Northants Evening Telegraph (Kettering, England) back issues from July 2008:
Licence warning to hire vehicle operators.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Corby Council is cracking down on hire vehicle licensing laws. Any vehicle with eight seats or less which is used to carry passengers for payment - including limousines, airport travel, chauffeur services, novelty vehicles, executive hire, park and ride and other operators - has ...
Mum wins support of MP in crossing battle.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A young mother has launched a petition to get a pedestrian crossing on a busy road. Emily Summerley, 29, of Alington Close, Finedon, has to cross the A6 Burton Latimer road in Finedon at least four times a day to take her five-year-old son Ryan to Finedon Infants School. She ...
Hundreds of smokers who litter given fines.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Smokers who litter the streets of Northamptonshire with discarded cigarette butts have been warned that they are being watched. Since the ban on smoking in public buildings came into force a year ago today hundreds of people have been fined for littering, including 250 in Corby, ...
New school hit by delay.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A new primary school for Corby has been put back for a year because of the slowdown in the housing market. The school will be part of the Priors Hall development where builders were to start erecting the first homes on the 5,100 development within the coming weeks. ...
Gunman jailed for attack on house.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A man who fired a sawn-off shotgun through a neighbour's window following a long-running feud has been locked up to protect the public. Ross Peters, of Spencer Road, Rushden, was yesterday given an indeterminate prison sentence after he admitted three counts of possessing a ...
Councils prioritise 35 social issues.
Jul 01, 2008 ... The county has pledged to tackle the number of failing schools, childhood obesity, teenage pregnancies and the lack of affordable homes as part of a new list of priorities for the future. The 35 targets have been adopted by every council across the county as part of an agreement ...
Dad beats storms in tribute to Rosie.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A father whose toddler daughter died from a brain tumour took part in a gruelling 49-mile bike ride in her memory. His efforts raised [pounds sterling]450 for the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust. It is the second time that Marc Sullivan has taken on a fundraising ...
Shortcuts sought as work begins.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Drivers looked for shortcuts on their way to work yesterday as the knock-on effect of the first day of of a month of roadworks began. The A6 bridge near Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park shut yesterday for safety work which included waterproofing, resurfacing and pathway ...
United want Berbatov.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Manchester United want Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov and are ready to bid [pounds sterling]23m, despite Spurs slapping a [pounds sterling]30m price tag on the Bulgarian. (Daily Mirror) Another Tottenham striker could also be on his way as Sunderland will step up their ...
Olympic selection makes hockey star Panter so very proud.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Anne Panter confessed to feeling a mixture of pride and emotion after being named in the Great Britain ladies hockey squad for this summer's Beijing Olympics. And now the 24-year-old from Irthlingborough has her sights set on the gold medal. But just making the ...
Magical month continues for the in-form White.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Rob White is thoroughly enjoying what has probably been the best month of his career. In the last few weeks the Northamptonshire batsman has produced big innings in three different forms of the game, been capped for his services to the County and earned himself a new ...
Haddon win as Matt has wicket way.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Matt Southam produced a superb bowling display as East Haddon enhanced their chances of promotion by stunning leaders Thrapston with a three-wicket victory. Southam (13-5-32-6) ripped through the visiting order as they were dismissed for just 140 in 40 overs. Indeed, had it not ...
At home with the Hondas.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Round nine of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship takes the Honda Racing F1 Team just seven miles from its base in Brackley to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. The 5.141km (3.194-mile) circuit is one of the fastest and most famous tracks on the F1 calendar, making ...
Runner-up Lee loses out in closing stages.
Jul 01, 2008 ... In his first race in this year's East Midlands Grand Prix road race series Harborough-based veteran Gordon Lee just missed out on top honours when the penultimate round was held over the tough five-mile course which started and finished at Gartree Prison. The event, hosted by ...
Forest end an 18-year wait to lift the trophy.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Corby Forest have won the Northamptonshire Bowls Association's Manfield Cup for the second time. The club's four rinks all won on the day to give them a shot-difference of 46 - eight better than runners-up Kislingbury. The competition sees each club enter four rinks ...
Sounds delightful.
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Corby Singers will be performing at Raunds Methodist Chapel on Monday, July 21, at 2.30pm. Admission is [pounds sterling]2 and all funds ...
