Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 23 April, 2024

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00:00This is your morning update for Tuesday, the 23rd of April, 2024.

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

00:12A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault outside a Dustin pub

00:19over the weekend.

00:21Between 1am and 1.30am on Sunday, April 21st, a man sustained facial injuries and lost consciousness

00:29following a serious assault outside the Melbourne Arms in Dustin.

00:36A powerful open letter signed by five domestic abuses charities accuses West Northamptonshire

00:42Council of sending out a dangerous message in the ongoing case surrounding its former

00:48leader.

00:49Jonathan Nunn stood down with immediate effect as leader of WNC on Thursday evening following

00:55mounting pressure to resign after BBC investigations published further allegations from five women

01:02relating to claims of domestic abuse.

01:07Men living in certain parts of West Northamptonshire could live almost 15 years longer than others

01:13just 20 miles away, according to shocking figures in a council report.

01:19The local authority's Director of Public Health Annual Report 2023, which addresses the current

01:25wellbeing needs of the public and health inequities, has revealed that, on average,

01:30people living in the most affluent areas of the county can expect to live eight or nine

01:35years longer than those in the most deprived areas.

01:41Plans to renovate parks and create new ones to fill noticeable gaps across West Northamptonshire

01:47have been set out by the council as part of a lengthy development strategy.

01:53West Northamptonshire Council currently manages 154 parks and green spaces throughout the

01:59region, including country parks, meadows, recreational parks, play areas, linear parks

02:05and memorial gardens.

02:09An exciting nationwide event is coming to Northampton for the first time next month

02:14and you do not want to miss out on the fun.

02:18The pup-up cafe is expecting to welcome up to 200 dogs and their owners across the two

02:23sessions they have got planned.

02:28John Brady believes Cobblers will have an even bigger mountain to climb to survive next

02:33season after warning that it will be the strongest and most competitive League One for many years.

02:40Town have thrived in their first season back in the third tier following promotion 12 months

02:45ago, currently occupying 14th place having already chalked up their best points tally

02:50at this level for 16 years.

02:55We reveal the latest update on the £10m transformation works at Northampton's Market Square.

03:02Northampton's Market Square has been closed since February last year, while contractors

03:07Stepnell carry out £10m worth of works to refurbish the area on behalf of West Northampton's

03:14Council.

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