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Updates on Tuesday, 26 July 2016
That's all from us today.
Tomorrow we'll bring you the result of the planning committee meeting at Northampton Borough Council, which is looking at the plans for 103 flats at the derelict Hawkins shoe factory in Northampton.
Plus, there will be reaction from the pre-season football from the Cobblers and the Northamptonshire One-Day cup match against Warwickshire.
We'll see you from 08:00.
Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather
It will be cloudy across most parts of the region this evening, but mainly dry with the chance of patchy rain by the end of the night. Lows of 12C (54F).
A cloudy, drizzly start to tomorrow. Gradually clearing, but staying rather cloudy.
Some brighter spells later with some sunshine breaking through the clouds, but there will be afternoon showers possible. Highs of 23C (73F).
There are more details on the BBC Weather website.
A spokesman for Tata said: "The health and safety of our employees and contractors is our most important priority."
It follows a fine of nearly £2m after two workers at its Corby plant suffered serious injuries.
In statement, the company went on to say: "Tata Steel constantly places a great deal of emphasis on creating a strong and ever-improving safety culture in the organisation - and in improving our processes and procedures. We want to ensure everyone working on our sites is safe."
Sally Chidzoy
BBC Look East home affairs correspondent
Edward Tenniswood said he would describe himself as a "tactile person". "I put my arm half around [India Chipchase] in a paternal way" when he saw her crying, he told Birmingham Crown Court.
He said he asked "Are you OK? I was taken aback by way of her tearful outburst, my reaction was to calm her down".
Mr Tenniswood told the court he said to Miss Chipchase he planned to get a taxi home, was going to have a drink at his place and she was welcome to join him. He said she looked up and half smiled at him.
He said they talked for 15 minutes before taking the taxi back to his house. He said there had been a plan to stop off at McDonalds and he bought cigarettes and a lottery ticket at a garage.
On reaching his house at Stanley Road in Northampton, he said he opened the door. "Call it chauvinism, the lady goes in first, I closed the door. I had a hand on her shoulder and asked, 'Are you OK?' She said 'fine'."
He said he told her he lived upstairs in his house. He said while she went to the toilet he poured them glasses of wine.
The defendant said her demeanour had lifted, she was more alert and no longer upset or crying. But he said she became upset while on her mobile and threw the phone on the floor, cursing her friends.
He told the court: "My immediate response was to rescue the phone, I'm a technology geek."
Mr Tenniswood, 52, denies raping and murdering India Chipchase and the trial continues tomorrow.
Sally Chidzoy
BBC Look East home affairs correspondent
Edward Tenniswood described when he first saw India Chipchase, the woman he is accused of raping and murdering.
He said he was in a queue trying to get into NBs club in Northampton and they started chatting.
The 52-year-old told Birmingham Crown Court they had both tried to get into the bar but he'd been turned away because of the way he was dressed - in a duffel coat and carrying a backpack.
Image source, GoogleHe said Miss Chipchase was on her mobile intently tapping on it and said to him, "You've been refused too".
He said she appeared very anxious on the phone and unhappy, saying: "I saw her wipe a tear away from her eyes, she was pretty distressed, she was crying... I said [to her] 'where can we get a drink around here?' She said 'probably not anywhere around here'... she was upset... I had had a crap evening."
He told the court the two of them had "a sort of bond", adding: "We'd both had a crappy evening and were refused entrance to NBs." He said he told Miss Chipchase he would keep her safe, get her home and "look after her".
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Sally Chidzoy
BBC Look East home affairs correspondent
Edward Tenniswood was also asked about his neighbour's evidence - Douglas Killeya - who had said he had put his hands towards his neck as if to strangle him.
Mr Tenniswood said he was drunk at the time, he was worried about his father's health and was seeking comfort from the neighbour who he knew was a counsellor.
Image source, PAHe said he was distressed. He admitted placing his hands around his neighbour's neck because he was desperate.
He admitted falsely claiming to his neighbour he had been in the Army, that he had been trained to shoot, trained to jump out of planes "and the other unfortunate thing was to say I trained to kill with my bare hands".
He said he thought of himself as his friend Harry, an ex-Gulf War veteran. He told the court he had never been in the Army, but was in the air cadets at school and achieved a high rank.
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Sally Chidzoy
BBC Look East home affairs correspondent
Edward Tenniswood was asked about an alleged attack which Birmingham Crown Court heard this week.
It involved a teenager who claimed he held her against a wall by her throat and attempted to kiss her.
He said she had been rude to him and he had pushed her back.
"Unfortunately I was perhaps a little bit more demonstrative than I wanted to be," he said.
He described what happened to the jury as a minor incident. "I am a polite person, I was sorry I used too much force, I kissed her on the cheek and said 'sorry'."
The defendant denied putting his hands on the woman's neck.
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Sally Chidzoy
BBC Look East home affairs correspondent
Edward Tenniswood claimed in court today he was on one month's notice to move from his house by the landlord and kept everything in plastic storage containers so he was ready to go.
He told the court he had been in the rented terraced home in the St James area of the town for five years before India Chipchase's death.
Image source, South Beds News AgencyAsked what sort of house he lived in, he replied: "Almost squalid - very run down."
Mr Tenniswood said he "contained" himself to living upstairs and used his downstairs as a storage space, with the exception of his kitchen where he prepared his food in individual boxes so he could "graze" on the contents through the day.
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Sally Chidzoy
BBC Look East home affairs correspondent
Birmingham Crown Court also heard Edward Tenniswood drank up to three boxes of red wine per day.
