.

At the other end of the scale, construction firm Lindab Limited, based at Carousel Way, pay women 25.1 per cent more than men.

The average median pay gap for companies based in Northampton was 11.4 per cent, which compares to a national average of 12 per cent.

The gallery above shows the ten employers with the greatest pay gap between men and women in Northampton.

We have also included the firms whose female employees earn proportionally more than men - nine in total.

In total, eight firms claimed to pay men and women equally.

Those companies are listed below.

ACS RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED

AVERY HOMES (NELSON) LIMITED

AVERY HOMES RH LIMITED

FfW

Industrial Site Maintenance Ltd

ST MATTHEWS HOLDINGS LIMITED

TOOLSTATION LIMITED

On Saturday, March 3, between 5am and 5.15am, the cab driver picked up a man from Broad Street, Banbury who asked to be taken to Daventry.

When they arrived at Collingwood Way, Southbrook, the man threatened the driver with a knife and demanded cash.

The robber is described as a white man in his mid-20s, about 5ft 9in and of slim build.

He had dark hair, was clean shaven with a square jaw and was wearing a black jacket, light- coloured trousers and white trainers. He was also carrying two holdalls.

Police officers are looking to speak to the two men pictured in these E-FITs as they believe they may have information about what happened.

Witnesses, or anyone who recognises the men in the E-FITs, are asked to contact Northamptonshire Police on 101. Alternatively, they can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

The annual St George's Day parade is to return to Daventry town centre.

Led by Daventry and District Scouts, in partnership with Daventry Town Council, the afternoon of April 21 will feature festivities to for all ages.

The scouts have embraced a Medieval theme this year with activities from the era being centred around New Street Recreation centre.

Lynne Taylor, Mayor of Daventry and chair of council, said: “The St. George’s Day Parade is a well-attended, well-organised, family fun day, organised each year by our local Scouts Group.

"It is a fantastic event for the whole community to enjoy, so I thoroughly recommend popping along and supporting a wonderful cause – even for just a cup of tea and slice of cake.”

There will be a cake tent and refreshment stall along with the annual renewal of all scout section promises around the flagpole. Spectators will also have the chance to see Scout leaders in the stocks.

Marcus Thorneycroft, Daventry District commissioner, said: “This year’s St. George’s Day Parade is going to be brilliant as there is something for everyone to enjoy.

"We are also raising money for our young people to attend the 2019 World Scout Jamboree held in West Virginia, America, and will be a great opportunity for them to interact and engage with Scouts from all over the world.

"Myself, and some other Scout leaders are also going to be put in the stocks to help with fundraising, so it will be a great photo opportunity for onlookers, although we kindly request that you leave all tomatoes - rotten or otherwise - at home.”

The parade will start at 2pm at the old outdoor swimming pool car park and finish at New Street Recreation grounds.

The former Atomic Kitten singer has been revealed as one of the latest celebrities confirmed to be taking part in an all-star football match at Northampton Town’s Sixfields Stadium in aid of Wellingborough charity Niamh’s Next Step.

Other stars recently confirmed include former Charlton Athletic and Fulham defender Paul Konchesky, X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother contestant Stevi Ritchie, ITV Survival of the Fittest contestant Warren Phillips, and Love Island’s Dom Lever and Alex Beattie.

The stars will join TV personality Katie Price, James Argent (Arg) from The Only Way is Essex, EastEnders actor Jake Wood, best known for playing Max Branning, and Blue singer Lee Ryan.

Comedian Alan Carr and his father Graham, a former Northampton Town manager, will lead the opposition at the Niamh’s Next Step charity game on Sunday, April 15.

In a tweet posted on social media platform Twitter on Wednesday (March 4), Kerry Katona said: “Can’t wait to be part of this huge celebrity match at Northampton Town FC on Sunday 15th April.”

The aim of the event is to raise awareness of a rare type of child cancer called neuroblastoma.

