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People living near Franklins Gardens and Sixfields in Northampton say they dread days when Rugby and Football fixtures clash, as they fear it will bring renewed traffic chaos.

People living half-way between the two sports grounds say they're fed up with Saints supporters parking nose to tail outside their houses.

Reporter Tom Percival sets the scene at Sixfields , and reporter Willy Gilder meets people who live near the grounds.

Stuart talks to Graham Croucher, the secretary of the St James Residents Association, to Chris Wearmouth from Northampton Saints, to Avril Spraggon, Stadium Manager for the Cobblers, and to Leicester Tigers fan Ian Cockerill, who has seen Leicester overcome similar problems of Leicester City and Leicester Tigers fixture clashes.

Also:

• Northants housing associations say rent arrears have soared since housing benefit changes
• Scarlet Fever cases in Northamptonshire double
• the Care Quality Commission says Northampton General Hospital needs improvement
• the Cobblers relegation battle continues with Bury visiting Sixfields
• Saints & Tigers clash at the Gardens