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Once again Kettering IT consultant Karthik Nagesan will be hoping to make to the next stage of The Apprentice.

Tonight Lord Sugar instructs the candidates to tap into one of the UK's biggest markets - the boating and leisure industry. The task is simple - pick the right products and sell them at Poole Harbour Boat Show.

In sneek peek for tonight show Karthik comes up with an unusual suggestion to help sell his team's changing robe, but his teammates aren't quite on board...

The Apprentice is BBC One tonight at 21:00.

Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter

The first major report into what went wrong with Northampton Borough Council's £10m loan to the Cobblers will be published next week.

The authority's internal auditor PriceWaterhouseCooper has been looking at the processes around the awarding of the loan - most of which went missing.

The report will be published next Thursday, ahead of a special meeting on 5 December.

Martin Borley
BBC Radio Northampton

Kettering Borough Council rejected the application to make the former Rockingham Road football ground an asset of community value because it said there was no evidence that the ground would "further the social well-being or interests of the community", either now or the next five years.

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The council also said because Kettering Town were looking at securing a long-term lease at Latimer Park, their link with the Rockingham Ground was no longer "maintained", having left the ground in 2011.

Despite this, Kettering Town chairman Ritchie Jeune indicated on social media, external he was not happy with the decision.

The decision document from Kettering Borough Council also says that it is "realistic" the site will become housing.

A former teacher at a Rugby school has been jailed after admitting sex crimes against two students.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Elsewhere in Northamptonshire:

• The Northampton Chronicle & Echo reports that Northamptonshire is the fourth worst area in the UK for car theft, according to new figures published today, external
• Building has stopped and vendors have had their house purchases cancelled on a section of the Priors Hall estate in Corby after problems were found with the foundations of new homes, according to the Northamptonshire Telegraph, external

BBC Weather

There'll be sunny spells and scattered blustery showers throughout the rest of the day. A band of heavier showers will cross the county during the afternoon, bringing strong, gusty winds and a risk of hail and thunder. A high of just 10C (50F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Relive the action as Bath go top of the Premiership by beating local rivals Bristol along with wins for Newcastle and Northampton.

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Northamptonshire is one of only two areas of the UK, along with South Ayrshire, which exhibited high levels of hate speech in tweets across all three topics of misogyny, masculinity constructs and homophobia, a study has claimed.

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Social intelligence company Brandwatch and anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label analysed 19 million tweets from the UK and the US over four years.

Researchers said, aside from the three areas of hate speech listed above, regional distribution of discrimination appeared to be random and inconsistent across topics.  

They said this suggested that discrimination across the UK was concentrated within a few regional pockets, and the majority of areas exhibited a more balanced range of views online.

A former teacher has been jailed for sexual offences against two school students.

Simon Ferris, 41, of Weedon, Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty to the historical offences; three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of causing or inciting sexual activity with a girl.

The offences took place when Ferris was a PE teacher at Princethorpe College in Rugby.

He was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday.

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DC Kate Jackson of Warwickshire Police said: "I would like to thank the victims in this case, and the school, for their co-operation which enabled us to bring a successful prosecution and protecting other potential victims from harm."

Craig Lewis
BBC News

The landlord assault case has just finished, with the defendant sentenced to a community order consisting of 80 hours' unpaid work.

The defendant was also ordered to pay compensation of £150, costs of £150 and a £65 victim surcharge.

And that is Wellingborough Magistrates' Court done for the day.

Craig Lewis
BBC News

I'm still at Wellingborough Magistrates' Court, waiting for the probation report into a woman who assaulted a pub landlady. All other court business, according to the lists, has been finished.

Everyone else who is still at the court is waiting for that report. Nothing else is happening in any of the other court rooms.

Craig Lewis
BBC News

The second case has gone through here at Wellingborough Magistrates' Court. It was a matter of assault by beating, in which the defendant had previously pleaded not guilty.

Today the defendant entered a guilty plea at what was the fourth time the case had been listed.

The defendant had thrown a chair at a pub licensee following a row in which she had to be dragged out of the building four times.

The case has been adjourned while a community penalty is considered. The magistrates have asked for a report from the Probation Service, which should be available later today.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Our reporter Craig Lewis is at Wellingborough Magistrates' for us today to look at how the court operates, and also how delays are affecting justice.

Unfortunately, Craig started the day with a bit of a ticking off.

Back in 2011 the law was clarified and journalists no longer had to ask permission to tweet, text or email from court.

Permission could be withdrawn at any time, however, if it interfered with the administration of justice, but our Craig thinks he's fine on that point...

Thankfully, as you might have realised, Craig has been able to bring us today's cases.

Craig Lewis
BBC News

I'm at Wellingborough Magistrates' Court, where the first case has gone through and has been dismissed - a year after the defendant allegedly committed an offence.

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The defendant was charged with criminal damage, but the only witness didn't turn up at court today. The prosecutor Mr Evans said he had no detail as to items that were allegedly stolen in Rushden in November 2015.

Mr Evans said he was "amazed" they'd reached this point - a third hearing - without any such evidence.

The defence called it a "shocking case" that is a year old and called for it to be dismissed. They said adjournments were "scandalous - they take up court time and are costly".

The magistrates agreed and dismissed the case, saying there were "no grounds for adjourning this case". The defendant left a free man.

Brackley FA Cup hat-trick hero James Armson reveals he changed into his kit in the car before knocking out Gillingham.

Martin Borley
BBC Radio Northampton

Last night Kettering Borough Council rejected for a second time an application to give Kettering Town's former ground Rockingham Road protected status as an asset of community value.

The application was once again made by a group of Kettering Town fans, KTFC Community CIC.

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The decision prompted a furious response from independent councillor Michael Brown, who tweeted: "Never before in my professional life have I been so ashamed of being associated with organisation as I do with Kettering Borough Council."

Kettering Town Football Club currently play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer, and have not been involved with this application.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

As a charity highlights what it says are growing delays at magistrates courts, we're sending a reporter to Wellingborough Magistrates' Court to find out exactly what's going on in our courts system.

We'll be bringing you reports from Craig Lewis throughout the day, and as you can see Wellingborough has one of the longest times from the start of a case to its end...

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Over the past year, the average time taken to complete magistrate cases in England has risen by 6% - from 151 days to 159 days.

The Ministry of Justice says £1bn is being spent on improving courts.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

The Cobblers tweeted their congratulations to Brackley after their non-league neighbours joined them in the second round of the FA Cup last night, with their 4-3 win over Gillingham...

The Cobblers take on non-league Stourbridge in the second round and might be be grateful they aren't facing their fellow county team, given that Northampton Town lost 2-1 to Gillingham at the weekend.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

If you are unfamiliar with the exploits of Brackley Town, then you might wonder why they are nicknamed The Saints.

Well, like the Northampton Saints, it's because of their association with St. James. The ground is called St. James Park and it's near St. James lake. The chapel at the nearby Magdalen College School is St. James chapel.

Then there is the club's mascot Sammy the Saint, who was enjoying the limelight during last night's first-round replay win over Gillingham...

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Whether he travels with the side for their FA Cup second-round tie against Blackpool remains to be seen.

Alex Winter
BBC Radio Northampton sport

Non-league side Brackley Town progressed to the second round of the FA Cup last night, beating League One side Gillingham 4-3.

Manager Kevin Wilkin was naturally delighted with a result he felt his side well deserved.

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