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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Northampton Saints duo seem certain to be part of the Lions touring party to New Zealand.
Fellow Saint and England captain Dylan Hartley, however, looks likely to miss out.
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Scroll down to see what we've been reporting on a day when Theresa May has surprised everyone by calling a snap general election - the date for your diary is Thursday, 8 June.
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BBC Look East weather
This evening will stay dry with sunny spells, but it will feel cool in the wind.
Dry overnight with clear spells and variable amounts of cloud, leading to the risk of a frost.
Lows of -1C (30F).
After a frost in places on Wednesday, it'll be a dry day with sunny spells and patchy cloud.
Top temperature: 12C (54F).
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The Northamptonshire Police misconduct hearing was told that Special Sgt Alec Bedford's actions of pushing and shouting at an 87-year-old woman happened when he was trying to arrest her 90-year-old husband.
The man was being arrested in July 2015 on suspicion of threatening behaviour towards a neighbour and of pulling his wife by the hair two weeks earlier.
The woman was moved across the room and pushed her into a chair, during which time she scratched Special Sgt Bedford's arm.
The husband was taken to Daventry Police Station, while his wife was arrested and given bail without being taken into custody.
David Ring, the police force's solicitor, said the sergeant had "behaved unprofessionally by laughing at the content" of the video footage he showed to colleagues later.
He said it was a "breach of confidence" which "harmed the reputation of Northamptonshire Police".
Sgt Bedford pleaded guilty to charges relating to the use of excessive force, failing to act with courtesy and deliberately breaching confidentiality.
The misconduct hearing agreed with the Police Federation representative who argued it amounted to misconduct, but not gross misconduct.
The independent chairman of the police panel, Geoffrey Payne said: "This was a deeply disturbing, and entirely unacceptable matter."
A Special Sergeant escapes dismissal despite pushing the pensioner and showing the video to colleagues.
Read MoreWeetabix's new owner Post Holdings has issued this graphic showing where the UK breakfast cereal fits in with its US owner:
Image source, Post Holdings/Weetabix
Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent
The region has been put on an election footing for what will be known as the "Brexit Election".
Theresa May made the surprise announcement this morning because opposition parties are undermining her team negotiating the best deal for the UK after leaving the European Union.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
The annual Easter Monday Hallaton Bottle Kicking match took place yesterday and it was as well-attended and as brutal as ever.
Here's some more photos from the event.
Image source, PA
Image source, PA
Image source, Getty ImagesLabour lost its only Northamptonshire seat - Corby - with Andy Sawford's defeat in the general election on 2015.
The Labour leader of Corby Borough Council, Tom Beattie, said the prime minister's decision to have another one is not so surprising: "Not to have your own mandate, as Theresa May didn't have, was always likely to be a difficulty for her.
"Brexit and the triggering of Article 50 have played to the idea that she perhaps wants or is seeking a more comfortable Commons majority than she now enjoys.
"Labour has got he people to put on the ground, and that's what we'll do.
"Now is the time [for Labour] to come together and unity is important - it's less a matter of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and more a matter of what the Labour Party can do."
The Conservatives have a working majority of 17 seats, external heading into this general election.
The police misconduct hearing heard that a sergeant with the special constabulary was "being loud and laughing" when he showed video footage of himself pushing and shouting at an 87-year-old woman.
Sgt Alec Bedford did not attend the Northamptonshire Police hearing where he was found guilty of misconduct, but not gross misconduct.
He has been given a final written warning, whereas he could have been sacked if he was found guilty of the more serious charge.
The incident took place at the home of the woman and her 90-year-old husband in the Daventry area on 8 July 2015.
The hearing was told Sgt Bedford showed footage from his body-worn camera to colleagues on two occasions later that month.
The MP for Wellingborough, Peter Bone, was one of the minority of Conservative MP's who voted Leave the last year's EU referendum.
He's welcoming Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call a general election on 8 June.
He said: "We do have a different government with a different prime minister with a different direction - clearly so as a result of the [EU] referendum.
"The people must decide if they want to support that.
"Would I believe opinion polls? No, they've been wrong on every occasion, so now every MP and every candidate has got to get out on the doorstep and fight for every vote to show what we believe in is right."
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Read MoreThere's an appeal for witnesses after a man was reported to have been bundled into a car at the University of Northampton's Park Campus.
Northamptonshire Police, external said the victim had been walking to buy a can of drink from the campus shop near Simon Senlis Hall when it happened some time between 00:30 and 02:00 on Thursday.
Investigators have been descriptions of three men, all in their late teens or early 20s:
Image source, GoogleIt seems Twitter is not the favoured medium for the county's seven MPs to react to the news that Prime Minister Theresa May has called a general election for Thursday, 8 June...
By was of example, Wellingborough and Rushden's Conservative MP Peter Bone's last tweet was from two days ago, and none of the other six has done anything except re-tweet today.
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You can follow national developments on the BBC's general election live page.
"Bottle kicking" claims to have links to Roman times and to be the inspiration for rugby.
Read MoreWeetabix, external has got a history in Northamptonshire that stretches back more than 80 years:
And you may remember the "Weetabix skinheads" which were used in the 1980s advertising campaign:
Image source, Weetabix
Brokerage Hargreaves Lansdown offers this explanation for the sale of the iconic breakfast brand, pointing out it comes hot on the heels of Kraft Heinz’s bid for Unilever and 21st Century Fox’s approach for Sky.
Quote MessageWeetabix has struggled to crack the Chinese market, so it is no surprise to see Bright Food selling up. It’s also unsurprising to see one of the UK’s biggest cereal brands remain in foreign ownership, due to the pound’s weakness. UK-listed Associated British Foods was rumoured to have been interested in a deal, but any domestic buyers would have had to overcome the headwind of the pound’s reduced buying power. In contrast, the dollar’s recent strength has helped the successful bidder, US consumer group Post Holdings.
George Salmon, Equity Analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown
A volunteer police sergeant who allegedly used unnecessary force arresting an elderly man could be struck off.
Special Sergeant Alec Bedford is appearing at a gross misconduct hearing being held in public at Northamptonshire Police's headquarters today.
He is also accused of arresting a suspect on suspicion of assault unnecessarily and showing video footage of the arrest to his colleagues with no policing purpose.
Our reporter Craig Lewis is at the hearing.
We'll bring you updates as we get them.
Weetabix is to be bought by a US breakfast cereal giant for $1.8bn (£1.4bn).
The company, whose Kettering plant produces three billion Weetabix biscuits a year, was put up for sale by China's Bright Food in January.
Image source, ReutersIt is being bought by the US's third-largest cereals company Post Holdings, which produces products including Great Grains, Golden Crisp and Cocoa Pebbles.
Weetabix employs about 2,000 people in the UK.