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Newsletter edition 159
2nd Mar 2012
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3rd Mar 2012
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welcome to your AMAZing newsletter
covering Towcester, Silverstone, Whittlebury and the Villages of NN12

Newsletter introduction...

Grand Prix has passed for another year.

A bit of frankly welcome rain has also arrived this week.

A very successful British Grand Prix at Silverstone well done to Richard Phillips and his team. However its less than two weeks to the Silverstone Classic and there family tickets to be won see story. Only a week later another Grand Prix, the Superbikes.

Talking about Silverstone the Editor would like to thank Mark Sutton at Sutton Images for providing some fabulous images from the F1 Grand Prix. See advert for GP Week. 

Things are a little calmer,  Carnation Society Annual Summer Show at Bell Plantation last day today, Towcester Country  Market in the Chantry House tomorrow morning, Leisure Rides continue at the Leisure Centre.

Friday sees Soundbox at Vision Youth Cafe.

Saturday Silverstone Motorcycles whilst in the middle of their refit are having a ride out for Victory Motorcycles.

Sunday sees Afternoon Teas in Litchborough, Car Boot Sale at Potterspury.

Wakefield Farm Shop fruit picking season has started, Raspberries now available.

Make a note that the weekend 24/25th July there is a chance to celebrate 2012 with South Northants Leisure - see story, more details to follow.

With the end of term upon us Towcester's Present Thinking has some cracking ideas for teacher's presents - see story. 

Full round up of local news, what's on, village reports, sports reports, financial bulletin, weekly recipe its all here. Remember AboutMyArea/NN12 is updated every day throughout the day, if you are holding an event, doing something interesting or want some publicity - just contact the Editor.

James Rudd - Site Editor 

Towcester's Sutton Images Support F1 Charity The drivers and teams of the Formula One world have again supported the annual StarCards F1 charity auction, supporting Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London. Read more...

Tows Beat Rushden By 118 Runs Towcestrians luck with the toss rolls on into week 10, after losing the 9th toss in a row and being inserted to bat first by Rushden. Read more...

Instanbul Marathon Challenge For Abthorpe Friends Come rain or shine the Village Fund Group hopes that all our children will go to the Green at 4:30pm on Saturday 24th July to enjoy fun and games. Later that evening there will be a village fish and chip supper Read more...

Red Bull's Webber Wins British F1 Grand Prix At Silverstone - Not Bad For The Second Driver Webber a popular winner comenting: Not bad for the second driver Read more...

Police Warn Northants Residents As Temperatures Soar With many forecasters predicting a long hot summer for 2010 and with soaring temperatures set for the weekend, Northamptonshire Police is urging homeowners to help reduce their own chances of falling victim to crime. Read more...

Stay Healthy in Hot Weather After seeing an increase in emergency hospital admissions due to the hot weather, NHS Northamptonshire is reminding people to enjoy the sunny weather but to take appropriate precautions with temperatures predicted to rise in the coming days. Read more...

Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton Build Their Own F1 Car The teams make it look easy, see how the drivers get on Read more...

Dog Walk and Barbecue All welcome, any breed of dog goes free Read more...

Towcester U3A Towcester U3A is a new organisation for the retired and semi retired in this area. Read more...

Sir Stirling Moss To Make Racing Return At Silverstone Classic Following Accident At Home Moss will race on the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit in the hour-long Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy, a race in the series for pre '56 sports-racing cars organised by Motor Racing Legends. Read more...

Celebrate 2012 With A Sporting Spectacular Brought To Your By SNLT Celebrate 2012 with a spectacular sporting and cultural extravaganza on 24th and 25th July weekend at Towcester Centre for Leisure. Read more...

Dramatic Dusk Race For Italian Classics The sensational field for the Italian Historic Car Cup will include examples of some of the finest Italian racing sports cars of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Ferrari 512M, Ferrari 312PB and Alfa Romeo T33. Cautious estimates put the total value of the grid at more than £20 million. Read more...

SNH Help Towcester To Bloom This Summer South Northants Homes helping Towcester bloom. Read more...

Fresh Wave Of Confidence We continue to feel that a balanced portfolio containing equities, property and fixed interest securities still retains the potential for medium term capital growth. If you continue to be disappointed by the returns available from cash please do contact us to discuss what other opportunities may be appropriate. Read more...

Pick Your Own Raspberries At Wakefield Farm Shop Pick your own raspberries - ready picked strawberries in the farm shop Read more...

Northants Police Add CEOP Button To Facebook Site The red CEOP button (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) is clearly visible on the page and was installed at the end of last week. Read more...

Report Highlights Northants Action To Deliver Government Vision Its publication comes just weeks after the progress made in Northamptonshire was discussed by cabinet member for strategy, communications and external relations Cllr David Mackintosh with Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street and then with Communities Secretary Eric Pickles when he met with Cllr Mackintosh and Cllr Jim Harker. Read more...

