Summary

  • Updates for Northamptonshire

  1. Man jailed for £5.7m of 'Gucci' cocaine hid in vanpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Nabil Chaudhry, from Northampton, pleads guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

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  2. No prosecution over dog walker deathpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to link Ralph Baxter's death to an earlier altercation.

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  3. Factory at centre of Covid-19 outbreak to closepublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    The Greencore factory is to close voluntarily after nearly 300 people tested positive for Covid-19

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  4. Pub 'had bar queues 10-deep' on reopening nightpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    The Green Dragon Hotel will have its licence reviewed due to coronavirus safety concerns.

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  5. Northampton sign defenders Racic and Bolgerpublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Northampton sign Luka Racic on a season-long loan from Brentford and fellow defender Cian Bolger from Lincoln City.

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  6. Ex-football club owner has bankruptcy extendedpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Anthony Cardoza incurs further Insolvency Service restrictions in wake of missing millions scandal.

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  7. 'Rugby's one of the least risky things I do'published at 10:24 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Northampton flanker Tom Wood tells BBC Look East about his recent health scare and why his hobbies are more risky than playing rugby.

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  8. Troubled Wigan start season at Ipswichpublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Relegated Wigan Athletic - currently in administration - will start their 2020-21 League One campaign away at Ipswich Town.

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  9. Wood plots return after blocked arterypublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 20 August 2020

    Ex-England flanker Tom Wood hopes to return for the Premiership play-offs - if Northampton qualify - three months after a serious blood clot in a lung.

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  10. NHS staff in Covid-19 sniffer dog trialpublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 20 August 2020

    Kettering Hospital staff are among donors providing samples to see if dogs can sniff out the virus.

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  11. Listen: Leicester Tigers v Bathpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 20 August 2020

    Saracens play Harlequins, London Irish face Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers host Bath in the Gallagher Premiership - listen to live BBC local radio commentary.

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  12. Thief steals church's lockdown streaming kitpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 20 August 2020

    Theft of equipment means streaming church services for those shielding will now be "very difficult".

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  13. Staff in M&S supplier outbreak 'using food banks'published at 16:52 British Summer Time 19 August 2020

    The Bakers' Union says some workers at Greencore "are now in hardship" and struggling to pay rent.

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  14. 'I wake up and hope we have no lockdown'published at 16:34 British Summer Time 19 August 2020

    How do businesses feel in the town with the highest number of new Covid-19 cases in England?

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  15. Brentford sign Cobblers captain Goodepublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 19 August 2020

    Championship side Brentford sign defender Charlie Goode from Northampton Town for an undisclosed fee.

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  16. Williamson 'incredibly sorry' for exam distresspublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 18 August 2020

    The education secretary repeatedly refuses to say if he will resign following a U-turn on Monday.

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  17. EFL Trophy group stage draw madepublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 18 August 2020

    The 16 groups for the 2020-21 EFL Trophy are drawn, with Manchester United's Under-21s in the same group as Salford City.

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  18. Re-test for Covid-negative workers at M&S supplierpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 18 August 2020

    A second set of tests will see if Covid-negative workers are incubating the virus, officials say.

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  19. Barrow go to Derby in EFL Cuppublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 18 August 2020

    Norwich City face Luton and newly promoted Barrow take on Wayne Rooney's Derby in the EFL Cup first round.

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  20. 'Floods flung the door open as I was tattooing'published at 14:00 British Summer Time 17 August 2020

    Businesses are picking up the pieces as a town is hit by most of its monthly rainfall in an hour.

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