Earlier this year, Darent Valley Hospital revealed that 25 members of the maternity unit had given birth to 26 babies in just a year - but the NGH team has gone one better with 29 bouncing babies.

One clerical member of staff, six maternity support workers and 22 midwives have welcomed the equivalent of a classroom of children into the world between March 2, 2016 and April 4, 2017.

Sarah Markie, maternity support worker at NGH gave birth to Freya Markie-Neaves on February 1, 2017.

She said giving birth with the help from friends put her at ease.

"At NGH within the last 13 months, we have had 29 beautiful babies born between us staff on the maternity unit.

"It makes you more comfortable when you know the person who delivers your baby, they make it more exciting for you.

"If you think about it, there are a lot of women in the career and not a lot of men, most women are of a similar age."

One member of staff even travelled from Milton Keynes to the Northampton labour ward so she could have her baby delivered by a co-worker.

The youngest baby delivered is Jemima Rose, who is now ten weeks old while the oldest baby, Marni Theodorson is now 15 months.

It is likely that this is the most babies ever born to staff on a maternity unit within a 13-month period.

A spokeswoman for Northampton General Hospital said that the labour ward employs 292 midwives and maternity support workers.

A Northampton kebab shop worker has been jailed for slicing a customer's forearm with a foot-long carving knife.

The victim needed extensive surgery for the 'horrific' wound, which was inflicted in a disturbance at a kebab shop in Gold Street, Northampton.

A witness said the bleeding was so bad he thought the victim's 'flesh was falling away from the bone'.

His Honour Judge Michael Fowler said: "An extremely dangerous knife was used here as a weapon, and indeed is one of the most dangerous knives imaginable to be waved about."

Eser Semsoglu, 34, from Daventry, was sentenced in Northampton Crown Court yesterday (June 14) after earlier pleading guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm.

In the early hours of October 25, 2014, Semsoglu was working at the Millenium Pizza and Kebab shop, in Gold Street, when a group of friends came in after a night out.

The victim stepped outside into the street for a cigarette. Semsoglu also came out and began to lower the shop's shutters for closing time.

Prosecuting barrister Hannah Whelan said in court: "The victim did not understand why the shutters would be going down with his friends still inside, and an argument began when he tried to stop this."

Then, as the row got out of hand, Semsoglu said: "Get away from my shop or I'll kill you".

He ducked into the shop and grabbed a foot-long kebab knife. He then slashed under the half-closed shutters and up at the victim's face.

Miss Whelan said: "The knife struck him in the right forearm and badly injured him. A witness said the injury was horrific, like flesh falling away from the bone."

The victim's friends used a t-shirt as a tourniquet and an ambulance was called. He was treated at hospital for a 7cm open laceration. He could not make a fist, and later received surgery to reconnect three tendons.

Semsoglu was arrested, and initially lied to police officers that he had only attacked the victim with a blade sharpener.

He also claimed he had had "trouble" that night and felt threatened by the customer, who he said was "antagonistic".

Judge Fowler said: "The most significant element of this case even now is the consequences. Not only did the victim suffer the most appalling injuries on the night but has suffered consequences in his job, his mobility and indeed his entire life.

"He also had to give up boxing, something he believes he had a future in."

Semsoglu was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment.

A Northampton volunteer says he is "bowled over" by the generosity of an anonymous donor who ordered a brand new fridge to his house.

As chairman of the Friends of Victoria Park group, Tony Barratt gives up his spare time twice a day to litter pick and speaks to Northampton Borough Council on behalf of his community around Byfield Road, off Weedon Road.

He said: "Some friends and I set up Friends of Victoria Park five years ago to do some good in the community.

"We can only do little things at a time but we are getting there. It's in a much better state than when we started out."

He recently led a successful appeal to build a new children's play area on the park and had a basketball area jet washed clean.

But when Tony's fridge broke down last week, he humbly asked his Facebook friends if anyone had a second-hand one they could sell him.

No one replied. Then, five days later, Tony received a call from a retailer who said his delivery would be there in an hour.

Tony said: "I told them, 'hang on a minute, I haven't ordered anything'. But they showed up all the same and dropped off a brand new fridge.

"It came with a note. It said: 'Thank you for all your hard work on Victoria Park.' It didn't say who it was from.

"I was over the moon. There are some really lovely people out there somewhere.

"It's a beautiful fridge. I can buy stuff again. All the week before I had to keep my milk in an ice bucket.