Pop in for coffee.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Kettering Twinning Association has organised a coffee morning at the Toller Church Rooms in Gold Street, ...
Feeling spiritual.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Rushden Spiritualist Church will host a clairvoyant evening tomorrow at the church in ...
Step out for a healthy lifestyle.
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Hearty Walkers walking for fitness and health group will be out this week on several days. They will be meeting this evening at 6.30pm, at the Ock 'n' Dough pub, on Thursday at Morrisons car park entrance at 10am, on Friday at the Old Grammarians HQ, Oxford Street, at ...
Just bowl up.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A popular bowls club is on the look-out for members. Stanwick Bowls Club is open to adults and junior players. Annual membership costs ...
Simple pleasures.
Jul 01, 2008 ... All Saints Church in Midland Road, Wellingborough, is holding a series of displays, workshops and activities over the summer, all with the theme A Summer of Simple ...
Attempted robbery of woman in Corby.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A mum pushing her nine-month-old baby in a buggy was approached by a robber as she walked through an underpass. The mugger tried to snatch the woman's handbag as she walked the underpass between Dunedin Road and Viking Way, Corby, at about 10am on Monday. Police said ...
Water crisis: 'Good water by end of week'.
Jul 01, 2008 ... More than three in five homes could have their boil notice lifted by the end of the week. Anglian Water first announced the company was on target to lift the notice for up to 50 per cent of the 108,000 homes which were last week told to boil their water. But ...
Saints legend cooks on Gordon Ramsay's F Word.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Former Northampton Saints rugby star Matt Dawson will show off a different talent on TV tonight - when he stars in Gordon Ramsey's F Word. The England World Cup winner and Franklin's Gardens legend takes his place in the popular Channel 4 programme with his family. ...
Burton Latimer school gets go-ahead to build.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A primary school has been given permission to build an extension after a planning row. Building work on the single-storey extension at St Mary's Primary School in High Street, Burton Latimer, was halted in April when residents complained. The school had begun ...
Sat Nav stolen after car window smashed.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A car had its window smashed and its satellite navigation system stolen in a Northamptonshire village. Police are appealing for witnesses after the car was broken into ...
Beatles tribute band to perform at British Grand Prix.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Formula One fans will get a "ticket to ride" after the British Grand Prix this weekend with classic numbers from a Beatles tribute band. Circuit organisers hope that Silverstone's entertainment package will tempt day trippers to stay until the early evening to smooth the ...
Robinho's agent meets with Chelsea - Tuesday's gossip.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Real Madrid striker Robinho's agent, Vagner Ribeiro, claims to have met Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen about the Brazilian moving to Stamford Bridge. (Press Association, 1223 BST) Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is to hold talks this week with Tottenham keeper Paul ...
Liverpool want Robbie Keane.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Liverpool may have to wait for Xabi Alonso to come back from holiday before moving forward with plans to bid for Tottenham striker Robbie Keane and Aston Villa midefielder Gareth Barry. Rafael Benitez is believed to have offered Crouch plus [pounds sterling]5m to Tottenham for ...
Men can have fun learning to cook for one.
Jul 02, 2008 ... There are plans to hold a series of cooking classes for single men who are fed up with take-aways and ready meals for one. Any man who is living on their own in Rothwell or Desborough have been invited to register their interest so that plans for the three-week course can get ...
Carnival could be a record-breaker.
Jul 02, 2008 ... There are hopes that Desborough Carnival may have raised record amounts for the town. Saturday's event saw thousands of people flock to the town centre as the sun shone down on the celebrations. Chairman of the carnival committee, Michael Crick, said: "It was a ...
Golden anniversary of baby show.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Final preparations are being made for this weekend's annual baby show in Rothwell. The event is celebrating its 50th birthday this year and to mark the occasion organisers have moved it to a week earlier than the town's carnival. Carnival secretary Kay Hughes said ...
Celebrate 10 years.
Jul 02, 2008 ... An annual supper party and an auction of promises will mark the 10th anniversary of the Friends of St Mary's Church in Burton Latimer. It will take place on Saturday, July ...
