Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Northamptonshire spinner Graeme White has said his debut for the England Lions brought him a step closer to his dream of playing for the England team.

"Hopefully it will be a stepping stone for me to go on," he told the ECB website, external .

Image source, ECB

The 29-year-old took three wickets as England Lions beat Sri Lanka A by five wickets.

White said: "It was nice to help towards a victory today – I thought the lads played really well."

He also backed his Northants team-mate Ben Ducket, saying "there’s definitely a big score brewing".

"He’s itching to play again already. I know what kind of mindset he’s in and it’s just a matter of time with him."

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

East Midlands Trains tweets...

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

A man who died following a collision in Horsemarket, Northampton, yesterday has been named as 48-year-old Keith Matson from Northampton.

Image source, Northamptonshire Police

At about 13:00, Mr Matson, who was on a mobility scooter, collided with a large goods vehicle at the crossing by Sol Central.

In a statement, Mr Matson's wife said: "Keith was a funny and lovable man, always willing to help anybody out. He was the love of my life and I will miss him always."

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Rail passengers in Kettering want more trains to stop there, especially those heading north.

The Kettering Rail Users' Group also wants northbound services to connect properly with trains running between Kettering and Corby.

It will continue its lobbying at a meeting with the operator, East Midland Trains, later this month.

Christopher Groome, from the group, said with just one train an hour going north, it is getting "overcrowded" and any changes to the timetable will also benefit Corby and Kettering.

Kate Bradbrook
BBC Look East

The leader of Northamptonshire County Council has said the £7.9m from the government for a north-west bypass for Northampton "won't actually cover the whole cost of the scheme".

Conservative councillor Heather Smith, who said she was "surprised" by the announcement, told me she would "have to look at the detail" of the grant.

Mrs Smith said the money "would help us make a start" on the road, which will connect the A428 Harlestone Road with the A5199 Welford Road.

She told me the infrastructure was needed before planned new housing developments were built.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Elsewhere in Northamptonshire:

• The Northampton Chronicle and Echo, external has tributes to well-known Northampton jeweller Michael Jones, who died peacefully at Northampton General Hospital surrounded by his family on Sunday, aged 85
• While the Northamptonshire Telegraph says, external  a supermarket chain will create 50 jobs when it opens its new £5m store in Raunds

Martin Heath
BBC Radio Northampton

The son of a man with motor neurone disease says his father needs a "truly accessible house that fits the family".

Duncan Greenaway says that unless they are given permission to create a new five-bedroom house for his father, Paul Robinson, in Rothershorpe he will have to go into care.

The house would be alongside the existing cottage, but it is likely councillors will turn it down due to it being considered "visually intrusive".

Mr Greenway (pictured) told me there was a "desperate" shortage of care places in Northamptonshire and that the cost of putting his father in a care home would be more than "£6,500 a month".

South Northamptonshire Council would not comment on the case before today's meeting.

Martin Heath
BBC Radio Northampton

The family of a disabled man in the south of the county say he may be forced to leave his home if politicians don't allow an accessible house to be built for him.

Paul Robinson, who has motor neurone disease and lives in Rothersthorpe, has applied for permission for a new home alongside his Grade-II listed cottage.

Image source, Robinson family

But councillors are being advised to turn down the plans later today. Officials say the modern building would be "visually intrusive" in an historical village.

South Northamptonshire councillors meet at 14:15 to discuss the plans.

BBC Weather

Today will continue to be dry with long sunny spells. It will also be a mild day, with winds easing during the afternoon.

A high temperature of 12C (54F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website .

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

The government has confirmed £7.9m of funding for the Northampton north-west relief road, which will connect the A428 Harlestone Road with the A5199 Welford Road.

The Department for Communities and Local Government says the new road will help reduce congestion and allow further development north of Northampton, such as in Buckton Fields (pictured).

The money for the road is part of £59m given to the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership.

