Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 16 August, 2024

The latest headlines from the Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Transcript

00:00This is your morning update for Friday the 16th of August 2024, brought to you by the

00:06Northampton Chronicle and ECHO.

00:11Three students from Northampton Academy achieve clean sweep of A** in A levels. Following

00:18results day to day, students will be studying a wide range of competitive and high quality

00:23courses, notably Law, Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics.

00:30A level results day. Impressive increase in A** B grades at one Northampton school.

00:38Kingsthorpe College says this year's results have surpassed the outstanding achievements

00:43of last year, with an impressive increase in A** B grades.

00:5020% of all A level grades achieved at Northampton School were A or A**.

00:56Thomas Beckett Catholic School has seen significant improvements and successes across all subjects

01:02in the sixth form.

01:05Northampton School celebrates second year of A level results, including 10-year-old

01:11achieving A** in Maths.

01:14Wooten Park School opened its sixth form in September 2021, so the 2024 cohort is

01:21only the second to receive A level results at the school.

01:27More than a fifth of students from Northamptonshire School secure places at Russell Group Universities.

01:34Chenderit School in Middleton, Cheney has seen just under 70% of students gain a place

01:40at their first choice university and more than a fifth at Russell Group Universities.

01:47How the Moulton Magnets flyball team plan to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

01:53Based in Moulton, Northampton and founded more than 20 years ago, the team has been

01:58well known for their love of dogs and for their determination to become the UK's fastest

02:03flyball team.

02:07Cobbler's injury news from Brady as defender misses WKM defeat and new signing limps off.

02:13Willis was not in the squad for Towns League Cup defeat to Wickham in midweek, while Mbete,

02:18who only joined the club on Monday, limped off in the closing stages, meaning Cobblers

02:23had to finish the game with 10 men.

02:27For more news go to northamptoncron.co.uk

02:32And for more videos check out shotstv.com