In this week’s Daventry Express
All your local news including...- Future of Daventry’s ambulance station in doubt- More jobs created at Cummins- Brave Owen loses his battle with cancer- Marathon runners all set for big challenge-...
View ArticleAmbulance station set to close?
DAVENTRY’S ambulance station is facing closure under plans being looked at by its NHS trust.East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has said it is considering reducing the number of stations it operates...
View ArticleCrowds descend for egg hunt
SCORES of children hunted down hundreds of eggs at the town’s annual Easter Egg hunt.The event was held on Easter Sunday at Daventry Country Park.It was was organised by the Friends of Daventry Country...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new movie releases: Battleship, The Cabin In The Woods
IT seems likely that, in what passes for a garret in the fleshpots of Hollywood, some ambitious young screenwriter is even now working on a big budget movie treatment for the rainy afternoon favourite...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVD releases: The Deep Blue Sea, Snowtown, Keith
LOVERS are at loggerheads in 1950s-set drama THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12: Artificial Eye), a heart-rending adaptation of a Terence Rattigan play.Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), the wife of respected judge,...
View ArticleBoy gets trapped in bathroom
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy had to be freed from his bathroom by firefighters.He became locked in at his home in Spratton Road, Brixworth, at around 9.40am yesterday (Thursday).One crew from Moulton were called...
View ArticleMan rescued from roof after becoming unwell
A MAN had to be rescued from the roof of a house in Daventry.At just after 8pm on Wednesday two fire crews from Daventry were called to Colmar Close.They had to assist a man from the roof who had been...
View ArticleIf the boat race is anything to go by, I might skip the Olympics
GIVEN that the length of Chiswick Bridge across the Thames is some 606 feet and just a lick and a spit away from the end of the Boat Race I begin to fear for the rowing skills of both Cambridge and...
View ArticleExpanding firm gives town jobs boost
ONE of Daventry’s biggest employers is expanding, creating more than 70 new jobs in the town.Cummins, based in Royal Oak Way South, has now increased the manufacture of diesel engines from 28 to 32-34...
View ArticleHouses to get £12m makeover
AROUND £12 million is being invested to repair houses across the Daventry district.Daventry and District Housing (DDH) and Rockingham Forest Housing Association (RFHA) have joined forces on the...
View ArticlePlans for village store thrown out
VILLAGERS are still fearful a new Tesco Express store will be built in Weedon despite refusing to support the plans.The store, planned for the busy A5/A45 crossroads, would be likely to win approval if...
View ArticleFocus is on fundraising
STAFF at a town opticians did their bit for charity during a fundraising day.Specsavers in Bowen Square arranged the event last week to raise cash for Sightsavers, an international charity which aims...
View ArticleFond farewell to town youth
A YOUTH worker who helped develop and expand Daventry’s Phoenix Centre was given a special send off.Katie Jones has been the youth development officer at the Phoenix since 2007 but at the end of March...
View ArticleU-turn over CAB funds welcomed
A ‘U-TURN’ on funding plans for Daventry’s Citizen Advice Bureau has been welcomed by board members.Northampton Borough Council has withdrawn a bid for £240,000 of county council funding to provide the...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Cabin In The Woods
You think you know the story – five teen friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, bad things start to happen. So what is the secret lurking beneath the stereotypical creepy cabin? And...
View ArticleYour best time is not spent running
I’VE got it in the neck before on this, but I’m prepared to have another go. Thousands of runners are lacing up their trainers and stuffing themselves full of pasta in preparation for this weekend’s...
View ArticleForce gears up for a busy year
POLICE officers from Northamptonshire are likely to be sent to London and potentially to Leicestershire for this summer’s Olympics, the force has said.Chief Constable Adrian Lee said Northamptonshire...
View ArticleCharity seeks new home
A NEW base is being sought by the air ambulance charity that covers Daventry.Bosses at Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance said they are looking for a 20,000 sq ft operational base and...
View ArticleLatest broadband snub ‘outrageous’
VILLAGES in the Daventry district have once again been snubbed after the latest areas set to receive superfast broadband were revealed.Last month it was confirmed that no more exchanges in the district...
View ArticleRecognition for gardens
HOLDENBY House has been recognised with a commemorative plaque to mark 85 years of its gardens being opened to the public.The house was one of only 120 gardens which open under the National Gardens...
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