Council invites catering firms to apply to run Daventry Country Park Café
Daventry District Council is inviting submissions from catering businesses interested in running and managing the café at Daventry Country Park. Based at the Visitor Centre, the café helps cater for...
View ArticleCollective switch scheme aiming to cut energy bills
People will be given the opportunity to save money on their energy bills with a new collective switching scheme set to be launched by Daventry District Council (DDC) later this year. The Council is...
View ArticleFalling masonry in Daventry town centre
Health and safety officials at Daventry District Council (DDC) have been called out to reports of falling masonry in the town centre.Officers from DDC visited Lloyds Bank on the High Street this...
View ArticleHousing group offers free IT advice sessions to residents
Daventry & District Housing (DDH) will be running a day of free drop in IT advice sessions for local residents on Thursday, October 16. The advice sessions , which will take place at the Community...
View ArticleSummer start for bypass after 50-year campaign
Work is finally set to start in the summer of 2015 for the long-awaited Flore/Weedon bypass, it has been confirmed.The revelation comes from Northamptonshire County Council (NCC), which also announced...
View ArticleNew book celebrates icons of Northamptonshire
Daventry ‘s Borough Hill, Weedon Bec’s Depot and Ashby St Ledgers’ link to the Gunpowder Plot are just some of the entries in a newly-published book celebrating the icons of Northamptonshire.A joint...
View ArticleFamily member pays tribute to baby victim of Daventry dog attack
Posting on Facebook after the tragic incident which saw the baby attacked in her home in Morning Star Road last Friday, a cousin of the young victim’s mother said: “Words can not describe how we as a...
View ArticlePlans to renovate New Street tennis courts axed
A renovation of the tennis courts on New Street Recreation Ground could be scrapped after DDC’s planning committee refused permission. The scheme, put forward by Daventry Leisure Centre would have seen...
View ArticleRelocation specialist stays put for 40 years
A Daventry man celebrated his 40th anniversary working for a town firm on Tuesday, October 7.Jerry Trusler, 59, marked his fourth decade with Gerson Relocation Ltd with a slap up meal at the Butchers...
View ArticleAuction to be held at Fawsley
There will be a chance to bid on several luxury items worth hundreds of pounds at an event in Fawsley Hall.The charity ball in support of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance will be...
View ArticleBuilding to be demolished as part of new shop scheme
Daventry District Council (DDC) has announced plans to demolish the former Danetre Vauxhall Garage with work to begin on October 13. The garage on Warwick Street was more recently home to the Vineyard...
View ArticleAthletes set for charity duathlon at Althorp House
Novices and experienced athletes alike are gearing up for the Althorp Duathlon and Run on October 18.The duathlon, which includes a separate 10k run, 40k bike sprint and a 5k run, will also be raising...
View ArticleFormula One proposal for former Catesby railway tunnel
Early plans have been revealed for a new wind tunnel to be built in the Daventry district to help test Formula One cars.In plans drawn up by Brackley-based firm Aero Research Partners, Catesby tunnel...
View ArticlePub to get a facelift ahead of reopening
The Coach and Horses pub on Warwick Street, Daventry is to open its doors once more under new management – and a new name.The former coaching house, soon to be renamed The Stables, closed last year....
View ArticleSpeeding scheme to get officer backing
Motorists speeding in villages will be more likely to get a fine under a new scheme.As a boost to the people taking part in community speedwatch, police officers from Daventry Rural Safer Community...
View ArticlePensioner dies two years after car accident in town
A man died from a seizure two years after hitting his head in an accident when he was involved in a collision with a car as he was walking home.Leslie Winter, 80, died at Danetre Hospital in Daventry...
View ArticleResidents urged to donate food for hampers project
People across the Daventry district are being urged to donate food to a Christmas hamper scheme.Daventry District Council is working with Daventry and District Over Fifties Forum and the Daventry Food...
View ArticleReview to be carried out of polling stations
A pub and a hotel are among the new venues being proposed for polling stations in the Daventry district as part of a review aimed at making it easier for people to vote.Daventry District Council (DDC)...
View ArticleSeveral guns handed in as amnesty comes to end
More than 160 weapons have been handed in as part of two-week guns amnesty held by Northamptonshire Police.It came to an end on Sunday and officers have recovered a variety of items. Insp Sarah...
View ArticleWarnings and fines for town litterbugs
Patrols of Daventry town centre will be cracking down on litterbugs ahead of a major clean up taking place later this month. Officers from Daventry District Council’s (DDC) environmental improvement...
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