Mr Tenniswood, accused of murdering and raping India Chipchase, said he kept most of his belongings covered in dust sheets. He also said he wrapped his computer keyboard and monitor in cling film, because he had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Image source, PAMr Tenniswood told the jury of six men and six women he was "a terrible hoarder", adding photographs of his home showing newspaper covering every inch of the floor and boxes of his belongings stacked against the walls were to keep things "tidy".
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Sally Chidzoy
BBC Look East home affairs correspondent
The man who denies raping and murdering India Chipchase in Northampton kept newspaper clippings of women who looked like his ex-girlfriends in his "squalid" home, Birmingham Crown Court has heard.
Miss Chipchase, 20, was found dead at Edward Tenniswood's home on 31 January this year after she had been reporting missing following a night out.
Image source, Northamptonshire PoliceMr Tenniswood, 52, of Stanley Road, was giving evidence for the first time and was asked about a series of clippings with pictures of women found in his home.
He said: "I'm always hoarding magazines and newspapers, clippings.
"These individuals are extremely similar to ex-girlfriends of mine.
"Rather than just have the whole place covered in dusty dust sheets, they're ornaments, memories of ex-girlfriends. Nothing more interesting than that."
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Martin Borley
BBC Radio Northampton
Corby Woodland has once again been judged as one of the best green spaces in the country, being awarded with the prestigious Green Flag for the fifth consecutive year.
Rick Allanson (left), from the Friends of Corby Parks and Woodland, said the group had grown "so much" since being formed in 2007 and now has 173 volunteers on its books.
He told me when he started nine years ago people didn't walk in the woodland because it was too "messy and dangerous", but now it is "really popular".
He said new lighting had increased footfall, with people using the park and paths in the evening.
Tata Steel has been ordered to pay more than £2m after two workers suffered serious injuries at its Corby plant.
A 26-year-old lost two-thirds of his left hand while trying to clear a blockage on machinery in September 2014. Then in February 2015 a 52-year-old lost two-thirds of his little finger when his hand was caught in a lathe.
The two incidents were investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which found the guarding on the two machines was inadequate.
Tata Steel had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to two counts of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Judge Rupert Mayo at Northampton Crown Court ordered the company to pay a fine of £1.985m and costs of £22,500, saying the injuries were as the result of "two subsequent and avoidable incidents".
Stuart Linnell
BBC Radio Northampton
Nationally we have only just had our second female prime minister, but in Northampton we have three political leaders on the borough council.
They joined me to discuss being a woman in politics.
(L-R) Mary Markham (Con), Danielle Stone (Lab) and Sally Beardsworth (LD) discuss being a woman in politics
Conservative Mary Markham, the council's leader, said the three can have a "sensible and civil conversation".
Sally Beardsworth, leader of the Lib Dem group, said the three women do manage to "talk about things other than politics" and have debates "without testosterone".
Meanwhile, Danielle Stone, leader of the Labour opposition, said there was an issue with getting more women into politics, as women still have to "manage their home, look after children and elderly relatives".
There some sunshine and cloud across Northamptonshire. Here's Kettering from BBC Weather Watcher 'Delbuoy'...
That cloud could bring occasional showers, though most places should stay dry this afternoon. A top temperature of 21C (70F).
There are more details on the BBC Weather website.
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter
The plan to convert the derelict Hawkins shoe factory in Northampton into 103 flats is recommended for approval at tonight's Northampton Borough Council planning meeting.
But it's not the first time it's been given approval for flat conversion, with plans first being submitted in 2000. Various objections, conditions and planning law changes meant the development never happened, and it's remained in a sorry state since.
However, there is now new hope the building will be returned to its former glory.
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter
Unlike the Victorian Society, three other historical groups have supported the development of the Hawkins shoe factory into flats "in principle".
Both Historic England and The Council for British Archaeology have welcomed plans to bring the building back into use, but have concerns about the potential replacement of the windows and the "removal of various architectural components".
The Association for Industrial Archaeology also supports the conversion, but does "regret the loss of north lights and cast iron columns".
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter
The proposal to build 103 flats in the derelict Hawkins shoe factory in Northampton is facing opposition from the Victorian Society.
It describes a "nationally important and well-preserved complex of historic buildings that evokes Northampton's rich heritage of boot and shoe manufacture".
The group, which campaigns to maintain historic buildings, says because the factory is "at risk" it welcomes restoration, but the "proposed number of alterations and interventions would be likely to cause varying degrees of harm".
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter
Plans to convert a derelict shoe factory in Northampton into flats could move a step closer later.
A decision will be made by Northampton Borough Council on the future of the Grade II-listed Hawkins factory on Overstone Road.
The factory, at the heart of the boot and shoe quarter, has stood empty for years. Developers want to turn it into 103 apartments, with about three quarters having one bedroom.
Officers have recommended to the committee that the plans are approved, with a long list of complicated conditions around traffic, parking and the building's heritage.
But there are objections to the development...
Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live
The report which says Northampton is an important centre for creative industries highlighted the town's university and support from local authorities as the reason why the sector is growing.
The boss of Northampton's Royal & Derngate Theatres agrees it is a growing industry...
Willy Gilder
BBC Radio Northampton
Northampton is fast becoming an important centre for the creative industries, according to a new report.
NESTA, which looks at employment statistics from all over the UK, says more than 1,000 businesses work in the creative sector around the town, employing 4,000 people.
Creative industries include advertising, web design, film, theatre and video production.
NESTA says traditionally creative industries have clustered in the big cities of London, Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff - but it's now identified 47 areas in the rest of the country that are of growing importance.
