Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton

Former Northampton Town, external director Tony Clarke says Northampton Borough Council's move to lodge a petition for the administration of the club buys some time - but not that much.

The council says this will stop the club being wound up at an HMRC hearing on Monday.

Tony Clarke told BBC Radio Northampton: "These things are complex...but it gets us past next Monday - and that's what most people will want to hear."  

Northamptonshire Telegraph

People are invited to attend a public meeting to discuss ways of protecting a town park and cracking down on crime, external and anti-social behaviour there.

Elinor Cross
BBC Radio Northampton

Retired police Inspector Barry Sobers has been giving evidence at an inquest into the deaths of two women at a Northampton nightclub in 2011.

He told the court in Northampton that the crowd on the stairs it was so noisy he couldn't hear anything from his control room.

Mr Sobers said he could see the crowds gathering behind the mass of people on the stairs and "people were quite hysterical".  

Nabila Nanfuka, 22, and 19-year-old Laurene-Danielle Jackson were killed in the crush. 

Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton

An insolvency expert has told me it's "very impractical to expect any exit of the situation at Northampton Town , externalthat would not involve administration". 

Guy Thomas from Taylor Walton was speaking after Northampton Borough Council, external started the process of putting the Cobblers into administration. 

With the club due to be wound up on Monday the authority says it is trying to "buy time" for a rescue plan to be pulled together. 

Martin Borley
BBC Radio Northampton

Tresham College, external is partly blaming cuts to its budget for missing targets for the recruitment of Higher Education students.

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The College - which has campuses in Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough - wanted to recruit at least 660 Higher Education students over the three years from 2012.  But they’ve only managed to attract 317.  

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

A pothole campaigner from Brackley has welcomed news that £10m will be spent on improving Northamptonshire's roads.

Mark Morrell - known up and down the country as Mr Pothole, external - told BBC Radio Northampton this morning "there's a legal obligation to maintain the roads - we all use them".  

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

Ten million pounds of funding has been allocated to improve the quality of Northamptonshire's roads over the next two years.

The County Council's cabinet agreed the investment that's designed to prevent potholes developing in the first place.   

Sarah Foster
BBC Radio Northampton

• Northampton Borough Council has taken steps to put Northampton Town Football Club into administration - to prevent the liquidation of the club at a hearing on Monday
• Unemployment has fallen by 7,000 to 105,000 in the East Midlands - the region which includes Northamptonshire
• An ex-Royal Navy engineer living in Northampton has accused the Government of breaking the military covenant

Elinor Cross
BBC Radio Northampton

Police have been giving evidence at an inquest into the deaths of two women in a crush at a Northampton nightclub in 2011.

Nabila Nanfuka, 22, and Laurene-Danielle Jackson, 19, both from London, were killed when "disorder" broke out at Lava & Ignite on 18 October 2011. 

Martin Borley
BBC Radio Northampton

Higher Education students at Tresham College in Kettering, external say they prefer to study locally than go to University.  Since 2012, Tresham has been missing its targets for recruiting new Higher Education students.

Tony Smith is studying an HND in Photography at Tresham’s Kettering campus.  He says it is much cheaper to study locally:  “It worked out that the two years I’ve had here has cost the same as one year at University.”  

Northampton Borough Council has announced its taking steps to put Northampton Town Football Club, external into administration - in an effort to prevent the football club being wound up on Monday.

Here's the statement in full, external - and we'll bring you more reaction across the day as soon as we get it.

A spokesman for the NTFC Supporters' Trust says it's "imperative that the club is given as much time as possible, to avoid an imminent points deduction".

"We still believe a number of outcomes are possible and we are working with all parties behind the scenes to reach a positive outcome," he said.

In the last half hour, Northampton Borough Council has announced it wants to put Northampton Town into administration, to prevent the liquidation of the football club on Monday.  

Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton

The Labour group at Northampton Borough Council says it's "probably the right course of action to take" to lodge a petition for the administration of the Cobblers. 

Councillor Danielle Stone, leader of the opposition group, said: "This seems to be the only realistic way forward."  

It's been a busy morning on Northamptonshire's live page, but as we approach 11:00 we want to take a moment to observe the two-minute silence for Armistice Day.  

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Services will be held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire and at military bases, schools, town halls and churches across the UK.

Armistice Day follows similar ceremonies on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to all those who died in World War One and Two and in every conflict since.

Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton

Any hopes of a takeover deal for the Cobblers, external happening this week are now in doubt.

The borough council's steps to achieve a petition of administration ahead of Monday's hearing over unpaid taxes to HMRC means more time - and patience - is likely to be needed.  

Phil Shepka
BBC Sport

If you're just joining us, Northampton Borough Council has lodged a petition for the administration of Northampton Town. 

The news comes before a winding-up petition hearing from HM Revenue & Customs on Monday and when ex-Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas is believed to be close to a takeover of the club.

Northampton Borough Council says it wants to put Northampton Town Football Club into administration to stop it being wound up at a hearing on Monday.

But what exactly does this mean? Administration is a means of gaining control of a company’s affairs when it is insolvent and under threat from creditors. It places a moratorium (postponement) around a company and stops legal action against it.

Northampton Borough Council is taking steps to put Northampton Town Football Club, external into administration - in an effort to prevent the football club being wound up on Monday.

Leader of the Council, Mary Markham says: "(The Council is) unanimously committed to do all it can to support the Cobblers and their followers.

“This course of action would prevent the club being put into liquidation on Monday and would give us time to continue working with other interested parties, including the supporters’ trust, to put together a rescue plan for the football club.”  

Northampton Town Supporters' Trust has reacted to the council's move to place the club in administration.

A spokesman said: "We’re grateful for the council responding to our request for an objection before the court, and to seek an administration order which will allow more time to consider the options.  

"It is imperative that the club is given as much time as possible, and avoids an imminent points deduction."

Northampton Borough Council said it had taken advice from the Football League before applying to place Northampton Town in administration and been told that "issuing the petition would not result in a points deduction for the club".