Northampton Chronicle & Echo Morning Update 8 October, 2025

The latest headlines from the Northampton Chronicle & Echo

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00:00This is your morning update for Wednesday the 8th of October 2025.

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

00:12Unbelievable! Dog walkers targeted and fined £100 each for walking their pets off lead at Popular Park in Northampton,

00:21despite signs being contradictory.

00:23Litter wardens from Kingdom, contracted by West Northamptonshire Council, WNC,

00:29who enforce Public Space Protection Orders, PSPO, in the county,

00:34have been slammed for targeting visitors at Far Cotton Recreation Ground.

00:40No update on opening date of new £54.5m Northampton Relief Road two months after completion.

00:48The £54.5m North West Relief Road, NWRR, is still closed,

00:56and West Northamptonshire Council, WNC, has not issued any update since it was completed at the end of August.

01:05New safety measures installed to stop motorists driving wrong way down busy road in Northampton.

01:11Take a look at these new safety measures to stop motorists driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway in Northampton.

01:21Award-winning dance fitness community celebrates incredible start since expanding to Northampton.

01:28The Sweat & Glow Club was founded by Sophie Crywald in May 2023,

01:34after she relocated from London back to Northamptonshire.

01:37New safety measures installed to stop motorists driving wrong way down busy road in Northampton.

01:45Take a look at these new safety measures to stop motorists driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway in Northampton.

01:55Free food for our junior players.

01:58Blisworth Football Chairman Richard Hedges told The Echo how Blisworth are trying to develop and grow,

02:04as well as coming to terms with the newly built facilities.

02:10Portuguese lorry driver jailed after stabbing man in the back several times

02:14during extreme road rage incident on M1 in Northamptonshire.

02:20Mikaylo Kuzian of Oliveira de Frades, Portugal,

02:23was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on September 8,

02:27the day he was due to stand trial.

02:29The much-changed Northampton Town line-up that we think Kevin Nolan will pick at Walsall in EFL Trophy.

02:38Here's our best guess as to the starting line-up that we'll see at the Bescott.

02:45Man, 43, charged with attempted arson following attack at Kettering Muslim Community Centre.

02:51Arif, 43, will appear at Northampton Magistrates' Court this morning, October 7,

02:5719th.

02:59Brackley and Towsester Developments to host Moving Information Open Day.

03:04After becoming the first major UK retirement living provider to permanently remove all exit fees,

03:11Churchill Living is hosting two Moving Information Day events for over-60s

03:16on Wednesday 22nd October at its Watling Lodge development in Towsester,

03:2110.30am, and Ellesmere Lodge in Brackley, 2pm.

03:25For more news go to northamptoncron.co.uk.