Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter

There is a teachers' strike across England today and in Northampton the National Union of Teachers (NUT, external) has linked with the University & College Union (UCU, external) for a joint protest on Northampton's Racecourse.

We know there are at least three schools in Northamptonshire closed today, but if your school is disrupted then please get in touch.

Matt Precey
BBC Look East

The British Independent Retailers Association has called for a move towards car park ticket machines where drivers can pay on departure, saying the pay and display method has "few, if any, advantages" over this system.    

Chief executive Alan Hawkins said: "The consumer doesn't have to predict his time of shop and isn't therefore inhibited by having to leave too early or overcharged by having to guess too long."

Matt Precey
BBC Look East

In all, I put in freedom of information requests to 50 councils across the East of England - but only 26 told me how much money they have made from pay and display machines which don't give change.

Twenty one of the local authorities said they were unable to provide data, and three said they did not operate P&D machines.

Of those which replied, the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk received the most change - netting £69,629.

Matt Precey
BBC Look East

Kettering and Corby Borough Councils made more than £25,000 from car park pay and display machines that don't give change.

The cash was part of more than £550,000 received by local authorities across the East of England in 2015.

Northamptonshire County Council said its machines did not record such data.

Matt Precey
BBC Look East

Councils are making tens of thousands of pounds from car park pay and display machines which do not give change.

Twenty six local authorities across the East of England received more than £550,000 in overpayments last year.

A political profile of Andrea Leadsom, South Northamptonshire MP and one of the contenders to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister.

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Conservative leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom has told reporters she is "delighted" to have Boris Johnson's support.

Mrs Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire, added: "I'm just waiting to see what happens today."

Asked if she was feeling confident, she said "absolutely".

Image source, Alex Winter

A wet outfield at Chesterfield has seen the second day of Northamptonshire's County Championship Division Two game at Derbyshire abandoned two hours before the start.

The Sun

As Andrea Leadsom gets some good news in the form of an endorsement from Boris Johnson, she might not want to read what The Sun says about her performance at the Conservative hustings.

According to Westminster correspondent Harry Cole, , externala number of MPs thought she "crashed and burned".

He quotes one as saying: “She was rambling, ended up talking about the frontal cortex of a baby’s brain.

"This was meant to be an application to be the next PM not a childhood development officer”.

Another MP added: “She’s not my candidate, but she went down like a cup of cold sick.

“She lost the room. People we’re talking to each other and playing on their iPads. She was very rambling.”

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

BBC political correspondent Norman Smith reports on Monday's Conservative Party hustings:

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Nicky Morgan has launched an attack on Tory leadership race contender Andrea Leadsom, questioning her backers and level of experience. 

The education secretary, who is backing Michael Gove, said Mrs Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire, had "not been a cabinet minister" and had "not been a minister for that long".

"There are a lot of questions about who she's got backing her and her experience," she said. 

She went on to say there was a mood in the party for "two cabinet heavyweights" to make the final slate - pointing to Theresa May and Mr Gove.

Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather

It will be a cloudy start but that will soon break up, giving some good spells of sunshine by the afternoon, with a high of 19C (66F).

You can see my full forecast below...

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

The Conservative leadership election could end up as a straightforward tussle between Theresa May and Michael Gove.

However, Mr Gove could be damaged by his act of fratricide against Boris Johnson, and I detect some momentum building behind Andrea Leadsom.

Image source, Reuters

Mrs Leadsom is a candidate who hasn't bruised a lot of egos in the past and doesn't come with as much political baggage as some of the others. She has pitched herself as the change candidate and the Tory radical candidate.

A series of secret ballots will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 July, until the list is whittled down to two candidates, who will then go forward to a vote of the entire Conservative membership.

If the final battle is between Mrs May and Mrs Leadsom, that means that one of them will become the UK's second female prime minister.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Boris Johnson, who was tipped himself to become leader of the Conservative Party, has backed Andrea Leadsom for the job, saying she "offers the zap, the drive and the determination essential for the next leader of this country".

Image source, PA

In a post on his Facebook page, external, Mr Johnson says: "She has a better understanding of finance than almost anyone else in parliament. 

"She has considerable experience of government. She is level-headed, kind, trustworthy, approachable and the possessor of a good sense of humour."

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

Some teachers in England are going on strike today in a long-running dispute with the government over school funding, pay and workload.

The stoppage by members of the NUT is expected to force some schools to close.

Image source, PA

We know that Ecton Brook Primary School and Sywell C of E Primary School are both shut today, but the county council advises you to contact schools directly to check for disruption.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Good morning.

Today teachers across Northamptonshire are taking part in a national strike over pay and workloads - we'll bring you the latest on that shortly.

We'll be covering the race to become the next prime minister, with South Northamptonshire MP Andrea Leadsom in the running.

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Plus, we'll be bringing you more build up to the British Grand Prix this weekend and be hoping there is finally some play in Chesterfield for Northants' cricketers.