Niamh’s Next Step, based in Wellingborough, was set up in 2013 by Chris and Samantha Curry, following the death of their five-year-old daughter Niamh, who had suffered from neuroblastoma.

Chris Curry said: “Tickets for our incredible charity football match are selling like hot cakes. We hope everyone will come down and support one of the biggest charity events Northamptonshire has seen.

“We’re very proud to be working with Northampton Town and Sellebrity UK to bring celebrities and the work of Niamh’s Next Step together. Money raised from the event will help to fund vital research into childhood cancer in memory of our courageous little girl Niamh.”

Around 100 children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year in the UK, of which only around 30 per cent will survive. There is currently no government or NHS funding into the research of neuroblastoma in the UK.

Niamh’s Next Step exists to raise money and awareness of neuroblastoma while offering help, support and advice to children and families affected by it.

A Neighbourhood Development Plan for Welton has been prepared by a steering group from the village with support from the parish council.

It was submitted to Daventry District Council recently and is now subject to a seven-week consultation to allow people to make comments on it.

People can view the draft Neighbourhood Development Plan for Welton online here.

It can also be viewed at DDC’s offices, in Lodge Road, Daventry, NN11 4FP, at The White Horse pub in High Street, Welton (NN11 2JP) and in St Martin’s Church, also in High Street, Welton (NN11 2XZ).

The consultation will close at 5pm on Monday, May 14, 2018. Any comments made during the period will be passed to the independent examiner appointed to inspect the plan.

Following the consultation and examination process, if the results are positive, parishioners will be asked in a referendum whether they support the proposed Neighbourhood Development Plan. The plan must receive support from more than half of those voting for it to be ‘made’ by DDC.

If made it will form part of the wider development plan for Daventry District up to 2029 and will be used to help decide planning applications in the Welton neighbourhood area.

Co-op customers in Northamptonshire donated more than 25,000 items as part of an Easter food bank appeal.

The Co-op held a two-week campaign to help those in need and provide emergency food and support to individuals and families in crisis.

Staff at more than 180 food stores across 16 counties including Northamptonshire used already strong connections with local food bank providers to encourage people to drop off one or more items – resulting in an amazing response.

A Co-op spokesman said: “This great example of co-operation in the community has resulted in the creation of more than 2,200 food parcels, which are made up of about 11 items and will provide at least three days worth of meals for those in need.

“This will mean, as a result of this campaign alone, that more than 7,000 meals have been created thanks to the generosity of customers and members.

“An amazing 10 per cent of the final total was collected in Northamptonshire from a range of stores.”

Central England Co-operative chief executive Martyn Cheatle said: “We have been overwhelmed with the fact that in just two weeks we have had enough food donated to create 7,000 meals for people in need and make a real difference in our communities.

“Following the success of the Easter food bank appeal, we want to appeal to our customers and members to continue to support our foodbanks throughout 2018 to help provide meals for people in need across the area all year round.

“Everyone at Central England Co-op would like to thank our members and customers in Northamptonshire for their generosity and supporting us in this project.”

An average of six items were donated per bag left in one of the society’s food banks, includingd items such as tea, sugar and cereals as well as other essentials such as toiletries and hygiene products.

The society collected more than 60,000 items for its Christmas food bank appeal, which helped create more than 16,000 meals.

Central England Co-op works all year round with more than 50 different food bank partners after the scheme was launched during Christmas 2013.

The firm which runs Daventry’s leisure centre says it is looking to recruit more lifeguards for its swimming pool so it can cater for demand.

The promise comes in the wake of a complaint from a regular user of the pool who says lanes are often closed due to a lack of staff.

They said: “Once more I arrived at Daventry Leisure Centre for my 6.30am swim to find only two lanes open for Swim for Fitness.

“I asked the reception staff for the reason and was once more told it was due to staff shortages.

“It is not uncommon to arrive on a Tuesday and Wednesday morning to be told only one lifeguard is on duty so we cannot swim.

