Summary

  • Updates on Friday, 18 August 2017

  • Football match incident treated as hate crime

  • Weather grounds balloons at town festival

  • White to stay at Northants

  1. Lewis Hamilton's dad hails 'incredible' recordpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 12 October 2020

    Anthony Hamilton says his son equalling Michael Schumacher's record 91 F1 wins is beyond imaginable.

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  2. Great of his time Hamilton is 'not done yet'published at 20:54 British Summer Time 11 October 2020

    Lewis Hamilton is likely to go on to extend his records in F1, but he wants to slow down his pace of life outside the car.

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  3. Hamilton - cultural icon, activist, musicianpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 11 October 2020

    Lewis Hamilton may be one of the greatest British sportsmen of all time on the track - but off it, he's a cultural mogul.

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  4. Northampton Town 0-2 Peterborough Unitedpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 10 October 2020

    Peterborough register their first away win of the season with a comfortable victory over local rivals Northampton.

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  5. Bottas beats Hamilton to Eifel GP polepublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 10 October 2020

    Valtteri Bottas takes pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix in a fight with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

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  6. Second Mercedes positive Covid testpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 9 October 2020

    A second member of the Mercedes team tests positive for coronavirus before this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix.

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  7. Muzabarani, Sole & Hutton exit Northantspublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 9 October 2020

    Northamptonshire confirm the exits of Blessing Muzabarani, Tom Sole and Brett Hutton.

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  8. Hamilton against new Rio circuit planpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 8 October 2020

    Lewis Hamilton opposes plans to hold the Brazilian Grand Prix at a new track in Rio De Janeiro to be built on land that is currently forest.

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  9. Wife murder accused 'jealous since they split up'published at 18:09 British Summer Time 7 October 2020

    Michael Reader and his friend Stephen Welch are both accused of shooting his ex-wife Marion Price.

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  10. England lock Lawes to miss autumn gamespublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 7 October 2020

    Northampton lock Courtney Lawes will miss England's autumn schedule with an ankle injury.

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  11. Northants seamer White signs new dealpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 7 October 2020

    Northamptonshire seam bowler Jack White agrees to his extend his contract until the end of the 2022 season.

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  12. Man accused of killing wife 'owed her £10,000'published at 18:41 British Summer Time 6 October 2020

    Michael Reader denies shooting Marion Price days after he was due to pay a "financial settlement".

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  13. G4S awarded £300m contract to run 'mega prison'published at 16:50 British Summer Time 6 October 2020

    The Category C jail in Wellingborough cost £253m to build and will house 1,680 inmates.

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  14. County ins and outs 2021published at 14:56 British Summer Time 6 October 2020

    Details of all the county cricket signings and departures from the 2021 season.

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  15. Actor reveals 'Ripper' link to classic ghost storypublished at 01:25 British Summer Time 4 October 2020

    A real-life tragedy may have inspired a famous MR James tale, an actor and researcher claims.

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  16. Postpublished at Northamptonshire Week Festival

    We can't get enough of An Ode to the North Hamm Tune by Mr Milise and Billy Lockett

    Here's the full version

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    Poem by Quinton Green, Mr Milise, music composed by Billy Lockett

  17. Bristol Rovers 2-0 Northampton Townpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 3 October 2020

    Brandon Hanlon and Jack Baldwin score to give Bristol Rovers a League One win over 10-man Northampton.

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  18. Covid-19: Sale postponed, Saints offpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 3 October 2020

    Sale's Premiership game with Worcester is postponed until Wednesday, while Northampton have called off their game with Gloucester after 16 positive tests at the Sharks.

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  19. Join us for our special festival event from 8pmpublished at Northamptonshire Week Festival

    Northamptonshire week

    You can hear some of the best local bands and interviews from our virtual Northamptonshire Week.

    You can see our festival event by going online to BBC Sounds or BBC Iplayer, you can also listen on the radio.

    We'd love you to join in too:

    You can text us 81333 start your message with NORTH

    You can call us : 0800 030 4455

    You can tweet us : @BBCNorthampton #Northamptonshireweek

    You can email us: radionorthampton@bbc.co.uk

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    Featuring the best local artists and groups to help us mark Northamptonshire Week.

  20. Road safety review after Harry Dunn deathpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 2 October 2020

    The Transport Secretary says inspections will take place on roads around 10 US bases.

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