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A COMPANY selling organic food for babies has been set up by an entrepreneur from Crick.Laura Faulkner has launched the company called Earthbaby Foods to set up a range of food for infants aged five...
View ArticleNominations sought for food awards
NOMINATIONS are being sought for the best pubs, cafes and local food heroes.The Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards is seeking entries for this year’s awards in the categories of Community Pub of...
View ArticleCrowds celebrate the countryside
Hundreds of people headed down to Daventry Country Park on Sunday to experience a day of traditional rural skills and activities.Sunday was the annual Countryside Day at the park, organised by Daventry...
View ArticleSt James celebrates 100 years
St James Infant School in Daventry is holding a three-day celebration to mark 100 years of its standing in the town.Today (Thursday) staff and students will be dressed up and singing songs from 1913,...
View ArticleBusinesses asked to back our campaign
Businesses are being encouraged to support a charity fundraising event in aid of a local brain-damaged toddler.The charity golf day, organised by the Daventry Express Staverton Park Golf Club and...
View ArticleSpecial planning meeting is delayed
THE meeting to discuss plans for the regeneration of Daventry town centre has been postponed.DDC’s planning committee had scheduled a special meeting on May 22 to discuss the applications for Mulberry...
View ArticleDDC offer up food training courses
Those starting a new food business or wanting to improve their food hygiene rating can gain nationally recognised food safety training from Daventry District Council.Delivered by experienced...
View ArticleComic Ross films in Weedon
Comedian Ross Noble called in on Weedon last week as part of his cross-country visits to film a travel show.The Geordie stand up, who is a regular touring comedian and panelist on shows such as Have I...
View ArticleCredit card scam warning
Northamptonshire police have been alerted to a credit card scam.They believe victims receive a call from somebody claiming to be a police officer, they are then advised that their credit card has been...
View ArticleDaventry ‘spider park’ reopens after revamp
A children’s play area on the Headlands Estate reopened today following a revamp from Daventry District Council. The ‘Spider Park’ now has new climbing frames, roundabouts and swings for youngsters to...
View ArticleWork begins to tackle danger on Daventry Road
Work began on Monday to make safe a dangerous stretch of road in Daventry. Parking bays are being painted along Thames Road, Tyne Road and Badby Road West, around the Grange Estate, in order to narrow...
View ArticleFlower club demonstrator to wow at monthly meeting
The Daventry and District flower club will welcome demonstrator Shirley Henderson to their meeting at the Abbey in Daventry on Thursday evening.She will interpret ‘a night on the town’ in flowers from...
View ArticleDaventry officer in video to end homophobic hate crime
A Daventry police sergeant has featured in a video campaign to end homophobic hate crime and reduce suicide amongst young gay people.Sergeant Sam Dobbs, from the Daventry Safer Community Team, features...
View ArticleRAF hurricane at village fair
The Woodford Halse Country Fair and Classic Car Rally will have a flypast by an RAF Hurricane this year. The event, on Saturday, June 8 runs from 1pm to 8pm at the Mill House in West Farndon. There...
View ArticlePolice to tweet a Saturday night out
Northamptonshire Police will take to Twitter on Saturday (May 25) to highlight the number of drink related incident that occur across the county.Between 10pm and 4am the force will tweet about the...
View ArticleBedroom tax debate gets DDC all fired up
Social housing reform provides an incentive for those under-occupying their homes to move to a smaller property, according to a Daventry district councillor.At a meeting on Wednesday (May 15), Cllr...
View ArticlePolice took DNA from 496 children
Northamptonshire Police take DNA samples from 10 children every week, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform revealed this week.Many of the children required to give a sample will not...
View ArticleFour pavilions to be demolished in Daventry
Four empty and disused pavilion buildings in Daventry will be demolished next week.Work will start on Tuesday, May 28, on knocking down the former sports changing pavilion buildings on the Headlands...
View ArticlePhones and a wallet stolen from car in Daventry
A wallet, two mobile phone and an iPod were stolen from a car in Daventry on Sunday.A black VW Passat, parked in Badby Road West, was broken into between 1.30pm and 6pm on May 19 when a back passenger...
View ArticleFun day to raise funds for Milly
The family of an 11-year-old girl from Long Buckby will hold a fun day to raise money to buy her a prosthetic leg next month.Milly-Anne Hemely, of Grasscroft, had to have part of her right leg...
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