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• Northamptonshire Twelve Days of Christmas

  Annabel has been stuffing the county into a festive classic.

  Duration: 5:12

• "Losing Fred is (like) losing my life."

  The father of 16-year-old Fred Shand, who was killed in Kingsthorpe, speaks to Annabel .

  Duration: 3:32

• 10 year old Isabella from Daventry and Twiglet the Spaniel win gold!

  Isabella and Twiglet won gold at the Junior Open Agility World Championships

  Duration: 1:24

• Gold rush for Ellie-Bea at Special Olympics

  Rhythmic gymnast Ellie-Bea Thomas is celebrating after winning two gold medals in Berlin.

  Duration: 5:55
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• Breakfast Book Club

  From Agatha Christie to Adam Kay, John Boyne to James Baldwin, we’ve devoured and dissected over forty books since we started our Book Club – we’ve also disagreed a lot! 
  Join Annabel on 91Èȱ¬ Radio Northampton’s Breakfast Show as they review a different book every few weeks. 
  All you need to do is read the book and let us know your thoughts with a score out of ten.
  This month’s book is ‘The Measure’ by Nikki Erlick.
  Are you in a book club? Do you have a favourite book you’d love to share? We’d love you to pick a book for us to read. Email annabel@bbc.co.uk and we’ll be in touch.
  

  

• This month's book

  Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.
  It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out.
  But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live.
  From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?
  As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?
  The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.