Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 6 September, 2024

The latest headlines from the Northampton Chronicle & Echo

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00:00This is your morning update for Friday the 6th of September 2024, brought to you by the

00:07Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

00:12Man in his 70s left needing surgeries after attack by gang of young people on bikes in

00:17Northampton.

00:19The incident happened in Booth Lane South, near the junction with Wellingborough Road

00:23on Thursday, June 27th, between 3.15pm and 3.30pm.

00:30Police released the information this week.

00:34Police released fresh appeal for witnesses following fatal collision involving cyclist

00:38in Northampton.

00:40The incident happened on the A4500 dual carriageway at about 5.45am on Thursday, June 20th.

00:49Officers say the driver of a white VW Golf was in collision with the rider of a blue

00:54black bicycle on the eastbound carriageway near to the junction with Weedon Road.

01:00LGA's calls for unlimited council tax increases no substitute for reform, say council leaders

01:08in Northamptonshire.

01:10A body representing the voice of councils across the UK has urged Chancellor Rachel

01:16Reeves to abolish the limit on raising council tax each year ahead of the autumn budget.

01:25West Northamptonshire Council faces multi-million pound problem after major building firms liquidation.

01:31PVEC Building Control Services Ltd, a private company responsible for inspecting and reporting

01:38on the safety of developments based near Towsester, has entered voluntary liquidation after its

01:44application for a new building.

01:47Control licence was rejected.

01:51Kettering FC hit the back of the net with new sponsorship deal.

01:55The partnership between Kettering FC, who play at the John Lowther Centre on Rushton

01:59Road, and the UK's leading developer and manager of retirement communities, will see the club's

02:06under-16s teams sport a new kit featuring McCarthy Stone's logo.

02:14Pictures joyous celebration for three care home residents celebrating 100th and 101st birthdays.

02:22Dorothy Deary turned 101 on July 10th and Joyce King and Mary Slater will turn 100 on

02:29November 6th and 26th respectively.

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