Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 21 August, 2024

The latest headlines from the Northampton Chronicle & Echo

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00:00This is your morning update for Wednesday, the 21st of August, 2024.

00:06Brought to you by the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

00:11Major fire bellowed with black smoke as emergency vehicles sped through residential area.

00:18Northamptonshire police last night closed St Andrew's Road from the junction with Norfolk Terrace,

00:23while firefighters dealt with a large fire at a business unit.

00:29Air ambulance called after driver crashes car into church in Northampton.

00:35The incident happened just before 11am on Tuesday, August 20th at the Emanuel Church in Billing Brook Road, Western Favelle.

00:46Man in his 80s in hospital with life-threatening injuries after collision at Northampton supermarket.

00:53The incident happened at around 11.50am on Monday, August 19th at Asda in Thornton Road off Kingsthorpe Road.

01:04Disabled Northampton veteran to take part in rally for charity that helped him through tough period.

01:10Dean Griffin from Northampton, who is known as the Travelling Veteran on social media and YouTube,

01:16at Travelling Veteran, travels to help veterans who struggle with disabilities

01:21and has been known to take part in the Veterans Honour Rally previously.

01:27The best and worst performing West Northamptonshire secondary schools ahead of 2024 GCSE results day.

01:35New Department for Education data has been published,

01:39which shows the academic progress of pupils who sat their GCSE exams earlier this year.

01:47New Greggs with seating area for 26 people opens in busy part of Northampton, creating three jobs.

01:55The sausage roll giant closed its smaller store in Unit 2 at the Brackmills Trade Park last week

02:01and moved to larger premises on Friday.

02:06Saints set to face local rivals in pool stages of Premiership Rugby Cup.

02:12Phil Dowson's side start their Pool 2 campaign with a televised home game against Tigers on Friday, November 1st, kick off 7.45pm.

02:23New charity CEO describes first two months as a learning curve and is loving getting to know the community.

02:30Louise Danielchuck, the former deputy CEO of the Hope Centre, bid farewell to the charity after six years

02:37to take on the chief executive role at Growing Together Northampton.

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