THE parents of a teenager who was left in intensive care after a horror crash that left five injured have thanked well-wishers for their overwhelming support.

RAIL services between Northampton and London could be disrupted throughout the weekend after a train derailed near Milton Keynes in the early hours of yesterday morning.

ENGINEERS are hoping to be able to have limited services running between Northampton and London Euston this afternoon following this morning’s rail crash.

AN 86-year-old woman is demanding to have her voice heard after launching a campaign to repair dangerous pathways near care homes.

A MAN has died following a road traffic collision.

FORMER Saints and England rugby international Ben Cohen is to receive an honorary masters degree from The University of Northampton.

Trains between Northampton and London have been suspended after someone was hit and killed by a train near Cheddington.

MORE than £2,000 raised at a music night in Northampton will be donated to a trust fund set up to benefit a toddler whose mother died in a car crash last year.

GOING out on a Saturday night used to be such a simple business.

Before 2006, any mention of economics on the television news was usually reserved for the space before the “and finally” moment. But following the global economic meltdown, we are now faced with endless updates on the world’s financial systems, whether it be problems in struggling countries, such as Greece and Italy, outrage at bankers’ bonuses or the need to cut back on pensions and benefits.

TRAIN passengers have criticised London Midland services for being “overcrowded and overpriced” in a survey of rail customers published yesterday.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has visited Northampton to see its plans for driving economic growth in the area.

CONCERN has been raised about the wellbeing of a 62-year-old man who has been missing since he was last seen at Greyfriars bus station.

A preacher who was jailed for a week-long campaign of rape today had his convictions overturned by three senior judges at the Court of Appeal.

Masked robbers with baseball bats ram-raided a vehicle compound, threatened a security guard and then stole three valuable 4x4 cars in an early morning attack.

A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Police officer has been dismissed from the force having been found guilty of gross misconduct.

THE man killed in a crash on the A43 near Tiffield earlier this month has been named by police.

IN RECENT months it seems rarely a week goes by in our newsroom when information about a wind farm proposal, application or appeal does not land in our inboxes at the Chronicle & Echo.

OVER the past year or more, all Chron news reporters have started Twitter sites linked to their work. So crime reporter John Harrison tweets predominantly on crime stuff, chief reporter Wayne Bontoft on local politics and Lei Chan on education, for example.

A JEALOUS ex-lover who carried out a terrifying Samurai sword attack on her new boyfriend was jailed today at Northampton Crown Court for 12 years.