Local Live in Northamptonshire is finished for today - we'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.

Elinor Cross
BBC Radio Northampton

The detective behind the operation which saw two men jailed for having a loaded sawn-off shotgun said he was "pleased" the gun was off the streets.

Image source, Northants Police

Det Ch Insp Elliot Foskett said his teams had made "significant in-roads into tackling this type of criminality" after Sam Cooksley (left), 22 and Daniel Stray (right), 18, were each sentenced to five years at Northampton Crown Court.

Joe Townsend
BBC Radio Northampton

This has been rumbling along for so long, but Kelvin Thomas does seem like he wants to take the club forward, external.

It's been frustrating for him because he thought a few weeks ago it had all been sorted, but there is relief for the staff who have haven't been paid for seven weeks.

You do wonder how much public opinion and the impassioned plea of the manager has played a role, because it was unprecedented.

Sarah Foster
BBC Radio Northampton

A takeaway delivery driver has been robbed of his motorbike in Northampton.

It happened at the junction of Craven Street and Military Road, in the town centre, on Thursday night.

The driver was attacked by two men - and one of them rode off on the bike, which was then involved in a collision in the Kingsley area of the town.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Aside from the takeover deal with Kelvin Thomas, Northampton Borough Council said it has made a formal complaint about "potential financial mismanagement of funds" lent to to Northampton Town Football Club.

Northampton Borough Council provided the Cobblers with a £10.25m loan more than two years ago, which is currently outstanding.

Northampton Town also face a winding up petition from HMRC for an unpaid £166,000 tax bill.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Northampton Borough Council has said it "worked hard with Kelvin Thomas over several weeks to try to reach agreement over the [£10.25m] debt owed to us by the football club".

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It goes on to say it developed a "memorandum of understanding" with Kelvin Thomas which is subject to agreement by its cabinet at a special meeting tomorrow and then "to a legal agreement being drawn up".

Northampton Town have said current chairman David Cardoza has reached an agreement to sell the controlling stake in the the Cobblers to former Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas (pictured below).

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The club say the deal is subject to the legal paperwork being completed which is expected to happen "well in advance of Friday's administration hearing".

The Cobblers have said chairman David Cardoza has reached an agreement to sell the club to Kelvin Thomas, the former chairman of Oxford United.

Northamptonshire Police has confirmed it has received a formal complaint from Northampton Borough Council.

This relates to alleged financial irregularities surrounding the £10.25m loan made by the council to Northampton Town Football Club.

This afternoon, officers served a warrant at Sixfields Stadium in order to secure any documentation which may be relevant to the investigation.

Northamptonshire Police says it's investigating "financial irregularities" at Northampton Town Football Club following a complaint from Northampton Borough Council.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Northamptonshire Police's Deputy Chief Constable Andy Frost has been told he has "no case to answer" following the completion of an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

The IPCC looked at allegations about Mr Frost's alleged involvement in a professional standards department investigation and whether it was appropriate.

The force's Chief Constable, Simon Edens, considered the findings of the investigation and concluded Mr Frost had no case to answer for misconduct.

Elinor Cross
BBC Radio Northampton

Two Northamptonshire men have been jailed for five years each after being found with a loaded sawn-off shotgun.

Sam Cooksley, 22, of Brooke Green in Wellingborough and Daniel Stray,18, of Lovell Court, Irthlingborough, were sentenced at Northampton Crown Court earlier on.

They said the gun was to be used in defence, claiming they had been targeted by gangs in the past. But the judge said by arming themselves they were “bringing the battle to the streets” which he said was “bad for society as a whole”.

BBC Travel

The A5199 Welford Road in Chapel Brampton is partially blocked in both directions around the Harlestone Road junction because of collision between two vehicles.

BBC Radio Northampton

This is what takes place every Sunday evening on Abington Street in Northampton.

It's been a year since the Northampton Sikh community began giving out hot meals to the homeless in the town centre.

Northampton Chronicle & Echo

A man has died after falling from a roof in Northampton, external.

BBC Sport

Ex-Northamptonshire all-rounder David Willey is back in action for England as an England XI take on the United Arab Emirates in T20 match

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Willey was part of the England side which beat Pakistan 3-1 in their one-day series.

Sarah Foster
BBC Radio Northampton

Here's what we are looking at this afternoon:

• Volunteers who have been feeding homeless people in Northampton town centre have marked the first year of the service
• A Northamptonshire charity is on target to double the amount it raises each year to support educational work in Nepal
• The Northampton Town assistant Alan Knill says he never expected Chris Wilder to be as outspoken as he was on Saturday

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Seven months on from earthquake in Nepal work still needs to be done, The Mondo Challenge Foundation, external, based in Milton Malsor, says.

They have been working in the country with community groups for 10 years.

Image source, AP

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

A bridge in Thrapston which was going to be closed until a week before Christmas will now be re-opened by the end of the week.

Northamptonshire County Council has said that it'll be open in time for Thrapston's Christmas lights switch on, external this Saturday.

Northampton Chronicle & Echo

A Northampton dad said he was frightened when he saw how precariously balanced his chimney stack was left following a storm, external.