Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Northampton Town, external chairman Kelvin Thomas says the club will not repeat mistakes it's made in the past, as they prepare for the start of the new League One season at home to Fleetwood on Saturday..

Thomas says, after promotion, it's inevitable players wages are higher in League One and the standard of football better, but they will make sure they live within their means.

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Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Northampton Town, external chairman Kelvin Thomas has told BBC Radio Northampton that he "won't rush" into completing the stalled re-development of Sixfields.

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He says the situation is "complicated", but that funds are in place and he will be looking at the "longer term future of the club".

Northampton Borough Council gave the club a £10.25m loan under its previous chairman David Cardoza, but the redevelopment stalled in 2015 and it has become part of an ongoing police investigation.

The club finally put seats into the East Stand earlier this year once Mr Thomas took over the chairmanship.

BBC Weather Watchers

It's a sunny day in Northamptonshire...

Although it should stay mostly dry, some cloud will build during the afternoon bringing one or two showers.

The temperature will peak at 22C (72F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Alex Winter
BBC Radio Northampton sport

Northamptonshire would have slept well last night as they're in a great position in this game. 

They began day three of the County Championship game with a lead of 182 and as visitors Glamorgan have five wickets left in their first innings. 

If they can keep a sizeable first innings lead, they should be on their way to the victory that has eluded them in the championship this season.  

We are under way and we've got full commentary online or via the BBC Sport app.

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

A Northampton couple will be having what they describe as an eco-friendly wedding.

They will get married in their garden and guests will eat food made by Elsie's Cafe, who use produce which would have been thrown away by shops, but is still edible.

Nicola Hedges says that she and fiance Chris wanted to stay true their personal values.

Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter

Northampton County Council earlier this week announced a fresh round of cuts to help them achieve their target of £65m worth of savings, but today they feature in Mail Online, external, The Telegraph, external and the Mirror , externalover an adult learning class 'Discover How To Wear Scarves Effectively'.

The Mirror describes them as a "hard-up Tory council" while the Mail says they are "cash-strapped".

Despite criticism from the Tax Payers' Alliance, opposition politicians and residents, the course itself is completely self-funding and receives no council money, as all the articles point out...at the bottom.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

The sharing of resources between the Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire police forces, which the Home Office is investing in, falls in line with plans from Northamptonshire's police and crime commissioner Stephen Mold.

Earlier plans for a full alliance with Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Police, external were mothballed, with Conservative Mr Mold saying he wanted to concentrate on the sharing of back office functions and the personnel/human resources departments.

Tom Percival
BBC Radio Northampton

It looks like it's going to be a sunny weekend and Wellingborough is inviting us to dig out our buckets and spades, get ready for Punch and Judy and eat ice cream as the town's beach opens tomorrow, external.

According to John Cable, from Wellingborough Business Improvement District, it features "the best sand available" and it brings a touch of the seaside to this landlocked county.

The borough council points out that the nearest real beach is 70 miles away.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Willy Gilder
BBC Radio Northampton

Science and technology magazine Wired, external decided they would answer "one of the longest-standing questions mankind has struggled with" - what's the best biscuit for dunking?

With the help of a robolink with a D robot arm by igus, external, a technology company in Northampton, they tested ten biscuits from Rich Tea to the Party Ring for 'dunkability'...

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The government says the teamed-up policing project will also create a larger bank of information, allowing officers to react quicker to incidents.

Joe Townsend
BBC Radio Northampton sport

Last night Northampton Town, external manager Rob Page joined me for an hour in the studio, ahead of the new League One season starting tomorrow.

Among the things we found about the former Wales international is that he's taught himself to play the guitar, was a fan of Manchester United as a youngster, and that being a father of three he spends most of free time driving his children to various classes and events.

If you want to watch the video of him in the studio it is on our Facebook page, external.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Our police force could be getting to know its neighbours a bit better soon...

This is because the Home Office has announced it's pumping over £5.5m into efforts to increase the sharing of resources between Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire police.

It says over the next two years there will be a project to "eliminate duplication between forces".

Alex Winter
BBC Radio Northampton sport

A brutal innings of 91 from Northants stand-in skipper Rory Kleinveldt (pictured) was the highlight of Northants' 321 all out against Glamorgan in Swansea.

Glamorgan lost three wickets for one run in five balls after tea and struggled to 139-5 despite a career-best 79 not out for Nick Selman.

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Azharullah and Ben Sanderson ran through the rest of the top order. Earlier, Kleinveldt clubbed 39 off his last 10 balls before becoming one of three victims for David Lloyd.

Teenager Saif Zaib (65 not out) put on 130 with Kleinveldt, while debutant Laurie Evans made a composed 74.

We'll resume at 11:00 today and there is full commentary online with me or via the BBC Sport app.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It will be a dry and bright start to the day, with spells of warm sunshine. Although it should stay mostly dry, some cloud will build during the day, and this could bring one or two showers later on with a top temperature 22C (72F).

Here is my full forecast...

More details on the BBC Weather website.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Our live updates have now resumed for Northamptonshire until 18:00.

We'll bring you build up to the start of the football season tomorrow, and the Rio Olympics tonight.

Plus, we'll be a looking at an "eco-wedding" in Northampton this weekend.

Coming up... this morning's weather.

Northants dominate day two against Glamorgan after 91 from Rory Kleinveldt and three wickets from Azharullah.

That's it for regular updates for today, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Friday, unless there are any major updates overnight, in which case they'll feature here.  

We'll be back tomorrow with plenty of build-up to the start of Northampton Town's League One campaign, despite their lack of kit!

And we'll be bringing you news of a wedding in Northampton with a bit of a difference.

Have a good evening.

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Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Showers becoming a little more widespread, heavy at times. They will gradually fade away with clear spells developing.

Minimum temperature: 12C (53F).

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Tomorrow will be a fine day, with plenty of warm sunshine. Staying mostly dry, with cloud building which could bring one or two light showers.

Temperatures reaching 23C (73F). 

You can find more details here.