“The lifeguard is needed to oversee the dolphins training sessions. “

“Banners encouraging the public to become new members are regularly on display but the centre is not sustainable if it does not offer the service it is contracted to provide.”

Jamie Brightwell, Everyone Active’s general manager at Daventry Leisure Centre, said: “Due to last-minute colleague shortages we were not able to open all of the main pool, but we were able to safely cater for all customers who attended the swim for fitness session.

“Customer safety is our number one priority and the number of lifeguards on duty compared to customers using the pool always meets industry safety standards.

“The number of lifeguards on duty and pool space made available is adapted depending on demand.

“We are in the process of recruiting full-time and casual lifeguards to enable to cater for the local community during busy periods.”

Animal activists staged a commando-style raid on a Daventry monastery in protest against the rearing of hens in battery cages.

About 30 supporters of animal liberation scaled barbed wire fences in an effort to occupy the roofs of buildings at the Badby Road monastery on April 12, 1984.

But they were stopped short by police who were waiting for them – and had to be content with a banner-waving demonstration in the grounds instead.

Raiders who said they were from the Eastern Animal Liberation League were part of a two-pronged protest on the day.

Outside the gates of Our Lady of the Passion monastery about 15 people, including members of the Daventry Animal Rights Group, staged a two-hour vigil.

They had plastic chickens nailed to crosses and chanted “Ladies of Passion have no compassion”.

Eventually the activists were led from the grounds by police, and they came out of the gates carrying ‘Stop the Torture’ banners.

The activists were united in the belief that the battery system operated by the nuns, with whom they sought confrontation, was cruel and unnecessary.

A Daventry shopkeeper faces the prospect of losing her livelihood after complications arose while renovating her store to reveal its original medieval facade.

Dawn Branigan, 57, owns First Light Photographic, which is housed in a Grade II listed building in Daventry’s High Street and is the town’s oldest edifice.

After a renovation project to reveal the shop’s original medieval fronting dating to 1450, the day before the reopening Dawn was told by her solicitor she owed £17,000 in loan repayments, as well as £8,000 for additional bulding work.

“It was like being kicked in the stomach,” said professional photographer Dawn, who works in the shop by herself.

“Without the shop, I have no livelihood.”

“I don’t just own the shop, I’m the custodian for the building for this generation and I think it should be preserved for the people in Daventry,” she added.

Things became complicated when, a little over five years ago during some minor repairs to the building, major structural problems were found.

Scaffolding was erected to support the shop, which affected Dawn’s business.

On top of that, she found out the building was in fact listed - despite being told the contrary because it had been registered to the wrong address.

Planning application became harder to get approved, but the decision to restore the original medieval facade was eventually granted after an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.

After two years it was time to look for a builder.

Dawn said: “Having found a suitably qualified joiner, it took us a further 18 months to find a builder to take on the project - all the time, the costs for the scaffolding are mounting and turnover is dropping.”

The scaffolding finally came down after five years, but the day before completion Dawn’s solicitor called with the bad news.

Dawn has had no financial support or grants and could soon hand in the keys to the shop.

She now hopes her crowdfunding page will help her raise enough money to open the second floor of the shop as planned in order to use it as an exhibition space for artists, and thus bring in additional income.

“We never wanted to reach the stage where we had to literally beg to keep the business, but that is the position we find ourselves in today,” said Dawn, who lives in Lang Farm.

She says her customers, who come from all over the county, regularly praise her for the work she has done with the shop, with Daventry residents, in particular, enjoying what it’s done to change the town’s landscape.

You can donate to Dawn’s project here.

Thrifty home owners can give their living space a spruce up this spring as budget supermarket Lidl has launched a new modern homeware collection with prices starting at £5.99.

The Home Solutions range is available in stores now and features contemporary homeware accessories for a discounted price.

The Livarno Living Wire Table Nest Set for £39.99 for example is over six times cheaper than similar products by designer brands.

