Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 28 October, 2024

The latest headlines from the Northampton Chronicle & Echo

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00:00This is your morning update for Monday the 28th of October 2024, brought to you by the

00:07Northampton Chronicle and Echo. Bristol Bears 31, Northampton Saints 23, Tom

00:15Vickers review and player ratings. Agony that Saints had seen a conversion come back off

00:21the post to prevent them claiming a losing bonus point.

00:27Four Saints stars awarded enhanced elite player squad contracts by England. Alex Mitchell,

00:33Finn Smith, Tommy Freeman and George Furbank are among a group of 17 players to have received

00:39the deals. Liverpool's cast are heading back to Northampton

00:44to headline the Roadmender. The indie rock act earned a flurry of critical

00:49acclaim for their seventh album, Love is the Call, which was released in February.

00:56Confident Cobblers in cruise control as Crawley are swept aside at Sixfields. A one-sided

01:02first-half performance was rewarded with a two-goal lead as the terrific Tariq Fosu lashed

01:08in an opener before former Town Academy player Jay Williams marked his return to Sixfields

01:14by scoring an own goal. Reaction from John Brady after Cobblers ease

01:21to a routine home win over Crawley. Sitting near the bottom of the table, both teams were

01:26in need of victory, but there only ever looked to be one winner once Tariq Fosu had lashed

01:32Northampton into a 16th-minute lead, even more so after Jay Williams' own goal doubled

01:38the advantage. Two men who used tracking device to steal

01:43cars across Northamptonshire jailed. Warren Francis Patrick Cook and Clinton Ron Walters,

01:50both previously of Northampton, appeared at Northampton Crown Court on October 11th for

01:55sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.

02:02This is how much fans are willing to pay for their favourite musicians' merchandise. The

02:07New Year is already boasting a calendar of musical events in the United Kingdom that

02:12has many music fans spoiled for choice. How to make Halloween cocktails using Brockman's

02:20gin. Halloween is fast approaching and many of us are already planning our perfect party

02:26to celebrate the spooky season. I have visited 12,000 pubs during 55-year UK-wide pub crawl.

02:35Here's my top six. Now Rob Cocker, aged 73, is heading to Sheffield this weekend to tick

02:42more watering holes off his list. For more news go to northamptoncron.co.uk

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