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• Homegrown officer picked for post
  A new assistant chief constable for Northamptonshire Police, who began his career in the county, has been announced.
  
  
• Consultation on town centre plans
  Residents are being consulted over multi-million pound proposals to regenerate the centre of Towcester.
  
  
• Boy drowns in sea off Blackpool
  A 14-year-old boy, from the Northampton area, drowns after getting into difficulties in the sea off Blackpool.
  
  
• Man dies in overtaking collision
  A motorcyclist dies in hospital when he crashes with a car as he overtakes on a Northamptonshire road.
  
  
• Tribute to motorbike crash victim
  Tributes are paid to a Northamptonshire man who died after his motorcycle was in collision with a car.
  
  
• Overturned lorry blocks junction
  An overturned lorry beneath junction 15a on the M1 at Northampton causes widespread congestion on roads.
  
  
• Circuit memories
  Decades of Silverstone GP memories
  
  
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