Slideshow: The Daventry Arts Festival
Here are a few of the best photos from the Daventry Arts Festival.The Northampton College in Daventry put on popular pottery workshops during the festival while summer samba and a mad hatter...
View ArticleFrench day in aid of DACT to celebrate Tour
Four managers from the Coventry Building Society cycling 550 miles called into the Daventry branch this week.The team set off on Monday to cycle to every one of the building society’s 70 branches over...
View ArticleJust 8 per cent turn out for vote
Only eight per cent of voters turned out to the polls on Thursday, July 26.Electors on the town’s Hill Ward were asked to select a new member of the town council.The result was:Keith Simpson...
View ArticleMP joins fight to re-open cardiac unit
Daventry’s MP is backing a campaign to re-open the cardiac rehabilitation unit at Danetre Hospital.Chris Heaton-Harris joined almost 40 concerned residents at a meeting in Flore last week where he...
View ArticleJim announces his retirement from school
A school teacher who has spent 32 years at the same school has retired.Jim Davis joined the Danetre and Southbrook Learning Village (DSLV) in 1981 when it was called Southbrook Comprehensive School. He...
View ArticleMaking quilts in aid of charity
People at The Bramble Patch have been making quilts for Project Linus.The volunteers made the quilts on Tuesday last week and is designed to help babies, toddlers, older children and teenagers.
View ArticleMore cuts will pose ‘challenge’ to police
A report has highlighted Northamptonshire Police as one of five forces that will struggle to cope with further budget cuts.The report from HMIC says Northants Police has ‘significant performance...
View ArticleDaventry academy needs improvement
An academy in Daventry has been judged as needing improvement following the latest report released by Government inspectors.The Danetre and Southbrook Learning Village (DSLV) made up of the nursery,...
View ArticleTransforming empty homes in the district
Affordable housing provider Daventry and District Housing (DDH) has won funding to turn empty properties in the area back into family homes.The organisation has secured £60,000 from the Homes and...
View ArticleDriver failed to stop at crash in Bugbrooke
Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic incident which happened at around 6pm on Sunday 28 July, in Kislingbury Road, Bugbrooke.A blue Renault Megane was travelling along...
View ArticleHave your say on planning rule changes
Council asks what information people think planners could consider.Daventry District Council is reviewing the types of information it requires as part of planning applications.When people submit...
View ArticleWork starts at new play area
Work on a new play area to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will start at the end of July.The play area will be built on the New Street Recreation Ground not far from the skate park that opened...
View ArticleFootball match raising money for Tim’s Charity
Legendary players from Liverpool FC will be converging in Daventry early next month for a charity match.Daventry Town FC are playing hosts to the Liverpool Legends XI team at 2pm on August 4 at...
View ArticleCyclefest comes to Daventry
People are being reminded that they have the chance to take part in a 10km circular guided cycle ride from Daventry Country Park to Welton this weekend.Cyclefest 2013 is being held in Daventry Country...
View ArticleChildren can cook up a storm
JUNIOR master chefs can practice their culinary skills with a series of cookery workshops coming up later this month.Bay Tree Cottage in Farthingstone hosts the cookery lessons designed to improve the...
View ArticleAccidental death ruling on fatal car crash
A Daventry man who died in a car crash was found to be more than four times the drink-drive limit.Robert Pejas, 39, lived with his wife, Matgorzata, 42, and two children, at Arnull Crescent on the...
View ArticleMan seriously injured in village crash
A man was serious injured after a crash on the A428 near East Haddon.The crash happened at around 12.30pm on Wednesday July 31, when a white Mini Cooper was travelling towards Northampton, and for...
View ArticleArtwork unveiled for town’s gateway
Three possible designs for Daventry’s new public art work have been unveiled for the public to vote on.The designs are by Tim Ward who was picked by Daventry District Council as its artistof choice...
View ArticleMan faces sentence for child sex assault
A Daventry man has been branded “disgusting” after being convicted by a jury at Oxford Crown Court of child sex assaults.James Phipps, 59, of Primrose Hill in Daventry, was found guilty after a trial...
View ArticleResignation call over bins
A member of the public has asked if the councillor in charge of the Enterprise contract at Daventry District Council (DDC) would resign.Ken Ritchie posed the question at last Thursday’s meeting of the...
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