Nico Rosberg Gets Third Podium Finish For F1 Mercedes GP At British Grand Prix Nico Rosberg achieved his third podium finish of the season at the British Grand Prix today with an excellent drive from fifth position on the grid to take third place at the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team's home race at Silverstone. Read more...

Red Arrows Thrill Silverstone F1 Crowd And South Northants Red Arrows thrill at Silverstone - First pictures Read more...

Win Tickets For Your Family To Savour The Spectacular Silverstone Classic 2010 Living up to its title as the 'the world's biggest classic racing festival', the annual Silverstone Classic (23-25 July) is firmly established as one of the summer’s ‘must see’ events. And we have five pairs of tickets for Saturday to give away in this special competition. Each prize – worth nearly £100 – includes two of ‘access all areas’ tickets Read more...

Towcester's Sponne Brass Band At Music For Youth Finals They were one of 7 School Brass bands from England in the final and played 4 varied pieces – Eye of the Tiger, The Swan, Flight of the Bumble Bee and Pirates of the Carribean. Read more...

New President For Towcester and Distrct Lions Club Towcester Lions are a service organisation and run Towcester Farmers Market that takes place 2nd Friday of the month Read more...

Archaeological Dig At The Mount In Alderton On each of the three Friday afternoons when the Dig is in progress, local archaeologist, Brian Giggins will be on site to explain the local historical and heritage significance of the work being done. Read more...

Towcester U3A The Life Of A Roman Lady The Life of a Roman Lady - Take the opportunity to look at clothes and food - Speaker: Elizabeth Morgan Read more...

Simone Button Escaped Premier Inn Hotel Fire Simone Button was guest at Premier Inn on Monday night Read more...

Carnation Society Annual Show At Bell Plantation The British National Carnation Society present their Annual Summer Show at the Bell Plantation, Watling Street, Towcester on 13th and 14th July. Read more...

World Superbike Brits Impressed By New Silverstone * Leon Camier: 'the circuit looks absolutely awesome'
* Cal Crutchlow expects Silverstone to be 'tricky but perfect for bike racing' Read more...

The Old Talbot Potterspury Is Open For Business Yes, The Old Talbot is again open for business Read more...

Towcester Tiles Summer Sale Now On Up to 50% off many lines Read more...

A43 Lorry Overturns - Currently Closed At Towcester - Breaking News A43 was closed on Monday Night, a lorry overturned again at the McDonalds Roundabout - story has prompted comment from Belle Baulk residents on traffic problems Read more...

Silverstone Celebrates Fantastic Grand Prix On New Circuit Layout - 305,000-strong crowd over three days
- 20,000 fans at the post-race Grand Prix Party
Read more...

Broad Bean Egg Roll Fresh peas can be used instead of broad beans Read more...

Sutil In The Points For F1 Force India At Home Silverstone Grand Prix Adrian Sutil continued the Force India F1 Team's run of points finishes in today's British Grand Prix. The 27-year-old German secured a hard-fought eighth position, his sixth consecutive top ten finish, to bring the team's season total so far to 47 points. Read more...

Sponne School students at National Festival of Music for Youth 2010 Two groups of young musicians from Sponne School took part in the prestigious National Festival of Music for Youth in Birmingham in July. Read more...

Silverstone F1 Force India's Paul di Resta's Home Race 'I think the first time I was at Silverstone was with my dad when he was racing in the Superkart Grand Prix,' Paul recalls. 'I was very young at the time - I can remember going to watch Dario testing in Vauxhall Junior, and then later when he was racing in DTM. Read more...

Summer Is The Time To Reflect And Shine... To stay ahead of the competition, business owners need to ensure everything at their company is working as well as it should be and Stephen Smith, Chief Executive of EMB Ltd, the organisation responsible for delivering the regional Business Link service, said now was the perfect time to do so. Read more...

NCT Cheeky Monkey's Tea Party The NCT (National Childbirth Trust) Towcester & District branch will be holding its Cheeky Monkeys Tea Party on Sunday 1 August from 3.30pm-5.30pm at the Community Centre and Recreation Ground on Islington Road, Towcester. Read more...

Arthritis Care Link Group Collect Over £650 At Waitrose in Towcester This is the most that any charity has ever collected at Waitrose Towcester Read more...

Private House Survey Around Towcester Information The interviewers will all carry identification and a letter from South Northamptonshire Council, please make sure that you ask to see proof of this identification Read more...

Mica White Returns To Images By Joanna Jenni Gilbert sports injury therapist too Read more...

Have A Coffee On Us Its all go at the Dolphin Cafe Read more...

Teacher's Presents At Towcester's Present Thinking Rather more inspiring than a bottle of wine or a simple candle and yet great style for less than £10 Read more...

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