Confirmation call.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A confirmtaion service is being held on Sunday, July 13, at 10am at St Giles Church, in ...
Tea and a chat.
Jul 02, 2008 ... An over 60s club meets in the Methodist Church in Market Hill, Rothwell, on ...
Trader baffled by order to ban sign.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A shopkeeper has criticised a council which told him to remove a sign because it was not in keeping with the look of the area. Craig Casciani opened Rothwell Tiles in Bell Hill 14 months ago. However, he has received an enforcement notice from the council ordering him to remove ...
Thousands join recycling group.
Jul 02, 2008 ... An internet environmental group which encourages recycling by getting people to swap unwanted goods has attracted more than 3,000 members in the Kettering area. They belong to the town branch of the international Freecycle Network which matches people with items they want to get ...
Jake, 12, heads Down Under for TV challenge.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Thrilled schoolboy Jake Hankins is preparing for the trip of a lifetime when he jets off to Australia to take part in a reality BBC programme. The 12-year-old will fly out to a mystery location in Australia for a four-week challenge for the children's television show Escape ...
Hospital to open off-site car park.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Hundreds of car parking spaces will be created by a hospital in bid to make more room for patients on site. But people living nearby are sceptical it will end the problem of visitors parking outside their homes. Kettering General Hospital said it plans to have 234 ...
Royal send-off for Queen Irene.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Staunch royalist Irene Earle, who has spent more than 20 years caring for elderly people, became queen for a day at a 'royal' garden party to mark her retirement. And among the surprises she received was a letter from Windsor Castle with the Queen's best wishes. She ...
Disabled woman pulled from fire - 9am update.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Brave neighbours rescued a disabled woman who was trapped in her bungalow when a fire broke out. The woman, who has not been named, was pulled from the blaze by neighbours who battled through thick smoke and flames climbing the walls to save her. The rescuers came to ...
Sports chain creates jobs.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Sports chain giant JJB is to create 50 jobs when it opens a new gym and swimming pool in Corby. It has been given the go ahead to open the fitness centre next to a new sports shop on the site of the former Focus store at Phoenix Parkway shopping centre. It is to ...
Youths arrested after airgun incident in Corby.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Two 17-year-old Corby youths have been arrested on suspicion of ABH/wounding after an incident involving an airgun in Corby. The incident happened when a 22-year-old man was cycling along Elizabeth Street close to the Corby Candle ...
Summer's here - but not for long!
Jul 02, 2008 ... Northamptonshire baked in a Mediterranean-style heatwave on the hottest day of the year yesterday - but in true English tradition the good weather won't last. Temperatures reached 26C but a weekend washout has been forecast with heavy showers set to drench the county on ...
Arson-hit house set to be a youth centre.
Jul 02, 2008 ... An arson-hit building is set to be taken over by Corby Beanfield residents and councillors to use as a youth centre. Northamptonshire County Council has confirmed it is happy for the former school caretaker's house in Farmstead Road, Corby, which was attacked by arsonists last ...
Quarry go-ahead for Earls Barton despite protests.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Controversial plans to create a massive quarry in Earls Barton have been passed despite opposition from people living nearby. Northamptonshire County Council's development control committee yesterday passed Hanson Quarry Products' plans to extract 2.6 million tonnes of sand and ...
Saints stand years behind.
Jul 02, 2008 ... The new director of performance at Franklin's Gardens says Northampton Saints are two years behind the fitness levels of the top six Guinness Premiership sides. Nick Johnston has delivered a blast of realism to fans after their double- winning unbeaten campaign in National ...
Cooper's plan to be the most organised.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Kettering Town returned for pre-season training this morning with manager Mark Cooper determined to make them one of the most organised outfits in Blue Square Premier. The Poppies first-team squad were due to joined by "three or four" trialists, including striker Tes ...
Tickets on sale for quarter-final.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Northamptonshire have been allocated 200 tickets for Monday night's Twenty20 Cup quarter-final clash with Essex at Chelmsford. They are ...
Transfer talk - July.
Jul 02, 2008 ... This summer we will keep football fans updated on all the latest news, transfers and rumours involving our local teams and their league rivals. So keep checking this page to find out what's happening at your favourite club. Wednesday, July 2 Derby date set for third ...
