James Burridge
BBC Look East

I understand there will be no statement on an investigation into the George North injury this week.

TV replays appeared to show North lying motionless after a fall in Saints' game with Leicester a fortnight ago, but he returned to play after passing a pitch-side assessment.

Image source, PA

A concussion review group was formed to investigate the handling of the case, and if Saints have a case to answer.

A conclusion to their investigation was expected this week, but it will now be next week.

Tom Barton
BBC Look East political reporter

Here is the moment Peter Bone, the MP for Wellingborough, put on a hat to promote charity Crazy Hats, and then got a bit of a ticking off...

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

The MP for Wellingborough, Peter Bone, broke against protocol to wear a woolly hat in Parliament - to highlight local charity Crazy Hats, external.

The wearing of a hat is in fact a breach of Commons rules, and he was rebuked by the Speaker of the House John Bercow, who told him not to wear the hat again "in the chamber".

Mr Bone was actually asking the Leader of the House of Commons David Lidington what more could be done to support local charities, including Crazy Hats which raises money for breast cancer care in Northamptonshire.

In reply, Mr Lidington initially said he thought the Wellingborough MP was "auditioning for some remake of the film Elf", but said "improvements in the Gift Aid scheme" had helped smaller charities and there was further legislation coming to support them.

James Burridge
BBC Look East

Last night after Look East I hosted a Facebook Live with former England and Saints back Ian Hunter and former Saints player and manager Lennie Newman.

You can watch what they had to say about Dylan Hartley's six-week ban below...

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

There has been plenty of reaction to Dylan Hartley's six-week ban for striking flanker Sean O'Brien with a swinging arm during Northampton Saints' Champions Cup loss to Leinster.

Mick Cleary, the rugby union correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, external, says Hartley has "dodged a bullet" but the length of his ban is "about right".

Image source, Reuters

Writing in the Guardian, external, rugby union correspondent Robert Kitson says the 30-year-old hooker "is just one more thuggish act away from career oblivion".

The Irish Independent, external features comments from former Lions and Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll, who said that Hartley was "lucky" as World Rugby has said high tackles will be punished more severely from 2017.

O'Driscoll said Hartley would have faced a "stiffer ban" if the incident had occurred in January.

Harborough Mail

Two local heroes stopped a shoplifter in his tracks after a dramatic chase down Market Harborough’s High Street., external

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Ellie Robinson becoming BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year means she joins quite an illustrious group...

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Ellie Robinson's swimming coach says she should "enjoy" awards like the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, which the 15-year-old picked up last night.

However, Andy Sharp from Northampton Swimming Club says Ellie "needs to keep her feet on the ground because this is just the start of her journey".

Image source, Reuters

Mr Sharp says Ellie's target is the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020, and that soon she'll "get back into the training pool and keep working hard - 2020 can be better that Rio 2016".

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Dr Helen Stringer, Ellie Robinson's headmistress at Northampton High School, described the Paralympic champion as "incredibly determined".

Yesterday the 15-year-old won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award, but Dr Stringer said that earlier in the day she had presented Ellie with a "biology challenge certificate" on what was the last day of term.

Image source, PA

Dr Stringer said Ellie's success "comes from discipline, with really early starts and late finishes".

"She's combining a really substantial workload for her GCSE preparation with a phenomenal training schedule," she said.

Dr Stringer said the school was "so proud" of Ellie's achievements, which had given "the whole school a lift", but they "try and keep things as normal as possible for her".

BBC Sport

Swimmer Ellie Robinson has won the 2016 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award after claiming gold at the Rio Paralympics, aged 15.

She triumphed in the S6 50m butterfly final with a Games record.

The teenager from Northampton was named Young Personality from a shortlist of three, which also included rugby union's Keelan Giles and gymnast Amy Tinkler.

Robinson follows in the footsteps of past winners such as Wayne Rooney, Andy Murray and Ellie Downie.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It'll be cloudier than yesterday, but still feeling mild for the time of year, and it'll stay dry. 

The thickest cloud will be towards the west of the region, with the best of any brightness towards eastern counties.

Top temperature between 7C and 10C (45F - 50F).

Watch the full regional forecast here:

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Good morning.

We are back bringing you updates on the news, weather, sport and travel for Northamptonshire.

There'll be more reaction to Dylan Hartley's six week ban after his sending off against Leinster last week.

Plus we'll bring you the moment that Northampton swimmer Ellie Robinson won BBC Young Sports Personality.

Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder says club medics are 'fantastic' in light of George North incident.

Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder tells BBC Look East that the club's medics are 'fantastic' in light of a report due to be published on George North's head injury.

Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder says George North will not want special treatment after his head injury.

Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder says Dylan Hartley has "let the team down" after he was sent off during his side's Champions Cup loss to Leinster on Friday.

England captain Dylan Hartley has received a six-week ban - the seventh in his career - for striking Leinster's Sean O'Brien, meaning he will be back in time for England's Six Nations opener against France.

England captain Dylan Hartley will be available for their opening fixture of the Six Nations against France after receiving a six-week ban for striking.

Martin Heath
BBC Radio Northampton

That's it for today for our regular updates of news, sport, weather and travel.

Tomorrow we'll find out if Northampton's Ellie Robinson is the Young Sports Personality of the Year for 2016, and poultry farmers in the county will be telling us how new measures to prevent avian flu are affecting them.

Any breaking news will appear here overnight, but our regular updates continue from 08:00 on Thursday.

Have a good evening.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Staying dry with clear skies across the region for the first part of the evening.

The risk of some mist and fog patches but tonight is expected to be colder than last night.

Temperatures down to about 4C (39F).

Tomorrow will be rather cloudy, but staying dry for most. 

Highs of 10C (50F).

Get your local forecast from BBC Weather.