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Couple receive 4 months jail sentence over cruelty to ponies

Couple receive 4 months jail sentence over cruelty to ponies

A Northamptonshire couple have been jailed for 16 weeks and banned from keeping animals after admitting cruelty to seven ponies seized by the RSPCA. Welfare officers found the starving animals…

Warning over new type of cashpoint fraud in Daventry/Northampton area

Warning over new type of cashpoint fraud in Daventry/Northampton area

Police Daventry and Northampton are warning about the latest device used by cash dispenser (ATM)fraudsters. A number of incidents have been reported in the Northampton and Daventry areas where criminals…

Illegal meat slaughter farmer fined thousands

Illegal meat slaughter farmer fined thousands

A farmer who failed to properly dispose of the remains of a slaughtered cow and had illegally slaughtered beef in his unregistered farm shop has been fined following a joint…

It must be winter – the Goosanders have arrived

It must be winter – the Goosanders have arrived

By Clare Topping: You hear a lot about Summer migrants, the goosander is one of the Winter migrants that comes to Daventry every year. We all have certain triggers in life that…

Grange Primary School look to expand – you can have your say

Grange Primary School look to expand – you can have your say

Grange Primary School is looking to expand their school site by fencing off part of the family green area that is common land to all homes on the Grange Estate.…

Daventry under 13′s Vikings 0 – Chenecks 5

Bottom of the table Daventry played host to top of the table Chenecks in a game many would write off as a sure away win. It was to be fair,…

Waste food collections coming soon

Waste food collections coming soon

New bins and caddies are being delivered this week to the first households in line for new weekly food waste collections.  The new service, which is being gradually phased in…

School pitches to fence off part of Grange Estate open space

Daventry District Council has agreed to seek the views of the local community on whether to lease an area of open space adjacent to the school in the Grange for…

Annual Wassail Sat 7 Jan at Daventry Country Park

Annual Wassail Sat 7 Jan at Daventry Country Park

People are being invited to join in with the annual ‘Wassail’ celebration at Daventry Country Park. Daventry District Council’s Countryside Rangers will lead the tradition of ‘wassailing’ the trees to…

Whilton Mill Kart Circuit host special day for Paul Lee-Davies

Whilton Mill Kart Circuit host special day for Paul Lee-Davies

Whilton Mill Kart Circuit are hosting a special one-off charity event to raise money for the Paul Lee-Davis Trust Fund on January 7, 2012. The Foundation has been set up in…

Daventry householders get extra bin for food waste

Daventry householders get extra bin for food waste

Daventry residents will be receiving a present in the New Year – yet another waste bin to add to their collection. In addition to the brown bin, the black bin,…

Daventry carbon plan brings results

Daventry District Council has saved nearly 250 tonnes of carbon emissions since 2010 after implementing a range of energy saving initiatives. The Council recently developed a Carbon Management Plan to…

Daventry Masterplan 2040: have your say

There is just under two weeks left for people to have their say on proposals for how Daventry will look in 2040. The Daventry Masterplan 2040 sets out a long-term…

Arrests for Class B drugs supply in Daventry

a police presence has been operating on The Stour in Daventry following an aggravated burglary two weeks ago, in which a woman was held at knifepoint. Last Friday and Saturday…

Stolen wood chipper had tracking device fitted

Stolen wood chipper had tracking device fitted

Police recovered an industrial wood chipper from a location in Northampton yesterday morning (30 November), thanks to a fitted security tracking device. The tracker allowed officers to pin point the…

Buckton Fields campaigners urge Council not to sell land

Campaigners against a housing development in Northamptonshire are urging the county council to refuse to sell the land to the developers. Plans for the Buckton Fields development on the edge…

Call for energy efficient lights to replace blackout in Daventry

Call for energy efficient lights to replace blackout in Daventry

Residents living in one of the worse affected parts of Daventry by the campaign to save electricity are calling for energy efficient street  lights  to  replace those vandalised by Council employees. Areas…

New dog laws for Daventry district start Dec 1st

New dog laws for Daventry district start Dec 1st

New powers that will require dog owners to clean up when their dog has fouled will come into force in the Daventry district on December 1. To comply with the…

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