"I don't think anyone's ever done something like that for me before. I want to say thank you to whoever made this happen. It's very rewarding to know Friends of Victoria Park are recognised in the community."

It means the Wantage Road-based club, home to the T20 champions the Steelbacks, will now be run by a limited holding company.

Back at the club’s annual meeting in September plans were set in motion to raise £1 million in investments in order to trigger the constitutional change.

Shares have now been bought by 100 investors meaning the club will no longer be owned by its season ticket holders for the first time in its 139-year history.

Mr Warren said he was thrilled at meeting the target, but he added there would be no rush to spend money straight away.

He said: “The board meets next week to decide what are the next steps to take. We have got a few ideas, but the ground is already fit for purpose.”

Mr Warren said the club was in a far better position to three years ago by greatly increasing off-pitch revenue.

It now regularly sells out corporate boxes for T20 matches.

Though Companies House only shows the newly formed NCCC Holdings Limited company as having £625,000 worth of shares as of May 25, Mr Warren said the remaining shares were purchased between then and June 5.

He added that the new investors, 10 of whom were previous season ticket holders, had the club’s ‘interests at heart’.

"This is great news for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club," he said. "The response from our season ticket holders has been extremely positive with many of them purchasing shares. The investment in the club is predominantly from Northamptonshire people who have NCCC’s interests at heart.”

Tony Hogarth had been enjoying a colleague's leaving do at the Jekyll and Hyde in Wellingborough Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.

But when he wandered to get a taxi at around 1.35am, the dad-of-two was approached by a woman who asked him for some change.

Rather than simply dismissing the woman, the 51-year-old got chatting, asking her how she found herself on the streets.

But his kindness was met with violence when the woman and another man brutally assaulted him a few minutes later.

It was only when stumbling away from the attack and finding help that Tony realised he had been stabbed in the neck and head.

"The doctors said I was lucky to be alive," said Tony, who is still recovering from the wounds today,

"They missed my windpipe and my major arteries. It could have been a lot worse for me."

Tony said he struck up a conversation with the woman in Wellingborough Road because he genuinely felt sorry for her. But he now believes their chat was just a ploy to reel him in.

It was shortly after saying goodbye on good terms, the woman and a man attacked him.

Tony said: "I was walking back towards town when all of a sudden I felt this massive bang on my head. It knocked me for six."

"I ended up on the floor and this guy appeared. He was with the woman and the way they were talking made me think they were in a relationship.

"Then he started swearing at me. He was shouting 'give me your wallet, give me your wallet'."

But Tony couldn't reach the wallet as, lying the way he was, he could not pull it out of his back pocket.

Ironically, he was trying to get up to give them the item, but they continued beating him and grabbing for his phone in his front left pocket.

Though Tony admits he had drunk 'a few beers' that night, he was determined not to let them have his phone as it was brand new.

But as the attack carried on Tony began running out of steam.

It was only when a taxi driver in a Toyota Prius pulled alongside that they 'pegged it', said Tony.

"It was only then I went back down the Wellingborough Road (towards town). I was asking for help and these lads stopped.

"One of them said to me 'oh my god your throat ahs been slashed, you've been stabbed'.

Because of the adrenaline coursing through his veins, Tony had no idea he had been stabbed and was bleeding heavily each time he talked.

The men called paramedics and Tony was taken to Northampton General Hospital.

Astonishingly, yesterday, the dad-of-two was back at work although he admits being in 'agony'.

Now he just wants to see his attackers caught.

The man who attacked him was white, 6ft 2inches tall with a muscular build and short, cropped, dark hair.

The woman was also white, 5ft 5 inches with a slim build. She was in her late 20s and had shoulder length, dark brown, greasy, wavy hair. She was described as 'plain looking' and had a Northampton accent.

Tony also recalls the male attacker calling her 'Rachel'.

If you witnessed the incident, call police on 101, quoting incident number 43 of June 10.

Two men have been jailed to a total of 13 years in prison for running heroin between London and Wellingborough.

The men were caught after officers stopped a vehicle just outside Wellingborough in October 2016 and found 248 grams of heroin.

The VW Scirocco was being driven by Sheneil Davis, 25, of Wembley Park Drive, London, with Ray Brighton, 27, of Gifford Road, London, as the front passenger.

The drugs were discovered hidden in a woollen beanie hat.

It had a 35 per cent concentration and an approximate street value of £12,500.

An investigation revealed five other similar trips had been made by Brighton between August 2016 and October 2016 to the Northamptonshire area.

