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Care home finance manager stole almost £339,000
The ex-finance manager of a Northamptonshire care home has admitted stealing more than £330,000 by defrauding company accounts. Jenny Glanister admitted eight counts of fraud and false accounting, at Oakfield…
The ex-finance manager of a Northamptonshire care home has admitted stealing more than £330,000 by defrauding company accounts. Jenny Glanister admitted eight counts of fraud and false accounting, at Oakfield…School kids banned from a Tesco store
An entire Northamptonshire school was banned from a Tesco store in a decision described as “mad” by its principal. The superstore banned all 1,400 students at Kettering Science Academy from…
New water meters for homes in the county
Thousands of homes in Northamptonshire will have water meters installed by Anglian Water. Work to fit about 27,000 meters is soon due start in Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough. Antony Innes,…
Police charge two with theft of metal
TWO men have been charged with theft following an arrest that took place on Thursday 1 March. Officers were called following reports of suspicious activity involving metal at a business…
Rogue scrap dealers targeted by Police
A joint operation started last week with Police officers from Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and North Warwickshire Borough Council targeting rogue scrap metal dealers operating on these area. Officers…
“Sofa King Low” ad branded ‘offensive’
A slogan used by a furniture store for nearly a decade has been branded offensive by an advertising watchdog. The Northampton-based firm uses its own name in ads and on…
Lap dancing ban
Lap dancing clubs and other types of sexual entertainment venues have been banned in a Wellingborough town. Licences will be not given to any business in Wellingborough planning to run…
Roof siege in Kettering Road, Northampton
Police have successfully bought down an individual who had climbed onto the roof of buildings along Kettering Road, Northampton. The incident started yesterday at Cowper Street in Northampton. Cowper Street and parts of…
Sexual assault before attempted hand bag theft
Police are investigating an incident in Rugby in which offenders sexually assaulted a woman before attempting to steal her hand bag. The incident took place in the Crowthorns at 11pm…
Serious injury collision
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a serious injury collision in Tingewick, Buckingham, this morning (20/2). At just before 9.30am, a white Mercedes articulated lorry towing a blue…
Lloyds bank to strip executives of bonuses as it takes back £2m from senior management
Clawback: The move is understood to come on the orders of Lloyds chief executive Antonio Horta Osorio (pictured) Lloyds Banking Group has become the first bank to strip executives of…
Sixty new jobs at Northampton’s Carlsberg bottling plant
As many as sixty new jobs could be created at the Carlsberg brewery in Northamptonshire if expansion plans are given the go-ahead. Proposals for a new bottling plant will be…
Man on bridge stopped the traffic
Police Officers were called to the Barnes Meadow flyover in Northampton on the A45 at 12.25am on Tuesday morning (14/02/12) following reports of a distressed man on the bridge. As…
Forklift truck accident – man killed
A 60-year-old man has died after being struck by a forklift truck at a Jewsons unit in Oxfordshire. South Central Ambulance Service said it had been called to the incident…
New street lights in Daventry – vandalised lamp posts for the rest
New brighter LED lights are being fitted to five of Daventry streets. The process to install the lights in Rodderick Way, Dean Walk, Salcey Close, Cook Close and Welton Road…
Plan to build houses over a 25 year period approved
A dispute between a council and business leaders in Northamptonshire has been settled after a deal was reached to increase the number of planned new houses. Proposals have been agreed…
Cherwell residents spared rate increase
Residents in Cherwell could see no increase in the district council’s element of their council tax for the third year running. If recommendations from the Executive are agreed at Full…
Help requested to trace missing Rugby man
Police want to locate a Rugby man who has not been seen since he left his home at 8.30am on Wednesday morning 8 February, 2012. Michael Rowell, 55 years of…
