Centre set for indoor car boot sale
AN INDOOR car boot sale will take place to help the Daventry Community Centre.The centre is launching the first of their fundraising events this weekend.The community centre, based off Ashby Road, is...
View ArticleBypass seen as important
A CONSULTATION has stated that a bypass for Flore and Weedon was seen as important.The comments come following the consultation on the Northamptonshire Transport Plan, drawn up by Northamptonshire...
View ArticleIn this week’s Daventry Express
All your local news including:– Crumbling war memorial set to be saved– Menswear store set to close– Planning application submitted for a million pound expansion to primary school– Inspector hears...
View ArticleMenswear shop Exits the town
A MEN’S clothes store is to close its doors after 30 years of trading on Daventry’s High Street.Exit For Men, formerly Fosters, is holding a closing down sale ahead of shutting on Christmas Eve.The...
View ArticleGirl thrown from fairground ride
A MOTHER has spoken of her terror at seeing her nine-year-old faughter being thrown from a bonfire night fairground ride.Yasmin Vickery fell from a “twister” ride at the Hollowell Steam Rally and Heavy...
View ArticleDog owner fined for failing to pick up mess
People are being reminded to clean up after their dogs or they could be taken to court and fined up to £1,000.It comes after a man in West Haddon was fined for allowing his dog to foul on a pavement in...
View ArticleOut in force to help remember
VOLUNTEERS have been out in force for the past two weeks selling poppies ahead of Remembrance Day.The Daventry branch of the Royal British Legion had volunteers out at Daventry’s supermarkets and at...
View ArticleFire at Onley prison
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to HMP Onley last night (Thursday November 8).Crews from Daventry and Warwickshire attended at 9.20pm to a cell which had been set on fire. Clothing and a mattress was...
View ArticleNew wind turbine plans are announced for farm near Byfield
PLANS for a wind turbine have been revealed for a farm near Byfield.MS1 Energy, an energy firm based in London which specialises in building wind farms, is currently putting together a planning...
View ArticleCannabis raid in Harpole
POLICE have found cannabis leaves and equipment often used in the production of the drug during a search of a house in a Harpole.Officers went to the house in Garners Way, in the village at about 9am...
View ArticleMan arrested after three vehicle crash in Norton
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested following a three vehicle crash in Norton.It happened at around 1am this morning (Friday, November 9) when his car collided with a parked vehicle in Daventry Road....
View ArticleTheft from East Haddon farm
A HORSE trailer has been stolen from a stable yard in East Haddon.It happened between 5.15pm on Wednesday and 6,15am yesterday (Thursday November 8) when thieves broke into a private lane leading to a...
View ArticleFour left in race to become police commissioner
NEXT week elections will be held for the new police and crime commissioner – overshadowed by the withdrawal of the Labour-supported candidate.On Thursday November 15 one of four candidates for...
View ArticleCash injection to kickstart town centre regeneration
A POT of £10,000 has been granted to Daventry to help the public and local authorities work together to improve the town centre.Daventry Town Team has been named as a National Town Team Partner by the...
View ArticleWar memorial to be replaced?
CRUMBLING stone and subsidence at Daventry’s 90-year-old war memorial may lead to it being replaced and moved.Ahead of this Sunday’s Remembrance Day the memorial, off Abbey Street, was cleaned....
View ArticleBursar stole cash from village school
THE former bursar of Brington Primary School has pleaded guilty to stealing more than £46,000 from the school.Sara Meakins, 40, has been told to prepare for a prison sentence after she pleaded guilty...
View ArticleParents invited to find more educational opportunities for their children
PARENTS of children in years 9-13 are invited to attend an open event on Wednesday (November 14) to find out more about local apprenticeship opportunities for their children.The event, run by the...
View ArticleFined for making fraudulent claim
A DESPERATE Braunston man chanced his luck defrauded an employment agency out of more than £500 for work he didn’t do.Kieran Mark Redhead was paid £504 for 72 hours he wrongly claimed for after he...
View ArticleElection check list for Daventry residents
WITH the election for Police and Crime Commissioner taking place on Thursday (November 15), Daventry District Council are reminding residents what they need to do on polling day.Residents should have...
View ArticleCelebratory balloon travels 85 miles
A RUBY red balloon released by Councillor Alan Hills to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Southbrook community association has been found 85.5 miles away in Cambridge. At the annual Fete on the Field...
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