The collection also includes other statement pieces to transform living rooms such as the Meradiso Cotton Rug for £17.99 (available in two different colours, sizes and styles), a Livarno Lux Touch Table Lamp for £8.99, a Meradiso Throw for £9.99 and a Melinera 12 LED Paper Lights for £5.99.

Tesco, Asda and Morrisons have all reduced the amount of sugar in their own-label soft drinks prior to the introduction of the so-called “sugar tax” this week.

The soft drinks industry levy, dubbed the “sugar tax”, came into effect on Friday, with the money raised – an estimated £520m per year – being spent on funding sport in primary schools.

Sugar wars

Tesco, Asda and Morrisons, which comprise three of the UK’s “Big Four” supermarkets, have all reformulated their own-brand soft drinks, reducing the sugar content of these products so they fall beneath the threshold for the levy – one of the policy’s key objective.

The supermarkets revealed separately that they had cut the amount of sugar in their own-brand soft drinks to below 5g of sugar per 100ml, with Tesco declaring on Tuesday it was “the first retailer” to achieve this feat.

Asda disputed Tesco’s claim, though, with a spokesman insisting this was “not true”, and had done the same. And a spokesman for Morrisons also confirmed “all Morrisons branded drinks are under the threshold and will, therefore, be unaffected by the upcoming sugar tax”.

What is the sugar tax?

In March 2016 the then Chancellor George Osborne announced that a tax on sugary soft drinks would be implemented this year. The levy, aimed at combating childhood obesity diabetes, will be imposed on companies according to the volume of the sugar-sweetened drinks they produce or import. There will be two bands – one for soft drinks with more than 5g of sugar per 100ml and a higher one for drinks with more than 8g per 100ml.

Which kinds of drinks will be liable?

A drink is liable if it meets all the following conditions: It has a content of 1.2% alcohol by volume or less It’s either ready to drink, or to be drunk it must be diluted with water, mixed with crushed ice or processed to make crushed ice, mixed with carbon dioxide or a combination of thes It’s packaged ready for sale It has had sugar added during production, including pure cane sugars like sucrose and glucose as well as substances (other than fruit juice, vegetable juice and milk) that contain sugar, such as honey It contains at least 5g of sugar per 100ml in its ready-to-drink or diluted form.

Sainsbury’s playing catch-up

The last of the “Big Four” supermarkets, Sainsbury’s, admitted it has not yet reduced the quantity of sugar in all its own-label soft drinks so as to fall beneath the sugar tax threshold.

The grocer does claim to have removed 2,267 tonnes of sugar from its own-brand soft drinks since 2014, though.

A Sainsbury’s spokeswoman denied the supermarket was being slow to follow the others. “We’re not,” the spokeswoman said, “we’ve just taken a different approach.”

Which drinks are exempt from the sugar tax?

A drink is exempt if it meets one of the following conditions: It contains at least 75% milk It’s a milk-substitute which contains at least 120mg of calcium per 100ml, for example soya or almond milk It’s an alcohol replacement drink, for example de-alcoholised beer or wine It’s infant formula, follow-on formula, baby food, formulated food intended as a total diet replacement or dietary food used for special medical purposes.

Hawaiian, Pepperoni or Margarita – whatever your topping of choice would-be chefs can create pizzas like a pro as Aldi are launching a new outdoor pizza oven.

The barbecue friendly pizza oven can be used on both gas and charcoal barbecues and can cook pizzas up to 12 inch in size in just 10 minutes.

The oven also comes with a temperature gauge so chefs can avoid any burnt crusts.

The pizza oven is being launched as part of the Gardening Event Week and available to pre-order online from the 8th April and available to buy in stores from the 12th April.

A spokesperson for Aldi said: “Your guests will certainly want a pizza this! Aldi’s BBQ Pizza Oven (£39.99) can cook a delicious 12-inch pizza in just ten minutes. It’s lightweight, portable and can be used on gas, charcoal, and masonry barbecues.”

