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. M&S supplier's Covid-19 outbreak passes 300 casespublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    A further 37 workers at the factory test positive for Covid-19 following a second round of testing.

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  2. Boy told he would never walk to climb Ben Nevispublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    The seven-year-old is climbing the highest mountain in the British Isles to raise money for charity.

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  3. Pete Waterman at Braunston Marinapublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    Pete Waterman, is best known as part of the hugely successful music production and song-writing partnership, Stock Aitken Waterman, creating hits for artists like Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley. But he grew up in Coventry close to the canal, and years of fishing with his father while on holiday at Braunston Marina gave him an interest in the canals and their history.

    Braunston Marina is situated at the junction of the Grand Union and Oxford canals, not far from Daventry. In this programme, Pete revisits his childhood holidays at the Marina and learns more about the important role it has played as the heart of the canal network.

    2020 marks 50 years since the last regular commercial canal contract came to an end. It was called the Jam 'Ole Run and involved boats taking coal from around Coventry to a jam factory in London, going via Braunston. Pete finds out more about it, and gets to see one of the boats that was present on the last ever run.

    Produced by Heather Simons

  4. Listen: Gloucester v Leicester Tigerspublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    Listen to BBC Radio commentary from Sunday's Premiership action including Gloucester v Leicester Tigers.

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  5. Listen: T20 Blast commentariespublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    Listen to BBC Radio commentary of the T20 Blast.

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  6. Listen: T20 Blast commentaries - Kent and Middlesex in thrilling tiepublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    Listen to BBC Radio commentary of the T20 Blast with Lancashire, Middlesex and Notts all in action.

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  7. Legal challenge halts G4S 'mega prison' contractpublished at 01:27 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    A rival bidder is challenging the decision to award G4S the contract for the 1,600-inmate jail.

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  8. 'It seems like only a few days since I held him'published at 01:22 British Summer Time 27 August 2020

    Harry Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles will keep fighting to bring the suspect before a UK court.

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  9. Bath up to fourth after beating Saintspublished at 22:32 British Summer Time 26 August 2020

    Bath win their third successive game since the season's restart, beating Northampton 18-3 to go fourth in the Premiership.

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  10. Better late than never - T20 Blast finally returnspublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 26 August 2020

    The delayed T20 Blast gets under way on Thursday with no crowds and few overseas stars, but plenty to look forward to.

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  11. Production resumes at Covid outbreak factorypublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 26 August 2020

    Greencore denies union claims staff who are self-isolating are being asked to return to work.

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  12. Listen: T20 Blast - evening fixtures abandoned due to rainpublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 26 August 2020

    Listen to live BBC local radio commentary from the opening day of the T20 Blast.

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  13. Remote trial 'being considered' in Harry Dunn casepublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 25 August 2020

    Harry Dunn's parents "will raise no objection" to trial in absence, says family spokesman.

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  14. Factory involved in Covid-19 outbreak remains openpublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 25 August 2020

    Some workers remain at the Greencore site despite almost 300 Covid-19 cases being reported.

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  15. Northants ease to first win v Glamorganpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 25 August 2020

    Northants ease to their first win of the season beating Glamorgan by six wickets in a howling gale, as Michael Hogan reaches 600 first-class wickets.

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  16. Coaches agree new Northampton dealspublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 25 August 2020

    Coaches Sam Vesty, Phil Dowson and Matt Ferguson agree new contracts with Premiership side Northampton Saints.

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  17. UK-wide appeal over 'sexual abuse near statue'published at 11:29 British Summer Time 25 August 2020

    Police are investigating reports of sexual abuse between 2006 and 2016 near a statue in Northampton.

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  18. De Lange hits Glam record ton v Northantspublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 24 August 2020

    Marchant de Lange hits Glamorgan's fastest ever century against Northants, who reach 62-1 chasing a target of 189.

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  19. Relive the final day of the Bob Willis Trophypublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 24 August 2020

    Relive the final day of the Bob Willis Trophy as Storm Francis hits, but Somerset, Northants and Kent still pick up wins.

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  20. Relive day three of the Bob Willis Trophypublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 23 August 2020

    Relive day three of the Bob Willis Trophy as Middlesex beat Sussex and Somerset are frustrated by the weather.

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