Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 8 August, 2024

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00:00This is your morning update for Thursday the 8th of August 2024, brought to you by the

00:07Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

00:11Three people arrested ahead of planned protest, which ended peacefully as hundreds gathered

00:16in Northampton Town Centre.

00:19Hundreds of counter-protesters gathered peacefully from around 7pm at the junction of Kettering

00:25Road and Clare Street in Northampton Town Centre on Wednesday evening.

00:32In pictures, scared business owners in Northampton boarded up shops ahead of planned far-right

00:37protest.

00:39Many businesses on Kettering Road and Wellingborough Road closed yesterday and boarded up their

00:44premises in preparation for the planned protest against immigration.

00:51Worried shopkeepers stand united as the shutters come down in Kettering Road.

00:56We have to protect our town.

00:59Kettering Road, one of the most diverse streets in Northampton, was today, Wednesday, left

01:04bracing itself for a far-right protest scheduled for 8pm this evening when masked thugs threatened

01:10to descend.

01:13Violent attacker jailed after pulling woman's hair out and threatening her with a knife

01:18in Northampton.

01:20Andrew Williamson of Stalford Rise, Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes appeared at Northampton Crown

01:26Court on July 25th to be sentenced after he pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual

01:32bodily harm.

01:33The 41-year-old was reported on November 4th, 2023 to be attacking a woman in Northampton.

01:43Cobblers squad hit by illness bug ahead of opening game against Bristol Rovers.

01:48The squad head to Bristol Rovers to kick off the new campaign on Saturday, 5.30pm kick-off,

01:54but manager John Brady could be without several players due to sickness.

02:01All aboard brand new bus service to Stanwick Lakes.

02:04When another operator pulled out of the BuzzEat to Wellingborough route, the village hopper,

02:09working with North Northamptonshire Council, stepped in and extended the route.

02:16Giraffes and monkeys at Woburn Safari Park enjoy summer party thrown by keepers.

02:22Complete with veggie versions of ice creams, cocktails and sandwiches, the reactions of

02:27the Barbary macaques were priceless as they enjoyed sitting at their mini picnic table

02:33eating their carefully crafted picnic lunch.

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