Northampton Mercury, January 10, 2013

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Guildhall repairs
Pensioner in
road tragedy
to cost £65,000
Apensionerhasdiedaftercrash-
ingintoatreeinacountrylane
inNorthamptonshire,becoming
thefirstroaddeathinthecounty
in2013.
The 79-year-old woman’s
tragic death comes after police
recorded a 90 per cent increase
in road deaths over the last 12
months.
Emergency repairs to the
Lastyearwasthefirstfullcal-
headquarters of Northampton
endaryearsincespeedcameras
Borough Council in the town andstreetlightswereturnedoff
centre will cost tax-payers in Northamptonshire. However,
£65,000. policehaveinsistedtheshocking
rise has nothing to do with the
Workisduetostartthisweektore-
speedtrapsbeingturnedoff.
pairintricatestoneworkonthefront
In2012,36peoplediedinroad
of thehistoricGuildhallbuildingaf-
crashes, compared with 19 in
terdamagewasspottedduringarou-
2011.
tineinspection.
Thewoman,whohasnotbeen
Itisexpectedtheprojectwilltake
namedyet,diedfollowingacol-
sixmonthstocomplete.
lisioninCockleyRoad,Farthing-
The leader of the Northampton hoe, at about 4.40pm, on Satur-
Borough Council, Councillor David day.
Mackintosh(Con,RectoryFarm)said
ShewasdrivingaredSuzuki
itwashopedthatdisruptionwouldbe Jimny from Farthinghoe to-
kepttoaminimumduringthelengthy wards Marston St Lawrence,
workperiod. whenthecarcrashedintoatree.
He said: “A routine inspection of ThewomanwastakentoHorton
the building identified that some re- Hospital in Banbury, by ambu-
pairstothestoneworkwererequired. lancewhereshedied.
“Theworkswillbeinconvenientto Police and Crime Commis-
membersof thepublicandstaff us- sioner,AdamSimmonds,saidhe
ingtheGuildhall,butitisimportant wouldnotbepushingforspeed
thatwecarryouttheserepairsforthe cameras to be turned back on:
safetyof thepublicandtosafeguard “I am as concerned as anybody
thisimportantarchitectural assetto wehavehadquiteanumberof
thetown. deaths over the Christmas peri-
“Theworkisduetostartthisweek od and before that. I have been
and is expected to last 24 weeks in briefedandasfarasIamaware
total,butwewillof coursedoevery- these are unrelated to the cam-
thingwecantokeepanydisruptionto eras and they have a number
of different aspects to them.”
aminimum.”
Mr Simmonds labelled Liberal
TheGuildhalldatesbackto1864.
Democratsonthecountycouncil
Thebuildingiscoveredwitharange
whocalledforhimtoreversethe
of stonesculptures,includingscenes decisionas“naive”.
from Aesop’s fables, illustrations of
Northamptonlifethroughouthistory
andscenesof historicaleventswhich
oncetookplaceinthecounty. ThehistoricGuildhallabouttoundergoemergencywork
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Martin Cahill, aged 70, from Earls
Barton, said he was “surprised” to be
recognised with the gong, which paid
tributetohis50-plusyearsof serviceto
the communities of Earls Barton and
Northamptonshire.
He said he was thrilled at the pros-
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Mr Cahill served as a retained fire-
fighterfor35years,butalsokeptstrong
linkstoEarlsBartonCricketClub,the
village youth club and to the parish
council.
In1996hebecameoneof thefirstvol-
unteerstoofferhisservicestothepart-
nershipbetweentheBritishRedCross
andNorthamptonshireFireandRescue
Service,arolehestillenjoystoday.Mr
Cahillrespondstoapageratanytimeof
day,travellingaroundthecountytogive
adviceandofferhelptopeoplewhohave
sufferedseriousfiresintheirhomes.
He said: “We help them in terms of
insurance, maybe accommodation and
clothingiftheyneedit.Sometimesafire
looksterribleandtheirhouseistotally
black with smoke, but often it isn’t as
badasitlooks.
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Mr Cahill was a regular volunteer EarlsBarton
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mainschairmanofthecouncil. thesethingstocollectmedals. “Iwouldsoonertheycameupheretoa
He said: “I am pretty well known “Youdothembecauseyoulikehelping localpubandgiveittometherebecause
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televisionstar,MeeraSyal, MrsAggarwal-Singh
wasgiventhehonourback cametoNorthamptonin
in1997. 1981fromnorthIndia.
However,justover30 Shebecameinvolvedin
yearssinceshearrivedin voluntarywork,initially
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NorthamptonfromIndia, throughtheNorthampton
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Thirty-sixliveswerelost the tragedies were recorded Deputy Chief Constable our partners to ensure the
on Northamptonshire’s duringwintermonths. SuzetteDavenportsaidava- roadsareassafeaspossible
roads in 2012 – the Italsocomesasfivepeople riety of reasons had been and would urge everyone
first full calendar year losttheirlivesinroadcrash- identified,butrefusedtocrit- who uses the roads, be they
es in just five days between icisethedecisiontoturnoff pedestrian,passenger,driver
since speed cameras
BoxingDayandDecember30. speedcameras. orrider,tothinkroadsafety
and street lights were The figures represent the She said: “Officers from atalltimes.
switched off across the firstfullcalendaryearsince our Collision Investigation “A fatal or serious injury
county. speedcameraswereswitched Team are tasked with estab- roadtrafficcollisioncanhave
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“The landowner has He said: “I understand to discuss the future of the
to prevent a piece of
sincewrittentothecouncil that local residents may site and what options are
land in Semilong be- tosuggesttoplanningoffic- haveconcernsaboutthefu- available through the plan-
ingsoldtotravellers. ersthathemayselltheland tureof thesite. ningprocess.”
Thecouncilwasgranted toagroupinterestedincre- “We do not take legal ac- Thelegalactionwastaken
a court injunction to pre- atingatravellersite. tion lightly, but in this in- bythecouncilinthemiddle
vent the illegal develop- “After seeking legal ad- stancewehavebeenleftwith of December.
ment of land close to Lyn- vice,thecouncilhastaken noalternative. Itisbelievedthattalksbe-
croftWaylastmonth. legal action to prevent the “It means we can take tween the borough council
Thecounciltookthecase landbeingusedasanunau- swift action if an illegal or andthelandownerwillnow
to court after the site was thorisedtravellerssite.” unauthorised development beongoing.
changed without permis- The council’s cabinet
sion. member for regeneration,
A spokesman for the Councillor Tim Hadland
authority said: “Without (Con, Old Duston) said the
planning permission, the action had been taken by
former allotment site has the authority after people
beenconvertedintoastor- living close to the site ex-
ageyard. pressed fears about its fu-
“Althougharetrospective ture.
planning application was He also called on the
made for the development, land’sowner–whohasnot
this was refused by the beenidentifiedbythecoun-
council as the land is des- cil–toworkwithplanning
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