During these trips he is alleged to have met with Micah Thomas, 28, of Chadwick Gardens, Duston, Northampton, and Denver Willis, 33, of Arncliffe Way, Warwick.

When officers subsequently carried out a series of raids in November 2016, they recovered £6,651 in cash, along with smaller quantities of cannabis and Class A drugs.

All four were charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

At trial, Sheneil Davis and Micah Thomas were found not guilty.

Before trial, Brighton pleaded guilty to the conspiracy to supply Class A and possession with intent to supply cannabis.

At Northampton Crown Court last week (June 9), he was sentenced to seven years for conspiracy to supply drugs and 20 months for possession with intent to supply cannabis.

Both sentences are to run concurrently.

Willis also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, along with possession with intent to supply cocaine and production of cannabis.

He was sentenced to six years and 10 months for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

He was also sentenced to four months conspiracy to supply cannabis and three years for cocaine, to run concurrently.

Investigator Victoria Stather said: “I hope the sentences given to Brighton and Willis will serve as a deterrent to others thinking of dealing in drugs.

“The pair were so brazen in the dealings, hiding drugs in a hat, and freely bringing drugs into the county.

“These jail terms mean no more road trips for them and no more of their harmful drugs making their way into Northants communities.”

Officers investigating the theft of fuel from a Northampton garage think this man may have information which could help them with their inquiry.

The alleged incident happened at the Sainsbury’s filling station on Gambrel Road near Weedon Road just after 1.20pm on Friday, May 12, a spokeswoman for the force today confirmed.

She said: "A man pulled up at pump number 10, filled two or three containers, entered the store, took a call on his mobile phone and then left without paying.

"Anybody who thinks they recognise the man pictured is asked to contact police."

Officers would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may have any information regarding it. Witnesses or anyone with information can contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

A spokesman for Northamptonshire County Council said: “The Countywide Traveller Unit is aware of the unauthorised encampment in Abington Park, Northampton, which is comprised of six vans.

“The Travellers have been issued with a Section 61 notice, which means they must vacate the land by midday on Friday.”

Nicholas Gilbert, 45, of Obelisk Rise, Kingsthorpe, appeared in Northampton Crown Court yesterday (June 14) after pleading guilty to VAT fraud.

The court heard how he faked an invoice to try and have money repaid to a second company after having a claim rejected by HM Revenue and Customs.

An HMRC spokesman said: “Gilbert tried to cheat the system by forging documents to steal money from our vital public services."

In 2015, Gilbert’s company TR Engineering had an £18,000 VAT rebate rejected by HMRC. Cheques revealed the work had effectively been done for Gilbert’s other company Cornella Ventures, which was not entitled to reclaim the money.

A year later Gilbert tried to claim the £18,000 for Cornella Ventures using the same details as the rejected TR Engineering claim.

Gilbert admitted forging the invoice and said he believed he was entitled to the money for one of his companies.

He was sentenced to a 12-month community order with 120 hours unpaid work.

An HRMC spokesman said: “We encourage anyone with information regarding tax fraud to contact the HMRC Fraud Hotline on 0800 788 887 – open between 8am-8pm, seven days a week, 365 days a year.”

Sometime between 2.15am and 2.30am on Saturday, June 10, a man walking across the Racecourse was approached by a man and a woman.

The man became abusive, stabbed him once in the stomach before walking away in a different direction to the woman.

The victim made his way to Kingsley Park Terrace where he received treatment from an ambulance.

A spokeswoman for Northamptonshire Police said today: "The man is described as white, 5ft 5in, very slim, clean shaven and in his late teens or early 20s.

"He had short fair hair and was wearing a blue baseball cap. The woman was described as dual heritage, in her 20s, slim and around 5ft 10in.

"She had long black curly hair and was wearing a black jacket with a pink shirt underneath, and blue jeans."

Witnesses can contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

A University of Northampton PhD student’s creative flare has won him a cash prize in a logo design competition.

Julius Azasoo, from the Faculty of Science and Technology, won £450 for a design that was praised by judges for being ‘professional’ and ‘innovative’.

The challenge was to create a new logo for the East Midlands Doctoral Network (EMDoc) - a group of Universities across the region that share best practice, resources and insights into postgraduate research.

Julius will collect his prize at EMDoc’s annual conference in September when the logo will be officially launched.

He will also receive credit on the EMDoc website for his efforts.