Voters in Daventry District are being reminded to make sure they are registered to vote ahead of the upcoming local elections.

On Thursday, May 3 residents in will go to the polls to have their say on who represents them at a local level.

Elections are taking place for a third of the 36 seats on Daventry District Council, as well as for a number of Parish Councils across the District.

There is also a by-election for Walgrave Ward on the District Council, following the resignation of Cllr Ann Carter, and a Neighbourhood Planning Referendum in Woodford Cum Membris.

The elections are an opportunity to make your voice heard and have a say about who represents you on issues that directly affect day-to-day life in Daventry District.

In order to vote, residents must be on the electoral register. The deadline to register to vote in time for the May elections is midnight on Tuesday, April 17. If you are registering to vote for the first time, you can do so online at www.gov.uk/registertovote.

As well as allowing you to have your say in elections, registering to vote has other benefits too – being on the register can help you when applying for a credit card, mortgage or even a new mobile phone contract, as it is one of the things that is looked at by companies when carrying out credit checks.

If you are not sure whether you are registered, or you have recently moved house, you should contact the Council’s Electoral Services team on 01327 871100 or emailelectoralservices@daventrydc.gov.uk.

The deadlines for arranging to vote by post or via a proxy are also coming up in April.

To apply for a postal vote, you will need to complete an application form and send it to DDC’s Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday, April 18. A postal vote may be arranged for one election, indefinitely, or for a specific period.

Voting by proxy means to can appoint someone you trust to vote on your behalf. Anyone can be your proxy as long as they are eligible to vote in that type of election and are willing to vote on your behalf at your polling station.

Applications to vote by proxy must be received by DDC’s Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday, April 25, though if an elector falls ill or is called away on business after that date, they may be able to apply up to 5pm on May 3.

To request an application form for a postal or proxy vote call 01327 871100 or emailelectoralservices@daventrydc.gov.uk

Find out more at www.daventrydc.gov.uk/elections.

The chairman of Daventry District Council is looking to go out on a high note with the final fundraiser of his year in office.

Councillor David James is holding a concert on Saturday, April 28 in aid of his chosen charity, Macmillan Cancer Support.

It takes place at the Holy Cross Church and will showcase the talents of two of the community's choirs – Daventry’s JuditSingers and The Whilton Warblers.

The musical director for both choirs is well-known soprano Judit Felszeghy, who will also be performing, and the accompanist is Andrew King. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

The fundraiser will be Councillor James’ last event as chairman before he hands the chains of office to a new chairman at the annual council meeting in May.

Councillor James said: “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as chairman and it has been an honour to serve the council and to help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

"We have some very talented performers lined up for this final event of my year in office, so please join us in support of this wonderful charity.”

Tickets for the event cost £8 and can be reserved via chairman@daventrydc.gov.uk or by phoning 01327 871100.

Smoking in front of animals has a devastating impact on their health – and the PDSA is urging all smokers to think before they light up in front of their pet.

The impact of smoking in front of pets can prove fatal, with research from the Royal College of Nurses (2017) revealing that second-hand smoke can result in dogs developing sinus or lung cancer, cats having an increased risk of developing lymphoma, and eye, skin and respiratory disease in birds, rabbits and guinea pigs.

It can also worsen bronchitis and asthma in animals already suffering from such health conditions.

But it’s not just inhaling smoke which harms pets.

Animals can in fact digest nicotine when licking their fur, according to a study by Glasgow University.

The Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) used by vets for animal poisoning cases also highlighted the dangers of e-cigarettes – with 113 reported cases in one year alone. Jackie Fox from Glasgow witnessed the damaging effect her habit was having on her one-year- old cat Alvin when he developed asthma.

Vets at the PDSA Glasgow Shamrock Street Pet Hospital urged Jackie to stop or change her habits.

