A FUN day in aid of MIND and a countywide carers’ association has raised more than £300.

A team of paranormal experts from Northampton said they saw some “great activity” during an investigation of a reportedly haunted pub near the town centre.

THREE fund-raisers completed a 12-hour spin-a-thon to support a new armed services charity.

MORE than 4,500 football fans packed the stands at Sixfields last night to cheer the Cobblers to a home win, and to raise money for the Chronicle & Echo’s charity appeal.

THE annual Olney Pancake Race was won in a record breaking time by an 18-year-old who was taking part in the event for the first time.

THE Northampton and Rushden Sea Cadets unit has been presented with a top award by Royal Navy Captain, Mark Windsor.

A MOTHER-OF-THREE said she had a ‘new-found happiness’ after losing an incredible five stones in only nine months.

A GYM will hold a 12-hour spin-a-thon for a Northampton hospice.

AN ELDERLY man crashed into the lower mall of the Weston Favell Centre in Northampton yesterday while reversing out of a parking space.

THE mother of former Cobblers’ trainee Richard Butcher has urged the town to get behind the team as it fights to avoid relegation from the football league.

A TEENAGER from Northampton, who feared he might not be able to walk again after a car crash, has handed a cheque for £1,000 to the ambulance service that flew him to hospital.

TOO often it is only the internationally or nationally known celebrities who pen autobiographies for their thousands of fans.

COMPETITIVE Ferrari drivers battled against each other at the annual National Owners Club endurance tournament in Northampton.

SHOPPERS were given a first hand look at early plans for the overhaul of the NHS in Northamptonshire at an event at Weston Favell shopping centre.

BURLESQUE dancers, fire-breathers, circus performers and magicians will be among the entertainment at Le Jardin Secret, at Sazerac Bar in Northampton town centre on Thursday.

LEARNER drivers in Northampton have been given a hard-hitting presentation about the tragic consequences of road accidents as part of a pilot being run by the fire service and a driving school.

COBBLERS manager Aidy Boothroyd did his bit to encourage fans to get behind the club as it battles to avoid relegation, by selling tickets for the team’s crunch matches next week himself.

IT IS impossible to know exactly what effect the loss of dozens of Police Community Support Officers will have on our streets.

COBBLERS bosses have said they are pleased with the support they have received from residents, businesses and organisations in Northampton as the club battles to avoid relegation.

AN OLYMPIC-THEMED idea to commemorate the huge sporting event in London this summer has been launched by members of the WI.