Craig Lewis
BBC Local Live

Thanks for joining the team across Northamptonshire today. We'll be back tomorrow at 08:00 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the county.

Here's a quick summary of our big stories today:

• Tributes have been paid to ballet dancer, Jonathan Ollivier, who died in a motorbike accident

• Police are treating a fire in Corby in which seven transporters were damaged as suspicious

• AFC Rushden & Diamonds are appealing against a Southern Football League rule saying the club should register a player for the number one shirt, despite it having been retired in honour of former goalkeeper Dale Roberts

Craig Lewis
BBC Local Live

AFC Rushden & Diamonds goalkeeper Matt Finley will wear the number 17 shirt again in their away game against St Ives Town tomorrow night.

Supporters are again set to collect money to ward off any potential fines from the Southern League, who have insisted the club register the number one shirt despite it having been previously retired in honour of former goalkeeper Dale Roberts who died in 2010.

Craig Lewis
BBC Local Live

Supporters at AFC Rushden & Diamonds raised money at Saturday's match against Petersfield Town to pay any potential fines the club may be given for flouting a Southern Football League edict to register the number one shirt.

Image source, @Fuel_sell

The club retired the number in honour of former keeper Dale Roberts who killed himself five years ago. Current stopper Matt Finley (pictured) wore the number 17 jersey at the weekend.

The BBC understands the decision was backed by supporters who do not want to see the number one shirt brought back.

BBC Weather

Showers will continue through the evening, but it should turn generally dry by the start of the night. Skies will then become largely clear with light winds. It will turn cool in more rural spots with the odd mist patch in places and a minimum temperature of 11C (52F).

Tomorrow: After a fairly chilly start, it will be a fine morning with plenty of sunshine. Through the afternoon, more cloud will bubble up, but it should remain dry with the best of the sunshine across Towcester and other southern areas. Maximum temperature: 22C (72F).

BBC Sport

Northampton have no new injury concerns for tomorrow's match against Blackpool in the Capital One Cup after defeating Bristol Rovers 1-0 at the weekend.

Ricky Holmes, Sam Hoskins and Dominic Calvert-Lewin could start after only making the bench against Rovers.

Martin Heath
BBC Radio Northampton

Councils have to be able to show enough houses are being built to meet the projected need over the next five years and several developments have been rejected by councillors, but then allowed on appeal because the extra homes are needed.

Image source, Google

But now officials in Daventry say they can demonstrate they've already approved enough homes.

Permission for this latest development on Barby Road has already been refused. The developers reduced the number of homes and added a public open space, but officials say a big estate like this can't be justified in open countryside and they've advised councillors meeting on Wednesday to turn it down.

BBC Radio Northampton

Plans for a new housing estate in a village, near Daventry, look set to be turned down later this week.

Image source, Google

Officials say there's "no need" for the 65 houses to be built in Barby Road, Kilsby as enough homes have already been approved that meet the projected need specified by the government.

Jodie Smith
BBC News

It's the last chance for Daventry's dog lovers (and loathers) to have their say about whether owners should have to carry poo bags with them by law.

Daventry District Council is consulting on proposals to introduce new powers to target irresponsible dog owners.

The council also wants people's views on whether dogs should be kept on leads in Daventry Country Park. The consultation, external closes at midnight.

Craig Lewis
BBC Local Live

Northamptonshire Police say they are treating a fire at a haulage firm last night as "suspicious".

The blaze in Geddington Road, Corby, saw seven vehicle transporters at Robinsons Auto Logistics damaged. It was attended by eight fire engines and about 40 firefighters.

An investigation into the fire, which started at 23:30 on Sunday and was brought under control by 14:00, has been launched.

BBC Radio Northampton

A nine-year-old boy has been assaulted in Daventry while he was waiting on the pavement with his dog.

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The incident happened on Friday afternoon between 15:30-15:45 in Kingsley Avenue. A man walked past the boy and the dog barked. The man turned around, swore and pushed the dog at the boy, causing him to fall backwards.

The man is described as white, with tanned skin, about 6ft, and about 40-years-old. He was balding with black, greying hair and spoke with a Scottish accent.

Sarah Foster
BBC Radio Northampton

Here are the top stories we've been following this afternoon:

• A man's body has been found in Victoria Park in St James, Northampton

• Tributes are being paid to Northampton-born ballet dancer Jonathan Ollivier who has died in a motorbike crash

• The company at the centre of a "suspicious" transporter fire in Corby last night has confirmed an investigation is under way

Craig Lewis
BBC Local Live

AFC Rushden & Diamonds, external have still not registered anyone for the club's number one shirt, despite a Southern Football League edict saying clubs should.

Image source, Getty Images

The Southern League Division One Central side had retired the goalkeepers shirt in honour of former stopper Dale Roberts, who killed himself in December 2010.

The BBC has learned the club has received some calls on social media for one of the coaching staff, or even one of Dale's relatives, to be registered to the number, but no decision to fill the number has been taken yet.

BBC Radio Northampton

Police are investigating the discovery of a man's body in a park in Northampton.

It was found by a member of the public just before 14:00 today in Victoria Park in St James. Officers believe the body has been there for a while and they are not treating it as suspicious.

Jodie Smith
BBC News

Northamptonshire Police has released a video of two drugs raids, external carried out in Daventry earlier today.

Image source, Northamptonshire Police

The force said it conducted two search warrants under the misuse of drugs act. Two people at different addresses were given cautions for possession of cannabis.

BBC Travel

The A508 is slow in both directions in Roade around the High Street junction through the roadworks area.

All other routes are looking clear.

David Keller
BBC News Online

Dragons' Den contestant Polly Gotschi, from Northampton, said despite having two offers for her vitiligo skin cream product, she was eventually swayed by new Dragon Sarah Willingham (left), netting £40,000 in the process.

"Sarah's lovely and I think she really got what I was trying to do with the product, rather than where it was going to be stored or how much money it was going to make," she told BBC Radio Northampton.

Northants Herald & Post

London Road in Northampton is to be closed to remove disused railway tracks, external.

David Keller
BBC News Online

The University of Northampton is the latest to offer it condolences following the news Northampton ballet dancer Jonathan Ollivier was killed at the weekend.

Image source, Twitter

It tweeted, external to say its thoughts were with the dancer's family and friends. The 38-year-old, who died in a crash hours before he was due on stage at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, was awarded an honorary fellowship from the university in 2006.

David Keller
BBC News Online

Boys from Long Buckby RFC got to pose with the Rugby World Cup, external at Moulton College earlier today, as the Webb Ellis trophy continued its tour around Northamptonshire.

They also got the chance to meet former Northampton Saints and 2003 world cup winner Paul Grayson.

Stephen Davies, principal of Moulton College, said: "At Moulton we are delighted to be the team base for Uruguay and seeing the cup has really brought home to us how exciting it is to be involved in this wonderful sporting event".

Northampton Chronicle and Echo

A bus service has been reinstated, external to an area on Northampton after a campaign by residents and a local councillor.