Willy Gilder
BBC Radio Northampton

Community organisations in the county will be taking part in a Funding Fair in Northampton today to hear from a range of charitable trusts and funding organisations about how best to apply for money in the future. 

Matt Thoresen, who's community development officer with Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire, external says there are lots of organisations that make funding available. 

A further £500,000 is approved by Northampton Borough Council in a bid to recover the £10.25m it loaned to Northampton Town Football Club.

Northampton Town midfielder Jak McCourt will be out for "a couple of months" because he needs shoulder surgery.

Andrew Radd
BBC Radio Northampton

A light aircraft pilot who died in a crash in south Northamptonshire had just three hours' solo flying experience when he was killed, according to accident investigators. 

Image source, Geograph/Julian Dowse

Adam Abraham, 39, from south-west London died in the crash at Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield on 4 September last year.

A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, external said the pilot got into difficulty when the Cessna plane he was flying bounced off the ground during landing. 

He'd only started taking flying lessons three months earlier. 

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Increased costs of imported leather since the pound sterling fell after the Brexit vote is hitting quality shoe maker Cheaneys of Desborough.

Image source, Google

The company, external exports a third of its production and wants to maintain free trade with Europe as one of its important markets. 

Director William Church hopes favourable trade deals will be negotiated by new Brexit minister David Davies as well as more trade with the rest of the world.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Northampton Borough Council, external is determined to recover £10.25m it loaned to Northampton Town Football Club, external.

The money had been lent to the Cobblers to redevelop the ground and land at its Sixfields stadium.

Council leader Mary Markham said she had committed to the people of Northampton to "go after the people who spent our money".

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It will be a dry day with a little fair weather cloud and feel pleasantly warm in prolonged sunny intervals for most of us.

A dry evening with sunny periods will then follow. 

Maximum Temperature: 21C (70F). 

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Extra funding of £500,000 has been approved by Northampton Borough Council for the fight to recover £10.25m it loaned to Northampton Town Football Club.

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The council lent the club funds in September 2013 towards the redevelopment of its Sixfields Stadium. 

The authority has already spent £450,000 on legal issues including retaining forensic accountants to work out where the money may have gone. 

Money recovered will be paid back into the council's reserves.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Good morning and welcome to the live page for Northamptonshire, where we'll bring you the latest news, sport, weather and travel until 18:00.

We'll be starting with news that Northampton Borough Council has approved the allocation of £500,000 to recover a loan given to Northampton Town Football Club.

More shortly.

A report into the death of an 18-week old baby says new services should be set up to help parents with mental health issues.

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

Thanks for reading today - it's been a busy one!

Tomorrow Elinor will be with you; we'll have the story of 100 men from Northamptonshire who died in the Somme, a century ago.

Have a good evening - and don't forget you can email us anything you think we'd find interesting.

The sentencing of a mother whose dog killed her baby is adjourned, after a court is told she was pregnant and too unwell to attend.

BBC Weather Watchers

WeatherWatcherWill sent us this absolute beauty this morning, from Welton.

I think it's conclusive proof that Welton was the best place in our lovely county to spend this morning.

Image source, WeatherWatcherWill

Any showers will gradually fade away through this evening to leave a dry night with clear spells. It will turn fairly chilly for the time of year with temperatures falling into single figures in rural locations. Minimum temperature: 8C (46F). 

Dan Holley
BBC Look East weather

A few scattered showers continuing tonight, but many places will be dry with clear spells and patchy cloud. Becoming cool with temperatures dipping to 9C (48F) in a light west or northwesterly breeze.

Thursday will be mostly dry with sunny spells and patchy cloud, but the chance of a few isolated showers developing. Temperatures will reach highs of 21C (70F) in a light to moderate northwesterly wind.

You can get a local forecast via BBC Weather.

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

Trying to stop people from travelling to Syria and joining the so-called Islamic State is a serious task. 

A new film has been released by the police, aimed at people who may be thinking about doing so.

Take a look - it's pretty direct.

Graham McKechnie
BBC Radio Northampton sport

There are going to be plenty of mouth-watering league fixtures for Northampton Town this season. The promotion and relegation merry-go-round means the Cobblers travelling to MK Dons and Peterborough.

It means more matches are likely to be televised - the first of them being the visit of MK Dons to Sixfields in the first few weeks of the season.

The Football League has confirmed this afternoon that the match will move from 3 September to the following day, with a noon kick off. It'll be shown on Sky Sports. 

Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter

Earlier we reported that a serious case review into the death of an 18-week-old baby in Northamptonshire found new services should be set up to help parents with mental health issues. 

"Child M" died in March 2014. His mother was convicted of manslaughter, having told police that she had shaken him on more than one occasion. 

In a joint statement, Nene and Corby CCGs told me they are "aware of the Child M report and recognise its importance. We are carefully and actively considering how best to respond to its recommendations".

Among a series of recommendations, the report said better communication between midwives, health visitors and mental health teams is needed.

Northamptonshire Telegraph

Kettering’s town centre has retained its prestigious Purple Flag status, external for its thriving night-time economy.

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

There can't many things to happen to your home worse than flooding - just ask people who live at St James in Northampton, Thrapston, or Billing Aquadrome, among others.

Areas of our county at risk of flooding have been urged to bid for help from Northamptonshire County Council. In return for putting forward someone from their community to be a flood warden, they'll get a flood survey and help with getting protection they need from surface flooding.

It's called Pathfinder II - the sequel to, yes you've guessed it, Pathfinder. Snappy title, but it could help mitigate a serious problem.  

Graham McKechnie
BBC Radio Northampton sport

Last night's warm-up game for Northampton Town at Nuneaton didn't exactly go as planned.

The Cobblers lost 1-0 and Jak McCourt was injured late in the game while heading clear from a corner.

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The extent of the injury isn't yet known, but Cobblers boss Rob Page says he's relieved that initial scans show no broken bones.

"We think his shoulder may have popped out and gone straight back in again so he will be having an MRI scan to see if there is any ligament or muscle damage in the area," he said.

"We may not know the results of that scan until Thursday, but for now we are pleased and relieved that he didn't suffer any broken bones."