The brief was to make an attractive and creative image that looked professional but not corporate and also needed to show no visual bias toward any one field of study.

Each university could submit three images for the competition.

Julius’ predominently blue design, a colour commonly used to denote networks; Nine circles to represent the nine member universities and the academic diversity represented by the different sizes of the circles.

A rectangle was used to represent the firm academic foundation of the group and the overall design focused on the equality of networks.

Commenting on his prize, Julius said: “I’m very pleased and proud that my logo has won, although I did not expect to win.

“The University of Northampton has many resources for students to support them during their studies, including design software that helped me here.

“Creating the logo helped me develop skills I never knew I had. I’d encourage fellow students to make full use of these resources as well.”

Northamptonshire girls and young women’s footballing ambitions are being given a boost from a sponsorship deal by power supplier, SSE.

As part of The FA’s objective to double girls’ participation in football by 2020,

The FA and SSE have launched 200 SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Clubs across the UK and girls from the County are being encouraged to take part.

Running on a weekly basis and continuing in to the summer, the clubs offer girls aged 5-11 regular opportunities to take part in organised football sessions with qualified coaches using local facilities.

Three SSE Wildcats Girls Football Clubs take place each week at Northampton’s Caroline Chisholm School, Towcester Centre for Leisure and Southfield School Sports Centre in Kettering.

Amber Wildgust, Northamptonshire FA Football Development Officer, said: “We currently have three Wildcats Clubs which started in April and currently boast up to 50 players. “These centres will be the critical in doubling participation by 2020 and inspiring girls aged 5-11 to fall in love with the game.”

At the launch of SSE Wildcats, John Stewart, SSE’s Director of Human Resources, said: “We’re delighted to support The FA in setting up these centres for 5-11 year old girls, where they can come together to discover new skills, make lifelong friends and ultimately have fun.”

SSE Wildcats has been established in partnership with SSE, supporters of girls’ football participation and sponsor of the SSE Women’s FA Cup, with support from UEFA, FIFA and The Youth Sport Trust.

For details about the three SSE Wildcats Clubs in Northamptonshire, please contact Amber Wildgust on Amber.Wildgust@NorthantsFA.com

Girls from Northamptonshire are being encouraged to take part in local SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Clubs.

For more details go to www.northamptonshirefa.com

Eric Herminie, of Newnham Road, off Eastern Avenue North, St David's, Northampton, today (June 16) pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault by penetration in relation to incidents on May 8.

He was remanded into custody and will appear in court for his trial on September 25.

Detectives launched an investigation following reports of an alleged sexual assault in the St Giles churchyard, in St Giles Terrace, Northampton, shortly before 9.30pm on May 8 (Monday).

Anyone with information can contact Northamptonshire Police on 101. Alternatively, they can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Alan Day, of no fixed abode, was today (June 16) charged with causing injury by dangerous driving in Northampton Magistrates Court after the incident on Monday (June 12).

He has also been charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident, driving a motorbike without a licence and driving a motorbike without insurance.

He was remanded in custody and will appear at Northampton Crown Court on July 14.

A three-year-old boy suffered severe head and facial injuries after he was in a collision with a moped in Derwent Drive, off Park Drive, in Kings Heath, on the afternoon of June 12.

An organisation made of retired handymen want to build their own workshop in Northampton and fight loneliness in the older generation.

Northampton's Men's Sheds is one of 400 other organisations in the UK as part of a worldwide project to bring communities together.

They meet twice a week in a spare workshop at the Spencer Contact charity in Gladstone Close, off Mill Lane, Spencer, to share tools, talk to friends and build for their communities.

But now they want to take on their biggest project yet.

Martin Price, chairman of Northampton Men's Sheds, said: "Men's Sheds is about giving older people purpose and meaning in their lives. It's a place where they can learn skills or put old skills to use, but at its core, it's about engaging with peers.

"We call all the community workshops a Shed, but it doesn't have to be run out of a shed exactly. It's a bit like how a church can refer to both a building and a congregation.

"We've set up one Shed in Spencer, but to really grow as an organisation, we'd like to build a whole new workshop from scratch."

The Men's Shed community is a worldwide project that grew out of Australia, where the scheme was set up to combat loneliness in older men.

Martin first heard of the Men's Sheds on a holiday to Tasmania, where he met a local group.

Martin said: "My friend introduced me to a group of men working on an extension to their Shed building. We got talking and I ended up distracting them from their project for two hours, but in a Shed, nothing is more important than conversation."

