Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Stores in Corby are getting access to an online database showing prolific shoplifters and can report crimes directly to police through the website.

Corby's town centre manager Dan Pickard said it is being more "proactive" than other towns, saying that shoplifters "impact significantly on the local economy".

Nationally, shoplifting offences have risen 3% this year.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Elsewhere in Northamptonshire:

• A newly-refurbished nightclub equipped with a "safe room" for people too drunk to be on the street will open its doors, writes the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, external
• The Northamptonshire Telegraph says, external the freshly-built community centre at Priors Hall Park has still not been handed over to Corby Council despite being finished more than three months ago
• Meanwhile, visitors to Daventry Country Park are being asked to take extra care as work to extend the car park gets under way, reports the Daventry Express, external

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Later this week England captain and Northampton Saints hooker Dylan Hartley will find out about any ban resulting from his red card as Saints lost to Leinster in the Champions Cup.

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Hartley was dismissed for a swinging arm on Sean O'Brien.

Any ban could affect his starting place for England in the Six Nations, which start in February, but it has also led some to question his credential as British and Irish Lions captain - a position he was seen a front-runner for.

One of those shocked by Hartley actions was former Lion and Irish centre Brian O'Driscoll...

The Telegraph writes that the red card could not have come at a worse time, external for Hartley, while the Guardian says it could significantly damage, external his chances of leading the Lions.

Passengers on a coach that crashes and ends up on his side side are rescued through the roof.

BBC Weather

It will be cloudy this afternoon with patchy rain and drizzle. This rain will be generally light and it'll start to clear by the evening, with a high of 8C (46F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit on a road crossing in Corby.

The man, who police believe is Romanian, was crossing at the junction of Westcott Way and Oakley Road just after 23:30 last night when he was struck.

He's been taken to hospital in Coventry with serious injuries and is said to be in a "critical but stable" condition.

Officers are keen to trace the man's next-of-kin and speak to anyone who saw what happened.

Willy Gilder
BBC Radio Northampton

Northamptonshire County Council is again calling for a unitary authority covering the whole county, saying it would create substantial savings.

It comes after its latest draft budget shows it needs to save £67m.

It also wants to put council tax up by 3.95% to pay for pressures on care services for children and older people.

The authority said they could make savings of £29m annually by 2019/2020 if just one council did the jobs of the county, district and borough councils.

Earlier this year the county council said Northamptonshire should look at one or more unitary authorities and the county's MPs backed the idea, but the leaders of the district and borough councils said they were not supportive of the concept, external.

Seventh-tier Stourbridge shock Northampton in the FA Cup and Brighton go top of the Championship - relive the action.

BBC News England

There are only six areas in England, one of which is Northamptonshire, where parents want new grammar schools and creating them would benefit the wider school population, according to a study.

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) modelled the impact of government plans to expand selective schools by looking at how 32,844 districts would be affected.  

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Using a series of criteria set out in the government's White Paper, Schools that Work for Everyone, the EPI found only Solihull, Essex, North Yorkshire, Dorset, Northamptonshire and North Somerset would meet the school expansion principles. 

The government called the study a crude attempt to second-guess the results of its consultation on new schools.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

The Northampton South MP who approved a £10.25m loan to the Cobblers that was never paid back has been publicly backed by local Conservatives.

The backing comes despite Northampton South Conservative Association chairman Suresh Patel stating last week that Mr Mackintosh had to "consider his position" following the critical internal auditors report in the loan.

David Mackintosh was Tory leader of Northampton Borough Council at the time the loan was approved. The disappearance of the money is being investigated by police.

Mr Mackintosh met senior party members on Friday taking questions about the loan to the Cobblers, his role in the failings identified in the auditors report and allegations surrounding donations to his constituency fund.

In a statement afterwards, Mr Patel said the meeting was constructive, adding it will continue to work with Mr Mackintosh as MP.

Mr Mackintosh said in a statement: "It was a productive meeting and I will continue to work with local Conservatives to deliver for ordinary working people across Northampton South."

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

How does it feel to end a four-game losing streak?

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Northampton Town won 3-2 at Port Vale on Saturday with goals from Gabriel Zakuani, Sam Hoskins and Paul Anderson securing Vale's former boss Rob Page all three points on the first return to his former club.

The win moves the Cobblers up to 13th in the League One table.

BBC Sport

Burton Latimer's Charley Hull finished second as defending champion Shanshan Feng won a record fourth Dubai Ladies Masters.

Hull, 20, hit a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to finish on eight under, but China's Feng shot a stunning 64 to claim the title by two strokes.

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Hull, who won her first LPGA title last month, said: "I kind of woke up and got into my golf game, I've been a bit lazy all week on the golf course, but I got in there and concentrated."

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

On Friday night Northampton Saints lost 37-10 to Leinster in the European Champions Cup.

The defeat also included Dylan Hartley being sent off just six minutes after coming on as a second-half replacement.

But what seemed to get the most attention was Saints' captain and England flanker Tom Wood's "honest assessment" of the Saints performance...

"I didn't feel we were anyway near the levels of emotion and intensity that you need on a night like this," he told BBC Radio Northampton.

"I'm searching for the answers and I honestly don't know what they are. We were flat and we didn't have the intensity."

You can hear the whole interview on the BBC Sport website.

Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather

Quite foggy to start in some places, but this soon clearing as cloud and patchy rain and drizzle begin to break out during the morning with a high of 8C (46F).

Here is my full forecast...

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Ex-Dragons centre Ashley Smith, who retired on medical grounds, says the game needs to change how concussion is managed.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Good morning.

We're back with all the news, weather, sport and travel that you need to know for the county.

With the sport we've got football, rugby and Formula 1.

Plus, we'll be looking at a new effort to tackle shoplifting in Corby.

If you want to get in touch then please email me or tweet us, external.