Summary

  • Updates on Friday, 12 May 2017

  • Woman dies after A605 crash

  • Man dies following A43 junction crash

  • Daventry travellers could face eviction order

  • Cobblers announce pre-season dates

  • Northamptonshire at Leicestershire in One-Day cup

  1. Northampton Town and the missing moneypublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 24 July 2018

    The story so far of what happened to £10.25m of council money given to Northampton Town Football Club that seemingly vanished.

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  2. Our live coverage for the weekpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    I'm afraid that's it from us today and indeed this week.

    Keep an eye on this BBC News live feed for the latest on the NHS cyber attack.

    We'll return with the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Northamptonshire on Monday from 08:00.

    Have a great weekend.

  3. NHS attack 'could have been prevented', says security expertpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Dr Mils Hills, who is an associate professor of risk, resilience and corporate security at the University of Northampton, has told the BBC the cyber attack on the NHS "could have been prevented".

    "It's most certainly going to have come from a user clicking something they shouldn't have, whether it's in an email or on an internet browser tab," he said.

    "Hospitals should have measures to prevent this.

    "It will be fixed and removed, but it will cost a lot. The task to fix it won't be difficult, but will be time-consuming.

    "The problem is this is a pretty low-level attack and it's causing such chaos."

    An NHS Digital statement said: "NHS Digital is working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, the Department of Health and NHS England to support affected organisations and ensure patient safety is protected."  

  4. Overnight weather: Largely dry and frost-freepublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Julie Reinger
    BBC Look East weather

    Most of this afternoon's showers should quickly move away to leave a largely dry and frost-free night with clear spells across the BBC East region.

    Temperatures in some spots will remain in double figures.

    Overnight weather map

    It’s spells of sunshine and scattered showers for Saturday, and while we can’t rule out an odd heavy downpour, there will be some places that stay dry throughout the day. 

    The winds will be a light to moderate south to south-westerly with temperatures possibly reaching 20C (68F).

  5. Hospitals cyber attack: Kettering General reports IT and phone problemspublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    This is what Kettering General has put on Facebook in the last hour...

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    We've yet to hear any further comment from the hospital.

  6. Zakuani's Northampton deal talks endpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Northampton Town release defender Gabriel Zakuani after contract talks broke down over his international commitments.

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  7. Mansfield bring in defender Diamondpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Mansfield continue their rebuilding for the new season by signing experienced former Northampton centre-back Zander Diamond.

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  8. Hospitals 'cyber attack': Is it affecting Northamptonshire?published at 15:51 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    You may have seen the breaking news in the last few moments that hospitals across England have been affected by what's believed to be a cyber attack, leading to serious IT failures.

    Northampton General Hospital Trust says it hasn't been affected, but has taken precautionary measures to protect IT systems and has closed down its email accounts.

    Kettering General Hospital has yet to confirm whether it has been affected.

    We'll bring you the latest when we get it.

  9. Northants travel to Leicestershire in One-Day cuppublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Graham McKechnie
    BBC Radio Northampton sport

    With little at stake for Northamptonshire's cricketers, head coach David Ripley has rotated his squad for this afternoon's Royal London One-Day Cup match at Leicestershire. 

    Having lost heavily against Yorkshire on Wednesday, the Steelbacks cannot now reach the knock-out stages of the 50-over competition.  

    Josh Cobb, Ben Sanderson, Rory Kleinveldt and Alex Wakely are among the Steelbacks players carrying injuries and are rested for today's match.

    Grace RoadImage source, @NorthantsCCC / Twitter

    "We want to try and be as competitive as we can," said Ripley. "But realistically the competition has gone.

    "It's a chance to mix and match a little bit and hopefully finish with a bit of a flourish."

    Play got under way at 14:00, and we have live commentary available here with Northants 95-1 from 13 overs batting first.

