- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
Other Sports
Corby win boosts Cox’s confidence
CORBY is an unlikely stopping off sandwich point to link San Jose and Texas but truth as they say, is much stranger than fiction.
Morris dismay at Chisora Haye brawl
FORMER British Boxing Board of Control general secretary John Morris believes the sport has been brought into disrepute by the brawl between Dereck Chisora and David Haye at a press conference at the weekend.
Defeat leaves hopes hanging in balance
Cheshire Juniors 96- Northants Thunder 83: Big contributions from Piers Toone, Sam Round and Matt Yates weren’t enough to prevent Thunder from slipping to a Junior Men’s Premier Division North defeat against Cheshire Juniors last Saturday.
Cameron keeps chances alive
STANDENS BARN starlet Chantelle Cameron kept her Olympic hopes alive with a win in Brazil last week.
Snow joke as trio win coin toss in KO Classic
Luck was on the side of Silverstone, Cold Ashby and Priors Hall in the opening round of the Men’s Mail on Sunday KO Classic as the three county clubs scraped through to the next stage.
Six of the best for super R&N
IT was a case of six of the best at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham at the weekend as Rugby & Northampton saw half-a-dozen of their athletes become Midland champions.
Brodericks see bid for glory end early
Paul and Tina Broderick saw their hopes of winning the national indoor mixed pairs title end in the second round at the finals event at Northampton & District.
Round leads way as Thunder regain form
Northants Thunder 87 - Tees Valley Mohawks 52: After a three-game losing streak, Thunder junior men got back to winning ways with a comprehensive Junior Men’s Premier Division North win over Tees Valley Mohawks.
Herridge leads way as Brampton beat freeze
Brampton Heath’s men braved the frozen conditions to beat Northampton 4-1 in the first round of the Mail on Sunday Team Classic on Saturday.
David gets chance to kick-start his career
Paul David gets the chance to kick-start his career this month.
1 commentIt’s snow go for all but one brave crew
WHAT a white-out THAT was with snow – and much of the Nene, Ouse and Tove iced over bank to bank – causing wholesale match cancellations and leisure anglers to stay home.
Wootton pip police to Humphries glory
WOOTTON Road Runners are celebrating after pipping the Northants Police to the team crown at the annual Northants’ Police Eric Humphries Cross Country 11k race.
Play-off hopes fade as Thunder are sunk
Trafford 60 - Northants Thunder 53: THUNDER’S post-Christmas slump continued at the John Amaechi Centre last Saturday when they slipped to their third Junior Men’s Premier Division North defeat since the festive season.
Out with old and in with new County Association
A NEW era has been ushered in for Northamptonshire bowls as the old separate men’s and ladies associations were dissolved and replaced with the new amalgamated Bowls Northamptonshire.
Daly so proud after quartet claim glory
KINGS HEATH ABC head coach Arthur Daly says seeing four of his fighters claim midlands glory on the same day was one of his proudest moments in boxing.
Grand Union proving the White place to go
GRAND really is the word for the local Grand Union – now getting so hot for big perch that it is beginning to rival the Ouse!
Clarissa inspires team to a bronze
THE under-17 ladies team were the highlight for Rugby & Northampton AC at the Midland Cross Country Championships when they won the bronze medals at Wollaton Park in Nottingham.
Improved Saints lose out
Northampton Saints 1 Khalsa 2: SAINTS produced a much-improved performance despite going down to defeat at the hands of unbeaten Khalsa.
Outdoor courts the key for County Closed move
A NEW venue will play host to the Northants County Closed at the end of the summer, when the popular junior event will shift from King’s Park to the Corby Tennis Centre.
Nieva and Round lead Thunder fightback
This Under 13 Boys Midland South Conference win virtually assures Thunder of a play-off place, and one more win should be enough to earn them a home game in the first round.
Chamberlain and Wood sink Kingsley
Park Avenue moved back to the top of the Premier Division table with a 9-1 win over Kingsley B, repeating the score in their first encounter of the season.
County duo are Taylor made for Curtis Cup
Two teenagers with county connections have been included in the preliminary Great Britain and Ireland 12-player squad for the Curtis Cup against USA at Nairn GC, Scotland on June 8-10.
Buoyant Boyd makes the cut in Abu Dhabi
NORTHANTS’ Gary Boyd made his 2012 European Tour debut this week as he took in the prestigious Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championships in the UAE.
Douglas delighted as he claims double PB
ALWAYS the bridesmaid... but never quite getting the golden bite! That was ‘Dougie’s’ lot for two seasons in a row.
Press plays a blinder
ALEX PRESS scored twice as Saints got the second half of the season off to a winning start with this victory over Rugby & East Warwick.
Boys are big winners in 12 Counties comp
NORTHANTS’ 18U boys were comprehensive winners of their group in the 12 Counties tournament at the Corby Tennis Centre at the weekend.
Kingsthorpe reach the last four of Denny Plate
KINGSTHORPE and Desborough will both fly the county flag in the semi-finals of national competitions.
Sam on song for Thunder
After their loss to the Brentwood Fire second string the previous weekend, Northants Thunder made another Cadet Men Midland Conference trip to Essex last Saturday in determined mood.
- Rider who died after being thrown from horse in Northamptonshire village named
- Troubled Northampton pub branded ‘beyond redemption’ has licence revoked
- Pervert filmed women in toilets of Northampton office block with mobile phone
- Violent sex offender who kept victim for hours after rape is jailed
- Man trapped in Northampton home during gas leak as cracks appear across ceiling and walls
- Campaigners pledge to fight housing association’s proposal to control Northampton’s council homes
- Term-time holiday ban is welcomed by heads of Northampton schools
- Northampton’s controversial ‘Let Yourself Grow’ slogan could be replaced
- Pervert filmed women in toilets of Northampton office block with mobile phone
- Residents of retirement homes petition against plans for student flats in Northampton town centre
- Car crash victim calls for tougher punishments and backs campaign to halt cuts to traffic police
- Rider who died after being thrown from horse in Northamptonshire village named
- Four-storey replacement for Fishmarket gallery should open in September
- Only early birds catch Leonardo at the National Gallery
- Cobblers FanStand: Progress is clear despite defeat
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