Updates for Friday, 11 November 2016
Three people deny murdering Northampton man
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Stuart Ratcliffe
BBC Look East
I'm at the scene where I've just seen an air ambulance take off.
I've not yet heard any more about what's happened but i'll bring it to you soon.
A statement has just been released by Carlsberg: "Earlier today there was a safety incident within the Carlsberg UK brewery on Bridge Street, Northampton.
"At this stage the emergency services are on site and are managing the situation.
"We will provide further updates as soon as we are in position to do so."
For those who don't know, Carlsberg is based near the centre of the town off St Peter's Way.
David Keller
BBC News
The East Midlands Ambulance Service has released a short statement about the suspected ammonia leak at Carlsberg.
"Our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), who have specialist training and equipment to deal with chemical related incidents, are at the scene with several of our Northampton ambulance crews, who will remain there to assess patients and support police and fire."
So far the service has released no further details regarding if anyone has been hurt.
Northamptonshire Police is responding to what is believed to be an "industrial accident" at Carlsberg on St Peter's Way in Northampton.
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Officers say six fire pumps are in attendance, but no cordons are in place.
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This was tweeted by a Northamptonshire police constable a short while ago, warning people to avoid the area around St Peter's Way in Northampton.
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So far we know a suspected ammonia leak appears to have happened at Carlsberg. We're trying to find out more and will get back to you with the latest soon.
Carroll Weston
BBC Radio Northampton
Police, fire and ambulance services are currently dealing with an incident at Carlsberg in Northampton.
A fire officer told the BBC that it's believed to be an ammonia leak.
More to follow.
In the Chronicle and Echo:
A woman has been airlifted to hospital, external following a crash near the villages of Flore and Little Brington.
Northamptonshire county councillor Phil Larratt, who has served the party since the 1980s, has been de-selected from Northampton seat, external.
Top stories in the Northants Herald & Post:
Wellingborough-based Whitworths Group has bought Carrs Flour Mills Ltd for £36m, external.
Top 50 hotspots in Northamptonshire where you're most likely to get a parking ticket, external.
Image source, Getty ImagesSo what's been the reaction so far to Donald Trump winning the presidential election?
Former University of Northampton lecturer, David Morgan, who has been working for the Clinton campaign in Virginia, says Trump will need to heal some deep divisions.
Meanwhile, American politics lecturer, Ron Mendell, says: "It's hard to know what a Donald Trump presidency will look like. There's a lot of fear around and he needs to address that".
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Northampton Town drew their lowest ever crowd of 762 last night for their EFL Trophy game against West Ham's development squad.
The Cobblers, who were already out of the competition, lost 3-2 on penalties after the teams drew 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes.
The competition, which has been revamped by the English Football League this season, has been characterised by low attendances.
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Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Network Rail says ticket acceptance is in place, external on other routes for those on East Midlands services affected by the disruption on routes into London this morning.
Advance purchase tickets may be used on other trains and can also be used for travel tomorrow.
Rail tickets will also be accepted on the following routes, operated by either London Midland, CrossCountry, Virgin Trains or Virgin Trains East Coast:
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Matt Precey
BBC Look East
For those who haven't been following the story, here's what happened between 2009 and 2013 relating to Northampton Borough Council's loan to the Cobblers.
Matt Precey
BBC Look East
A council which lost £10.25m in a loan to a football club handed over the money despite previous concerns about the club's finances, it has emerged.
Image source, Getty ImagesSenior figures at Northampton Borough Council were not prepared to proceed with an initial development proposal four years earlier, without safeguards.
But weeks after the chief finance officer left in June 2013, a loan to Northampton Town FC was approved.
The disappearance of the money is now subject to a police investigation.
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Passengers on East Midlands trains have been advised to check before travelling after a power failure on Tuesday afternoon affected services.
Damage was caused to the overhead wires at Luton and while Network Rail was able to fix these, the damage caused a signalling problem.
Network Rail has apologised for the inconvenience.
East Midlands trains, external said Network Rail teams had worked through the night to fix the problem but "at the moment our trains will be disrupted throughout the morning and into the afternoon".
It said it is running an amended service into London, external today and "alternative routes remain the best option".
It has also tweeted, external that passengers can use their tickets tomorrow if they are affected by today's disruption and its website, external says they can apply for a refund if they decide not to travel.
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Today will be rather cold and wet as rain, which may be heavy in places, makes very slow progress eastwards, perhaps briefly giving some sleet in the morning. Maximum temperature 6C (42F).
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Good morning and welcome to another day of live updates of news, sport, weather, travel and more for the county.
I'm sure you've noticed in the international news - Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. You can read the latest on this breaking story here.
Closer to home we'll be looking at continuing rail disruption on routes into London and the latest in the Northampton Town loan saga.
But first, we'll see what the weather has in store with a full forecast for the region.
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Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Live updates have now finished for Northamptonshire but have a good evening and if you're going out, wrap up warm.
A football game might lift your spirits and Northampton Town, external play their final game in the EFL Trophy tonight as the West Ham Academy visit Sixfields.
Both are already out of the competition and this evening's game may effectively be a dead rubber but both sides may play some entertaining football.
We'll be back at 8:00 tomorrow to bring you more news, sport weather and travel but if you have anything to tell us in the meantime we're on email, Facebook, external and Twitter, external.
Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather
Rain becoming more persistent and heavy through the night and it could have a wintry flavour in some areas.
Minimum temperature: 2C (33F)
Wednesday outlook: Rain is expected to linger across eastern counties through much of the day but it will become drier and brighter further west.
Maximum temperature: 8C (42F).
More details from BBC Weather.
East Midlands and Thameslink train services have been hit by major delays because of "damage to overhead wires" at Luton, National Rail said.
The main services affected are East Midlands trains between Corby, Nottingham, Sheffield and London St Pancras.
Image source, Network RailThameslink services between Bedford, Luton and Three Bridges, Sutton, Sevenoaks and Gatwick Airport are also delay-hit. Services may be amended, cancelled or delayed by up to 90 minutes.
Although its engineers are attending, Network Rail expects disruption to continue until the end of service today and has apologised.
A replacement bus is running between Kettering and Corby as well as between Wellingborough and Northampton. Auxiliary road transport is also shuttling between St Albans and Bedford, a Network Rail spokesman said.
"Due to a piece of cable coming into contact with the overhead electric lines at Luton station we are currently unable to run trains through the area," the spokesman said.