  10. Local news round-up: Care home celebrates, sailing event and success for local bandpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Kris Holland
    BBC Radio Northampton

    Elsewhere in Northamptonshire:

  11. Election candidates for Warwickshire seatspublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    The full list of candidates for each constituency in the forthcoming general election has been issued: 

    Warwick and Leamington's candidates can be found here, external.

    Here are the candiates for North Warwickshire, external and Nuneaton and Bedworth, external.

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  12. Daventry travellers could face eviction orderpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Martin Heath
    BBC Radio Northampton

    Travellers camped on a playing field near Daventry could receive an eviction order from a magistrates court on Monday.

    They've already been served with notice to leave by the council, but that expired at 10:00 yesterday.

    The travellers remain camped on Easter Way Playing Field.

    Eastern Way Playing Fields
  13. Despite overnight rain, the dry spell continuespublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    After one of the driest Aprils - just 41% of the monthly average rainfall - it was refreshing to see that rain has fallen overnight.

    But by how much? Dan Holley's tweet shows the dry spell continues;

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  14. Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton fastest in Spainpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Bahrain

    Stevenage's Lewis Hamilton set the pace as Brackley-based Mercedes impressed in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.

    Hamilton was 0.029 seconds quicker than team-mate Valtteri Bottas, and a second clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth.

    Max Verstappen, driving for Milton Keynes-based Red Bull, was fifth, just 0.250secs behind Raikkonen.

    McLaren-Honda's dismal season of unreliability continued, with Fernando Alonso sent into a spin by a major engine failure on his first lap.

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, Getty Images
  15. Cobblers announce pre-season datespublished at 11:28 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Caroline Densley
    BBC Radio Northampton sport

    Northampton Town will travel to non-league side Frome Town and host Championship club Derby County as part of their pre-season preparations this summer.

    The Cobblers will travel to Frome, of the Evo-Stik Southern League, on Tuesday, 18 July.

    Justin Edinburgh's side will then host Gary Rowett's Derby a week later at Sixfields on Tuesday, 25 July.

    Derby finished ninth in the Championship last season.

    Northampton's pre-season plans also include a training camp in Spain between 9-15 July and the Maunsell Cup final against Kettering Town at Latimer Park on Saturday, 22 July.

  16. Man dies following A43 junction crashpublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Police say a 50-year-old man has died following a crash in Corby yesterday.

    The local man, who has not yet been named, was driving a blue Ford Focus which collided with a red and white Scania lorry at the junction of the A43 and Geddington Road at about 07:15.

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  17. Woman dies after A605 crashpublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Tom Horn
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    A woman has died following yesterday morning's crash on the A605 at Elton, near Peterborough, say police.

    Josephine Booth, 82, from Church Street, Nassington, was driving a car that crashed with a lorry at the junction with the B671.

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    She was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge but later died. The driver of the lorry was not hurt.

    She is the third person killed on the road in a week after a pair died in a crash at the weekend.

  18. Video: Forecast of sunshine and showerspublished at 08:17 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    BBC Look East weather

    It's a damp and grey start to the day, with some showers still to clear across the BBC East region.

    We can expect sunny spells later, with showers - these could be heavy in places, with the chance of thunder.

    Top temperature: 19C (66F).

    As for the weekend - tomorrow's looking mostly dry and warm. After a wet start to Sunday, there'll be sunny spells and showers through the afternoon.

    BBC Weather has a local forecast for where you live.

  19. Good morningpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Kris Holland
    BBC Radio Northampton

    Welcome to live updates for Northamptonshire on Friday, 12 May.

    We'll be here until 18:00 keeping you up-to-date with the latest news, sport, weather and travel as it happens.

    Don't forget that you can get in touch with the team by emailTwitter, external and Facebook, external.

  20. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 11 May 2017

    That's it from the team today until regular live updates resume at 08:00 on Friday.

    We'll leave you with this picture from a BBC Weather Watcher:

    Flowers in a garden in Great BillingImage source, .