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Updates for Tuesday, 29 March 2016
A children's centre provider says county council should cut libraries to reduce the impact on centres
Northampton Town stretched their unbeaten League Two run to 17 games as they drew 2-2 with Mansfield
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Mereway may not now open until Thursday morningpublished at 17:55
BBC TravelMereway in Northampton is currently closed due to a gas leak and the authorities have just said it may be closed for around 36 hours...
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End of X postWeather: Rain arriving with the risk of thunder and lightningpublished at 17:50
Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weatherAn area of heavy rain with gusty winds will move in with downpours of hail mixed in and a risk of thunder and lightning and lows of 2C.
Fine start to tomorrow with sunny spells during the morning. Turning cloudy into the afternoon bringing the risk of showers and highs of 12C.
Shop robbed at knife-point in Northamptonpublished at 17:34 BST 29 March 2016
A shop worker has been threatened with a knife in Northampton.
Image source, GoogleThree men escaped with cash and cigarettes from the store in Weedon Road in the St James area of the town on Friday night, police said.
They're all described as white and were wearing masks, hooded tops and dark trousers.
Ambulance service looking to cut calls about diabetespublished at 17:20
Pete Cooper
BBC Local LiveMore than 50 potentially avoidable 999 calls related to a diabetes complication are made every month in Northamptonshire, according to the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS).
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is launching a drive to cut the number of emergency calls it receives to do with hypoglycaemia, external.
EMAS says these emergency calls could be avoided if people with diabetes managed their condition better.
Headlines: Tata holding steel meeting... Gas leak closes Merewaypublished at 17:00
Sarah Foster
BBC Radio NorthamptonIf you're catching up, here are the headlines:
- The steel company, Tata, is holding a crucial board meeting in India which could decide the fate of its plants in Port Talbot, south Wales and Corby
- Mereway in Northampton is closed until 18:00 because of a gas leak
- The export bar on the Egyptian statue Sekhemka that was sold by Northampton Borough Council in 2014 expires tonight
Kettering's Wilson through to second round of China Open snookerpublished at 16:38 BST 29 March 2016
BBC SportKyren Wilson, from Kettering, has made it through to the second round of the China Open beating fellow Englishman Tom Ford five frames to three.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe ranking event is the last before the season-ending World Championship in Sheffield, which starts on 16 April.
Weedon Road accident causing more travel problems in Northamptonpublished at 16:15
BBC TravelThere has been a serious accident on the A4500 Weedon Road in Northampton which has partially blocked the carriageway at the Tweed Road junction.
This is in addition to problems on Mereway which is closed due to a gas leak and is likely to remain so until 18:00.
Also, it is first day of month of roadworks on the A508 at the Boughton roundabout which is causing delays both in and out of Northampton.
County council should make an 'evaluation of libraries' rather than cut children's centrespublished at 15:56 BST 29 March 2016
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporterI've been the Woodnewton children's centre in Corby to see how planned county council could potentially affect them...
Mereway in Northampton may not be fully open until midnight due to a gas leakpublished at 15:36 BST 29 March 2016
BBC TravelA gas leak has closed Mereway in Northampton completely between the Tesco roundabout and the Queen Eleanor roundabout.
The authorities say this closure will be well into the evening rush hour...
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End of X postSuspected gas leak closes road in Northamptonpublished at 15:21 BST 29 March 2016
BBC TravelMereway in Northampton has been closed according Northamptonshire Highways because of gas leak...
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End of X postCocktail bar in Northampton shut because ‘managers were unable to contact landlords’published at 14:58 BST 29 March 2016
A successful Northampton cocktail bar closed, external because the landlords could not be contacted as the end of the lease approached, managers claim.
Weather: Cloudy with rain comingpublished at 14:30 BST 29 March 2016
This photo from BBC Weather Watcher 'physics gemma' shows the grey clouds rolling into Kettering.
Those grey clouds will turn to showers through the afternoon with a hight of 10C (50F).
There are more details on the BBC Weather website.
Sekhemka statue export bar expires todaypublished at 14:00
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporterThe export bar on the Egyptian statue Sekhemka, that was sold by Northampton Borough Council in 2014 for almost £15m, expires tonight.
Image source, AFPIt was put in place by the government to try and keep the statue in the UK.
Earlier this month the Egyptian ambassador suggested trying to buy the statue and then loaning it to the British Museum.
Headlines: Steel jobs talk under way... Sekhemka statue export bar expires tonightpublished at 13:30
Sarah Foster
BBC Radio NorthamptonHere are your lunchtime headlines:
- Crucial talks are under way in India to decide the fate of thousands of steel workers' jobs in the UK including some in Corby
- The export bar on the Egyptian statue Sekhemka that was sold by Northampton Borough Council in 2014 expires tonight
Council should save money from libraries not children's centre says providerpublished at 12:55
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporterJulie Kitson, who's responsible for the Woodnewton children's centre in Corby says the county council should "look at" libraries rather than close children's centres.
Image source, PAThe county council says it needs to save £3m from the £10m children's centre budget and plans to close eight centres, move a further nine to libraries and make significant cuts to others.
A consultation on the plan runs until 28 April - the council says it won't comment until that has finished.
Two shotguns stolen from house in Orlingburypublished at 12:30
Pete Cooper
BBC Local LiveTwo men wearing balaclavas broke into a house on Pytchley Road in Orlingbury, near Kettering, and stole two shotguns, police said.
A van was also stolen between 19:00 on Sunday, 27 March and 08:20 on Monday, 28 March.
No minister in India for Tata board meeting Downing Street saypublished at 12:00
Norman Smith
Assistant political editorDowning Street has confirmed no UK government minister is in India for crucial talks about the future of steel production in the UK, which could affect Corby.
Number 10 said there had been no invitation or request for a minister to attend today's Tata board meeting.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said: "We want to see a strong British steel industry at the heart of our manufacturing base. We have worked hard to support the industry in Britain and will continue to work with companies like Tata."
Fire-hit Northampton bar will become 'most attractive building on the street'published at 11:33 BST 29 March 2016
The new owners of a blaze-hit bar in Northampton town centre, external hope to turn it into an 'icon' that will become 'the most attractive building in the street'.
Northamptonshire closes two mobile libraries but has large increase in volunteerspublished at 11:10
BBC News EnglandAn investigation by the BBC has revealed that in the last six years some 15,500 volunteers, external have been recruited by UK libraries, with one of the biggest increases in Northamptonshire.
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