She said: “I noticed Alvin was really wheezy when breathing, so I took him to PDSA, and they told me my smoking could be affecting him. “He’s my baby, so I was horrified to think that my smoking could be harming his health. I used to smoke in the same room as him, but now I go outside and it’s incredible that after just a few weeks he already seems a lot better. The plan is to quit smoking now for my own health as well as Alvin’s.”

After the warning from the vets, Jackie immediately changed her smoking habits and now plans to quit altogether.

She added: “I’ve smoked for over 20 years, but I’m determined to stop to help my pets. I would urge other pet owners who smoke to consider giving up or at least going outside to reduce the exposure to the cigarette fumes.”

The PDSA says that pet owners can reduce the risk to their pets by either smoking outside or quitting altogether. PDSA Vet Olivia Anderson-Nathan said: “Many pet owners are unaware of the risks that smoking around their pets can have on their health.

“Recent scientific studies have found that family pets can be affected by passive smoking. Vets regularly see the devastating impact smoking can have on pets, from respiratory problems like asthma and chronic coughing through to more serious conditions such as cancers like lymphoma, which in cats is twice as likely if they have exposure to cigarette smoke.”

For more information on how to quit, visit www.nhs.uk/livewell/smoking

The following people were sentenced at Northampton Magistrates’ Court:

February 26:

Jana Turner, aged 24, of Christchurch Drive, Daventry; drink driving in Byfield Road, Chipping Warden with a breath test of 100mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Rehabilitation community order made, 80 hours unpaid work, victim services surcharge of £85, costs of £85, banned from driving for 25 months.

David Banks, aged 34, Glebeland Road, Northampton; fraud using company credit card. Rehabilitation community order made, compensation £2,364.

Darren Stevens, aged 38, of Kennedy Close, Daventry, used threatening or abusive words or behaviour ; fined £60, surcharge of £30 , costs of £85.

Craig Smith, aged 30, of Cattle Market, Northampton, breached community protection notice by calling police, fined £50, surcharge of £30 , costs of £85.

Nicolae Mereacre, aged 21, of Kingsley Road, Northampton, refused breath test without good reason; fined £300, surcharge of £30 , costs of £85, banned from driving for 12 months.

Tracey Roadnight, aged 36, of Cliftonville Court, failed to give blood for testing having driven a vehicle; community orders made for alcohol treatment, mental health and rehabilitation. Surcharge of £85 , costs of £85, driving ban of 36 months.

Gabriel Stroe, aged 24, of The Witham, Daventry, application for domestic violence protection order. Order made for 28 days preventing molesting a named woman or communicating with her.

February 27

Jack Watt, aged 23, of Burn Links, Northampton, entered a garge with intent to steal; jailed for four weeks, surcharge £115, costs £100.

Sean Shortland, aged 21, of Valley Road, Northampton, sent a Facebook message to a woman he was prohibited from contacting; building better relationships community order made, surcharge of £ 85, costs of £85.

Daryl Hammond, aged 23, of Junction Road, assaulted a woman in Kettering; rehabilitation community order made Surcharge of £85 , costs of £85.Breach of community order; no separate penalty.

Mark Holt, aged47, of no fixed abode , stalked a woman by attending her place of work and contacting her; rehabilitation community order made, 150 hours unpaid work, restraining order made, surcharge of £85 , costs of £85.

February 28

Thomas Edwards, aged 29, of Vicarage Close, Whittlebury, harrassed a woman by sending her texts; rehabilitation community order made, 120 hours unpaid work, restraining order, compensation £500, surcharge of £85 , costs of £350.

Alan Beddie, aged48, of Sorrel Close, Northampton, drove at 36mph in a 30mph zone in Towcester Road, Blisworth; fined £325, costs of £85, three points on licence. No disqualification under totting as would lose job and so impact on colleagues.

Samuel Cox, aged 20, of Parklands, Northampton, failed to identify the driver of a Ford Transit who was alleged to have committed an offence; fined £660, surcharge of £66, costs of £85. Six points.

