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00:00 This is your morning update for Monday, 25 March 2024.
00:06 Brought to you by the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.
00:10 More frustrated businesses and residents have spoken out against construction chaos at a new housing development being built in Northampton.
00:21 Threadgolds, a scrapyard and recovery firm, have spoken out against ongoing construction disruptions that have severely impacted their business in Sandy Lane Harphole for the past nine months.
00:35 The man in charge of fixing potholes in Northampton has been criticised for making what the opposition has called a "completely out of order" and "outrageous" comment when questioned about the state of the roads.
00:50 Conservative councillor Phil Larratt, in charge of highways at West Northamptonshire Council, has been called to apologise for a comment he made at a full council meeting.
01:02 The A45 in Northampton was closed in both directions after a police pursuit came to a conclusion on the dual carriageway.
01:11 At around 8.10pm on Thursday, March 21st, a vehicle failed to stop for police officers, which led to a pursuit.
01:22 Three men have been jailed after cigarettes, alcohol and scratch cards were stolen during a series of co-op robberies across Northampton.
01:32 Rufus Johnson Cuthbertson, aged 28, Darren Guthrie, aged 37 and Adam Mark Crampton, aged 30, all previously of Northampton, appeared at Northampton Crown Court earlier this month to be sentenced, after they all pleaded guilty to a range of charges.
01:52 Clean air protesters took to the Guildhall to stage a fake death in front of onlooking councillors and the public gallery, in a call to action for the council to publish their air quality strategy.
02:04 A 1000 Voices campaign member fell to the ground, coughing and spluttering, during one of the group's speeches to West Northamptonshire Council, in an attempt to replicate a death caused by air pollution.
02:19 A huge Northamptonshire farmhouse with converted barns and an outdoor swimming pool has been added to the market.
02:27 The house in Norton, near Daventry, has four bedrooms, three reception rooms and two bathrooms in the main farmhouse, and has a further 10 bedrooms or letting rooms in separate annexes.
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