Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 22 July, 2025

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00:00This is your morning update for Tuesday, the 22nd of July, 2025.

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

00:12Registered sex offender who ran off from Northampton's home

00:15jailed for thousands of indecent images of children.

00:19John Carver, of No Fixed Abode,

00:22appeared at King's Lynn Crown Court on Friday, July 18th, for sentencing,

00:26after he pleaded guilty to eight counts of distributing indecent images of a child,

00:33two counts of making indecent images of a child, and seven counts of blackmail.

00:40Pedestrian in her 40s taken to hospital with serious injuries following collision in Northampton.

00:46The incident happened in Semilong Road on Saturday, July 19th at around 9.20pm.

00:52Saints duo Pollock and Smith start for Lions in final midweek match of tour.

01:00Alex Mitchell will maintain his record of being included in the matchday squad

01:04for all of the games on the tour of Australia,

01:06so far as the Saints scrum half is named among the replacements.

01:13Wanted, police searching for 34-year-old after allegations of theft,

01:17burglary and robbery, including in Northampton.

01:20Northamptonshire Police is appealing for information to help find James Michael Freeland.

01:27New co-op shop with in-store bakery opens

01:30and Costa in Northampton's service station on M1.

01:34Roadchef, on the northbound carriageway of the M1, near Northampton,

01:39opened the convenience store on Wednesday, July 16th.

01:42The 1,400-square-foot shop includes an in-store bakery, floral section and Costa Coffee Express.

01:52Vital Charity calls on community to support Journey to £150,000 of fundraising for building purchase.

02:00The Doddridge Centre in St. James, which operates two venues,

02:05hosts a variety of community engagement events,

02:08as well as supporting people with hot drinks, breakfasts and a warm space to utilise.

02:15Immersive Experience venue based on Popular Game is set to arrive in Northampton in early 2026.

02:22Brothers Jason and John Layton hope to introduce Dungeons & Dragons-themed business,

02:28Tabletop and Tankards, in January next year,

02:31which will give gamers a reason to travel to the town.

02:37Northampton man jailed for being getaway driver for gang,

02:40who used heat-seeking drones to find cannabis factories to rob.

02:44Andrew Thomas, of Northampton, was one of six gangsters sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday, July 18th.

02:53The gang used aerial drone footage to identify houses in Nottinghamshire with cannabis,

02:58grows before stealing more than £250,000 of the plants.

03:04For more news, go to northamptoncron.co.uk.