Coulthard hopes for change of luck.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Two-time British Grand Prix winner David Coulthard knows he is already "on the back foot" heading into this weekend's race at Silverstone. Coulthard's unfortunate season continued at the Northamptonshire circuit last Thursday during testing when he was involved in an accident ...
Villa happy to stay at Valencia - Wednesday's football gossip.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Spain striker David Villa insists he is happy to stay at Valencia despite the top-scoring Euro 2008 campaign which turned him one of the summer's top transfer market targets. (AP, 1330) Germany striker Lukas Podolski, one of the stars of Euro 2008, is set to move from Bayern ...
Swann singing praises of his old friend White.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Northamptonshire old boy Graeme Swann is delighted his pal Rob White is finally showing his true colours in a County shirt. England all-rounder Swann came through the youth ranks at Wantage Road with White. But, while Swann's career blossomed at an early age and kept ...
Weldon make Hay as unbeaten Richard guides them to a win.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Richard Hay was the rock for Weldon as he guided them to an eight-wicket win at Northampton Saints 3rd in Division Five. Hay finished 78 not out and shared in two big partnerships with Luke Cummins (70) and Connor McAlinden (42no). Batting first, Saints reached 211-7 ...
Luka leads strong S&L to another solid victory.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A spirited second-half showing by Corby S&L A earned them a 5-3 home win over Kilsby in Division One of the Northampton Town League. Corby, weakened by the absence of Neil Shorrock, were being held 2-2 by the top-flight freshmen at the halfway stage - only to edge it in the ...
Miniature racers.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A Scalextric club with a four-lane track and an annual championship is holding weekly meetings. Wellingborough Scalextric Club welcomes new members and meets on Thursdays at 7.30pm at ...
Woman admits setting fire to flat.
Jul 02, 2008 ... An arsonist has admitted setting fire to a flat in Kettering last year. Hazel Noble, 21, of London Road, Kettering, set fire to the flat in Drill Hall Court, off Station Road, on September 23, 2006. She pleaded guilty to a charge of arson at Northampton Crown Court ...
Sat nav stolen.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A Ccar window was smashed and a sat nav system stolen from a car in Holcot. The car was broken into between 11.45pm on Monday and midnight ...
Water crisis: Hopes rise after water contamination scare.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Three quarters of Anglian Water customers affected by the poisoned water outbreak are set to have their boil notices removed. The company believes 75 per cent of customers in the Northampton area will have safe, clean drinking water from Friday after traces of cryptosporidium ...
Yobs branded 'mindless' after they damage an ambulance.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Ambulance managers are describing the behaviour of youngsters as 'mindless', after they damaged a fast response vehicle while the crew were inside a property responding to a 999 emergency call. "It is totally unacceptable for people to damage our emergency vehicles, particularly ...
Diamonds and Poppies fixture lists released.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Rivals Rushden & Diamonds and Kettering Town will clash on August 23 after today's fixture lists were released. Diamonds will kick off their Blue Square Premier campaign with a trip to newly-promoted Eastbourne Borough on Saturday, August 9. Garry Hill's side then ...
First-class deal for Osano.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Curtis Osano has pledged his future to Rushden & Diamonds in a deal described as "first-class" by chairman Keith Cousins. The 21-year-old Kenyan spent the majority of last season at right-back in Garry Hill's mid-table side while on loan from Reading. After holding ...
Rushden history society is after memories.
Jul 03, 2008 ... Researchers working on a [pounds sterling]49,500 project to document a town's social history have urged people to tell them their childhood memories. The Rushden Research Group has gathered thousands of pages of information on its website since it launched more than a year ago. ...
Bumper thrills at Wellingborough's big parade.
Jul 03, 2008 ... Powerful cars, motorbikes and dragsters are set to parade through a town centre. The Wellingborough Parade of Power will see 35 vehicles complete five laps of a route around Sheep Street, Silver Street, Church Street, Market Street, Midland Road and Castle Way. The ...
Kettering and Corby to keep rail bus service.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A rail link bus between Corby and Kettering will continue when Corby's railway station opens, a bus company has confirmed. The X1 service will continue to run after a train service starts between the two towns in December. However, bus operator Stagecoach has said ...