Brian Hammond, aged73, of Sandover, Northampton, drove a vehicle inLondon Road, Northampton, that had no test certificate; fined £40, surcharge of £30 , costs of £85.

Matthew Hickman, aged29, of Franklin Way, Daventry, drove a vehicle at 103mph in a 70mph zone on the A45 in Great Billing; fined £185, surcharge of £30 , costs of £85, banned for 28 days.

Dominic Malone, aged 43, of Harris Close, Northampton, drove a Land Rover on Newport Pagnell Road, Wootton, at 50mph in a 30mph zone; fined £500, surcharge of £50, costs of £85, banned for 14 days.

Raymond Perkins, aged 62, of Ryeland Road, Northampton, drove through a red light in Bridge Street in silver Nissan and collided with black Seat car; fined £400, surcharge of £40 , costs of £85, five points. Not disqualifieddue to potential loss of job.

Antony Smart, aged 43, of Thomas Chapman Grove, Northampto, drove at 40mph in a 30mph zone on A508 Broad Street, fined £160, surcharge of £30 , costs of £85, three points. Not disqualified due to needing car to drive family member to hospital appointments.

Alex Zivanovic, aged 28, of Oaklands Drive, Northampton, drove at 56mph on a 30mph road(Newport Pagnell Road); fined £485, surcharge of £48 , costs of £85. Disqualified from driving for 21 days.

Laszo Ladanyi, aged41, of Mannington Gardens, Northampton, failed to give the identity of the driver of a particular vehicle, fined £660, surcharge of £66 , costs of £85. Licence endorsed with six points.

Marek Chkebus, aged 37, of Campbell Street, stole from Boots store in Riverside Retail Park; community order made to carry out unpaid work of 80 hours, surcharge of £85.

Constance Machona, aged 46, of Reffield Close, Towcester, stole cash to the value of £650 belonging to a woman; committed to prison for six weeks suspended for 12 months, unpaid work of 120 hours, compensation of £650. Stole cash to the value of £140 from a man in Towcester; six weeks in prison consecutive, unapid work of 120 hours, compensation of £140.

Leonard Devonport, aged 51, of no fixed abode, breached a court order, committted to prison for 28 days.

Nathan Roberts, aged 34, of no fixed abode, stole an Audi A3 car in Northampton, committed to prison for four weeks suspended for 18 months. ordered to under go drug rehabilitation for six months, rehabiltation activity order. Stole various items from a man; committed to prison for 26 weeks suspended for 18 months. ordered to under go drug rehabilitation for six months, rehabiltation activity order, compensation of £500. Made a false representation to make a gain. committed to prison for four weeks suspended for 18 months. ordered to under go drug rehabilitation for six months, rehabiltation activity order.

Does your family have what it takes to beat The Chaser?

If you answered yes, here’s your chance to prove it.

The Family Chase is returning to our TV screens this September and October – and they’re looking for contestants.

The family-friendly show, hosted by funnyman Bradley Walsh, is a Saturday tea-time version of weekday favourite The Chase.

The spin-off sees family members working together to try and win big money by answering general knowledge questions – without being caught by the Chasers.

The show’s producers want to hear from families from all walks of life, and although the applicant must be 18 and over, team members can be 16 plus.

“Let four members of a family loose on The Chase and you get The Family Chase,” says Walsh.

“What we quickly discovered was that families aren’t frightened to say what they mean and mean what they say.

“Imagine anything you’ve said to your family whilst you’re watching our show, in the privacy of your front room, well, these families take it into the studio.

“There’s none of the usual ‘just come back, we want you in the final chase’… it’s ‘if you go low, you can forget Christmas at my house’.

If the Walsh family appeared as a team, that’s exactly what we’d say. There’d be no soft soaping that’s for sure!

“I loved making The Family Chase, and with this twist on the format you’ll love it too.” The application process closes on the July 6.

