Lamb Death by Dog Bite?

Lamb death. “Due to lamb death following dog bite please keep dogs on a lead.” That was the printed message posted alongside a stile on the Abthorpe to Slapton public footpath. Barbara Smith of Slapton Manor Farm explained that a large well looked after lamb had been found dead in the field with a largish [...]

Grand National Winner to be Star at Towcester Races

GRAND National winner Mon Mome will be the star attraction for a bumper Bank Holiday crowd at Towcester on Sunday when the action gets underway at 2.10pm.
Mon Mome’s trainer Venetia Williams could already lay claim to being the ‘first lady’ of Towcester. Now though, her soaring reputation has been given even greater momentum after the [...]

PSP Awareness Week

Afternoon Tea For PSP
National PSP Awareness Week occurs 4th-11th April 2009. Whether you organise ‘An Afternoon Tea for PSP’ or something very different, National PSP Awareness Week represents an opportunity to raise awareness of PSP and CBD nationally and internationally.
2009 ‘Afternoon Tea for PSP’
If you are planning to organise a Tea Party, [...]

Button Takes Pole Again!

Jenson Button took his second successive pole position today in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit maintaining his and the Brawn GP team’s perfect start to the 2009 Formula One season.
Team-mate Rubens Barrichello qualified in fourth having battled with understeer with his car throughout qualifying. Rubens will incur a five-place [...]

I have just been offered $3.8m!

From Ogechi Promise
Rue de Dulie 7th Avenue
Plot 41 Williams Ville
Dear Friend
l am an orphan having $3,800,000 USD with a private trust company for safe keeping. I am willing to offer you 10% of the total fund if you can assist me transfer this fund to your country or any bank of your wish. [...]

Crime Down

CRIME in Northamptonshire fell by 5.9 per cent during 2008/09, the fifth successive year that crime has come down in the county.
During the last year, between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009, offences dropped from 63,567 to 59,904 – 3,753 fewer than in the previous year.
This year there were 15,000 fewer victims of crime [...]

Free Internet on Fridays… Well at the library

County job-hunters can now take advantage of free internet access on a Friday at any of Northamptonshire County Council’s libraries.
The county council is waiving the usual computer hire fee at all of its 36 libraries on Fridays from 3rd April until further notice as part of efforts to support residents during the recession.
The Free e-Fridays [...]

Brawn GP Malaysian Grand Prix Preview

2009 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX – PREVIEW
Following a sensational debut race weekend in Australia where Jenson Button led Brawn GP to its first Grand Prix victory, the team headed straight to Malaysia for Round Two of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship.
This weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix takes place on Sunday 5 April at the Sepang [...]

PlayStation® and Nissan’s GT Academy to air on ‘Dave’

Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that TV channel Dave will be broadcasting a series   of   five   programmes   featuring   the   GT   Academy.   GT   Academy   was   devised   by PlayStation® and Nissan to unite the worlds of virtual and reality by turning the ultimate gamer into a real-life racing driver. The series of programmes will be aired on [...]

Thousands of Pupils Tucking Into Their Free School Meal

The huge rise in the number of children having free school meals has been praised by the School Food Trust.
Northamptonshire County Council embarked on an ambitious campaign to increase by 10% the take up rate for free school meals by 2009.
Latest figures show an extra 1,300 children are having free school meals compared with [...]