Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 22 April, 2024

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00:00 This is your morning update for Monday the 22nd of April 2024.

00:07 Brought to you by the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

00:11 A fantastic new Irish pub is set to open soon in Northampton Town Centre.

00:17 Here's what we know so far.

00:19 Plans were unveiled in April 2023 to transform part of the city building in Fish Street

00:26 into a Rosie O'Leary's Irish boozer.

00:30 The founder of a newly opened Northampton's wellbeing hub says his dream has come true

00:37 as the first month proved a success.

00:40 The wellbeing space, which prioritises and nurtures mental and physical health,

00:46 opened in High Street, Long Buckby on March 2nd.

00:50 The venture is the brainchild of Tom Shepard

00:53 and he has brought lots of professionals offering different services

00:57 under one roof for the community to make the most of.

01:00 Here's where an artificial intelligence, AI camera,

01:06 which automatically detects driving offences, could be in Northamptonshire this week.

01:11 National Highways, NH, has confirmed there is currently one AI camera

01:16 currently in use in the county to catch drivers for breaking multiple rules.

01:23 A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison

01:27 for class A drugs offences after a large quantity was found in his BMW, say police.

01:35 At around 5pm on July 13th last year, René Ross, previously of Falcon Crescent, Wolverton,

01:43 was stopped in Colwyn Road, Northampton, in a black BMW.

01:47 A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police said

01:51 Excitement has been building ahead of the University of Northampton's

01:56 final year Catwalk Couture Show for one creative student,

02:00 whose award-winning designs have landed in the UK from Italy.

02:04 Final year fashion design student Maria Macedo has turned the page on contemporary fashion

02:10 by designing fairy tale inspired textiles as part of the GFFX Cornet

02:16 Digital Printed Fashion Textile Competition,

02:20 shooting her shot at one of only three winning places.

02:23 Northampton Town Centre Business Improvement District, BID, last year

02:29 secured £10,000 of lottery funding to pay for the work in St Catherine's Gardens.

02:35 Initial work involved the creation of new planters, bins and seating areas,

02:41 while eye-catching murals were painted on the walls.

02:45 He was part of the tight-knit Northampton team of 2010/11,

02:50 as they marched all over Europe and booked a place in the Heineken Cup Final

02:55 as well as the Premiership Playoffs.

02:57 But Saints would eventually fall agonisingly short in both competitions,

03:02 losing a brutal league semi-final at Leicester Tigers

03:06 and a dramatic European showpiece to Leinster.

03:11 A positive step forward has been made as 25 electronic road signs

03:16 across West Northamptonshire will display anti-littering messages

03:20 until the end of May.

03:22 Using electronic road signs to display encouraging messages

03:26 is something the Northamptons' litter wombles first brought to the attention

03:30 of West Northamptonshire Council in March last year.

03:33 For more news go to northamptoncron.co.uk

03:40 And for more videos check out ShotsTV.com

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