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Lust of the week: a manor house in Northamptonshire (Times Online)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:58 GMT

The Manor House is a Grade II* listed country house in Brigstock, Northamptonshire, eight miles from Kettering. It was built as a medieval hunting lodge, extended in the Jacobean period and again in 1890. It has eight bedrooms, a great hall, a library and several small sitting rooms and chambers; the solar - first-floor drawing room - is believed to date from the 12th century. The property also...

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(F1Network.net) Britain: Not enough running for reliable tyre data (TotalF1.com - Recent Formula 1 News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:30:03 GMT

Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) set the marker on the opening day of running for the Santander British Grand Prix by using Bridgestone?s hard compound Potenza tyre to set the day's fastest lap time at the 5.14 km Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire for the ninth round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.

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Silverstone 2008: Qualifying Live Blog (BlogF1)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:02:53 GMT

The live blog for the penultimate Formula One qualifying session at Silverstone is due to get underway and you can follow and join in from here or at CoveritLive. Feel free to add your own thoughts into mix as we watch and enjoy the drivers at the Northamptonshire circuit. Remember, you can follow from BlogF1 [...]

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Britain: Not enough running for reliable tyre data (Sportnetwork)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:24:11 GMT

Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) set the marker on the opening day of running for the Santander British Grand Prix by using Bridgestone's hard compound Potenza tyre to set the day's fastest lap time at the 5.14 km Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire for the ninth round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.

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GRAPHIC: 60 years of Grands Prix at Silverstone (thisislondon)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:54:51 GMT

This Sportsmail graphic special demonstrates the changing face of Formula One over the 60 years of Grand Prix racing at the Northamptonshire track.

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GRAPHIC: 60 years of Grands Prix at Silverstone (Daily Mail)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:53:49 GMT

This Sportsmail graphic special demonstrates the changing face of Formula One over the 60 years of Grand Prix racing at the Northamptonshire track.

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Britain's best 10 family days out (Times Online)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:34:13 GMT

Festival of History, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, July 19-20

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F1: Bernie shafts BRDC, moves British GP to Donington Park (Brits on Pole)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:58:25 GMT

With celebrations already under way to mark Silverstone's 60th anniversary, Bernie Ecclestone pulled the rug out from under the Northamptonshire circuit by announcing the British Grand Prix will move to Donington Park from 2010.

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Man arrested over arson at house (BBC News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:54:52 GMT

A 49-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire at a house in Northamptonshire.

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British Grand Prix: Silverstone at 60 (The Telegraph)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Tomorrow’s British Grand Prix is the 42nd F1 world championship race to be held at Silverstone, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Simon Arron presents a collection of 60 facts and figures about the iconic Northamptonshire venue.

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2008 Santander British Grand Prix Preview (The F1Fanatics Blog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:18:16 GMT

The 2008 Santander British Grand Prix has come around again, and is being held at the legendary Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire. The Track The track is a proper traditional circuit, and was in fact the host of the first ever official F1 Grand Prix in 1950. Based around an old airfield it sees the drivers power down [...]

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F1: British Grand Prix preview (Brits on Pole)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:16 GMT

No pressure, Lewis... just thousands and thousands of fans poised to descend on Northamptonshire to see Hamilton defy the form-book, Ferrari, his recent difficulties and the nay-sayers to pull a fantastic win out of the hat.

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Cryptosporidium outbreak in Northants (Granny Buttons)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:06:40 GMT

If you had a canal boat in Northamptonshire last week, you will probably have fretted about the water supply health scare. Briefly: the public water supply was contaminated by a bacterium called Cryptosporidium, and that inevitably included a large number...

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Inquiry into water bug continues (BBC News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:45:53 GMT

An inquiry into an outbreak of Cryptosporidium in water supplies in Northamptonshire is continuing.

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(Formula1.com) The British Grand Prix preview - crunch time for Hamilton? (TotalF1.com - Recent Formula 1 News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:30:34 GMT

Ferrari and McLaren go head-to-head at Silverstone this weekend in a race that may well prove crucial in the world championship campaign of local hero Lewis Hamilton. The fast Northamptonshire track has recently favoured Ferrari, but McLaren have been happy all season with their MP4-23's behaviour in high-speed corners and, following last week's test of new aerodynamic parts - notably a new...

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The race at the airfield - could be wet and windy (Formula One Blog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:18:05 GMT

Just about to leave for Silverstone - I guess we should start thinking about who is going to win the British Grand Prix. My gut feeling is that the circuit on the airfield in Northamptonshire is still a Ferrari track...

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Off-key Andrew Strauss hunts Test practice (The Telegraph)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:09:55 GMT

Middx (340 & 401) drew with N'hants (377 & 176-3)Out-of-form Andrew Strauss seeks extra match-practice after low-key draw with Northamptonshire.

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Are you going to the British GP? (Auto Trader Blog)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:21:10 GMT

It’s British Grand Prix time and Silverstone is completely sold out this year with 240,000 fans descending on the Northamptonshire track for the three-day event. Are you one of them? Tell us all about your experiences at the track this year. There are three British drivers in the race and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton is in with [...]

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Cyclist hurt in airgun incident (BBC News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:46:21 GMT

A cyclist is injured by an air pellet as he travels on a road in Northamptonshire.

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Ben Scott gives Middlesex sight of unlikely win (The Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:31:55 GMT

Middlesex (340 & 377-8) lead Northamptonshire (377) by 340 runsTwo innings of high quality by Ben Scott and Eoin Morgan turned a fascinating contest on its head after a three-day defeat for Middlesex had looked a distinct possibility.

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