It includes £2.1m for a new driving emissions centre to be built at MAHLE Powertrain in Northampton.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

A chaplain who works with the East Midlands Ambulance Service says that support offered for those suffering from stress "has phenomenally increased from what it used to be".

The Reverend Kevin Charles, who used to be a paramedic, said EMAS was the "first ambulance service to sign the ' blue light pledge, external ' to remove the stigma of mental health in the work place".

He says that within the service "there is not a problem saying, I am suffering".

However, Mr Charles said that ambulance staff were receiving increasing amounts of abuse, which is contributing to the number of staff who have been off with stress.

He said: "It is not just paramedics, the call takers are aggressively verbally abused. Our staff have been verbally, physically and sexually assaulted."

Graham McKechnie
BBC Radio Northampton sport

Dylan Hartley will again captain England for their crucial Six Nations game against Scotland at Twickenham.

Image source, Getty Images

His saints team-mate, second row Courtney Lawes, also starts, with England hoping to maintain their chance of a second successive Grand Slam.

Northampton Saints' captain, flanker Tom Wood, is once again on the bench.

Stuart Linnell
BBC Radio Northampton

An EMAS paramedic who has been off work with stress told me that "things get to you, you wouldn't be human if they didn't".

Alan Brown, from Desborough and is based in Kettering, is back at work now and admitted to "getting emotional" and crying after some incidents. But he said distressing moments were "put to the back" of his mind.

Mr Brown said that after six counselling sessions, EMAS stopped funding his therapy, and he felt "dumped".

However, he reflects now that "there is only so much EMAS can do, the sessions are not cheap".

He told me that the service was doing what it could, saying "there are things in place" to help with stress.

Mr Brown said that EMAS now has more staff, but sometimes 12 hour shifts can turn into 13 or 14 hours with late call outs.

"That with the abusive patients you get, it takes it toll," he said.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) says it is doing all it can to support staff.

It come as figures show that the number of staff who have been off with stress has almost doubled in five years.

An EMAS spokesman told us: "We are committed to improving the level of support provided to staff who may experience stress and have introduced measures to ensure that help is provided as promptly as possible."

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

The number of ambulance staff in the East Midlands taking time off due to stress and mental health problems has almost doubled in the past five years.

Figures obtained by the BBC found that 518 members of staff were off with stress and mental health issues in 2015/16.

This compares with 271 in 2011/12.

The figures show a consistent rise:

• 2012/2013 – 270
• 2013/2014 – 351
• 2014/2015 – 485

The union UNISON has said this rise in the number of people going off with stress is because of extra targets and a lack of resources.

We'll hear from the ambulance service shortly.

BBC Sport

Wales have named an  unchanged starting team and bench to face Ireland in the Six Nations on Friday.

Coach Rob Howley has resisted calls to bring in fresh faces following defeats by Scotland and England.

Image source, Getty Images

Northampton Saints' George North remains on the wing despite Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards saying at an earlier press conference North had been warned about his form.

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Northamptonshire spinner Graeme White has taken three wickets this morning in the England Lions' one-day game against Sri Lanka.

It's the 29-year-old's debut for the Lions, in their fourth game  of the five match series.

Image source, Getty Images

England need 243 to win, with White's Northants team-mate Ben Duckett set to open the batting.

Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather

Today will be dry and bright, with plenty of sunny spells.

It will be breezy through the morning and early afternoon, with winds easing during the afternoon. 

Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).

Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live

Good morning.

We are back with live updates for Northamptonshire.

We'll bring you the latest news and travel, plus the sport with both rugby and cricket on the agenda.

And coming right up the region's weather.

That's it for today from Northamptonshire. Thanks for joining us.

We'll be back at 08:00 on Thursday with more news, sport, weather and travel for your area.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow with any developments in the tragic case this afternoon where a man in a mobility scooter was killed by a lorry in Northampton.

The town centre is still being affected by disruption - you can get the latest travel news on BBC Radio Northampton .

Watch this page overnight for any other breaking news, but other than that - it's time to say goodbye. See you in the morning.