To register your family, follow this link, https://itv.etribez.com/ag/itv/thechasefamily2/welcome.html

If you’re the kind of person who can think of nothing better than sitting on the sofa eating crisps, then Doritos may have just come up with the perfect opportunity for you.

The crisp goliath has launched a nationwide search to recruit the ‘UK’s boldest Doritos Superfan’ – and the perks are truly mouth-watering.

According to the company, one lucky Doritos superfan will be given behind the scenes access to the brand and get the opportunity to try the newest flavours before anyone else.

On top of this, the nacho-lover will get free visits to the Doritos factory to experience how ‘chip magic’ happens, the chance to attend quarterly research and development meetings for new products, and become an official ‘Bold Brand Ambassador’.

£18,000 prize

As with most dream jobs, however, there is a catch – and it’s a big one.

Sadly, the competition winner will not get a full-time job with the company and will instead be given a one-off cash prize of £18,000.

To sweeten the deal they will also receive a year’s supply of the crisps.

To be in with a chance of winning, applicants will have to get through a rigorous interview process led by comedian Katherine Ryan.

Katherine and the Doritos team will choose the person they deem most worthy of the prize – and competition is expected to be fierce.

This article originally appeared on our sister website i news.

John Tyson, 43, Neil Moloney, 36, and Neil Murray, 29, were sentenced on Friday (April 6) to six years, five years and six months, and 12 months respectively, for their part in the production of cannabis at a number of addresses across Northamptonshire including those in Weedon, Braunston, Kilsby, and Whilton Lodge.

In an earlier trial, brothers Paul Heath, 36, and Gavin Heath, 30, were jailed for a total of 12 years for their part in the cannabis factories.

A spokesman from Northamptonshire Police said: “We welcome the sentences handed down on Friday and hope they will serve as a deterrent to others thinking of becoming involved in this kind of criminal activity.

“We take the production of illegal drugs extremely seriously at Northamptonshire Police and will always pursue those suspected of making money in this way in order to bring them to justice.”

Facebook are set to alert 87 million users that their data has been shared with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook are set to alert 87 million users that their data has been shared with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

Though the majority of affected users are thought to be from the United States, roughly 1 million users from the UK have also been affected.

How to know if you have been affected

Users affected by the data-harvesting scheme, will be provided a notification from Facebook title Protecting Your Information.#

The following message will appear at the top of their news feeds and read: “(User Name), we understand the importance of keeping your data safe.

“We have banned the website: “This is Your Digital Life” which one of your friends used Facebook to log into. We did this because the website may have misused some your Facebook information by sharing it with a company called Cambridge Analytica.

“You can learn more about what happened and how you can remove other apps and websites anytime if you no longer want them to have access to your information. “There is more work to do, but we are committed to confronting abuse and to putting you in control of your privacy.”

The remaining users whose information wasn’t shared with Cambridge Analytica will receive a notice reading: “(User name), we understand the importance of keeping your data safe, and are making it easier for you to control which apps you share information with.

“You can go to the Apps and Websites section of your settings anytime to see the apps and websites you’ve used Facebook to log into. You can also remove the ones you don’t want connected to Facebook anymore.”

Facebook users will then be provided a link to a list of apps and websites which posses their data.

This Is Your Digital Life

Though Mark Zuckerburg has calculated that roughly 87 million users were affected by the Cambridge Analytica strategy of data harvesting, he admitted there was no way to know for sure how many users were affected.

The Facebook CEO revealed that Facebook came up with the figure by calculating the maximum number of friends that users could have had while Mr Kogan’s app was collecting data.

The company, however, does not have logs going back that far, he admitted, so it cannot know exactly how many people may have been affected.

This Is Your Digital Life, was a personality quiz created in 2014 by an academic researcher named Aleksander Kogan, who paid about 270,000 people to take it.

The app vacuumed up not just the data of the people who took it, but also – thanks to Facebook’s loose restrictions – data from friends, too.

This included sensitive details that affected users hadn’t intended to share publicly.