When he returned to Northampton, Martin was inspired to establish the town's first community workshop.

Nearly 40% of people aged of 65 in Northampton live alone, according to a Northampton Borough Council report.

Martin said: "Loneliness in older people is a serious issue. A simple thing like conversation is simply vital to a person's mental health and wellbeing.

Since it was founded in 2016, Northampton Men's Sheds and its 20 members have all worked together on a range of local projects, like making benches for churches and fitting the showers at the St Andrew's Road night shelter for rough sleepers.

Now, Martin will speak at a full Northampton Borough Council meeting next week (June 19) to raise awareness and find sponsorship for their cause.

Martin said: "If we can expand Northampton Men's Sheds' operation we can include more people and bring them into a community where they can find meaningful work with their peers."

Northampton Men's Sheds meet on Tuesdays and Fridays between 9am and 1pm at the Spencer Contact charity workshop and is open to anyone aged 18 and over.

A team of four lads dressed as horses steering a wild west wagon will represent Northampton at the annual Red Bull Soapbox Race next month.

Northampton's own team "The Mule Fueler" will be going for gold at the world famous downhill crash course on July 9 in London.

They are racing in a homemade cart styled after a horse-drawn western wagon driven by two pilots dressed in horse masks and onesies.

Team captain and pilot Tom Purvis-Hislop, 24, said: "We're ecstatic. I couldn't believe it when we got the email saying we had got into the race.

"We've just found out our soapbox design is a lot smaller than most others. Fitting two blokes in there is going to be a bit of a squeeze."

The Mule Fueler team is made up of Tom and his friends Chris Beevers, Zak Lloyd and Dave Turton, who are all coworkers at an engineering company in Northampton.

Their soapbox will be built with a wooden base, spoked wheels and the classic canvas cover.

Competitors at the Red Bull Soapbox Race get 20 seconds to introduce themselves to the audience before hurtling down the track in their handmade cars. The winners are picked based on speed, creativity and showmanship.

Tom said: "We're going to put on a little show before we set off. Basically, our crew members Chris and Dave are wild west bandits robbing the Red Bull Bank. But when they try to make their getaway in the wagon, the horses, played by me and Zak, jump in and drive off instead.

"We first got involved just for fun, but we've come this far and put so much effort into it that I think we're in it to win it now."

The downhill course is 450m long and features ramps, bends and jumps. In 2015, the fastest course run was 34.4 seconds with a top speed of 29.5mph.

Tom said: "The event is such a good day out. You're only racing for about a minute so we're looking forward to meeting all the other teams and watching some racing."

Find out more about the team from Northampton at The Mule Fueler facebook page.
Tickets for the Red Bull Soapbox Race have now sold out, but it will be broadcast on the day on TV channel Dave.

A group of friends are getting ready to take on the challenge of eight countries in five days in a Honda Accord.

The rally will see the Not So Touring team travelling through England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Italy.

But as well as visiting attractions popular with petrolheads along the way, including the Nurburgring and the Ferrari Museum, they will also be raising money for Niamh’s Next Step.

The Wellingborough-based charity was set up to raise awareness and money for research into neuroblastoma, the childhood cancer which Niamh Curry died from when she was just five in May 2012.

The Not So Touring team is made up of James Pettit from Kettering, Will Li from Milton Keynes and Matthew Almond and Chris Kennedy from Northampton.

Matthew said it is the team’s second time on the rally raising money for Niamh’s Next Step, but with different members from when they first did it in 2015.

And he added: “We have chosen this charity because firstly it’s a local charity to us all and brings awareness to such a harsh yet unknown form of cancer.”

The team is taking part in the Motoscape Rally 2017, a road trip around Europe which is billed as the ‘ultimate banger rally experience.’

The idea is to buy a car for £500 or less, turn it into a wacky, eye-catching masterpiece and drive it along some of the greatest roads in Europe.

Not So Touring’s car is a Honda Accord worth £400 and they are hoping it will get them to the finishing line.

Once they have finished working on the car and ahead of starting the rally on September 5, the team is planning to drive it to different events to gain more interest and raise awareness for Niamh’s Next Step.

And they are really grateful for the support received so far, with a message posted on the team’s Facebook page saying: “We would like to thank you all who have donated and shown your support thus far, it means a lot to us all.”

To keep up-to-date with the team and their progress during the rally, follow @notsotouring on Twitter or search for www.facebook.com/notsotouring on Facebook.

They have raised more than £500 so far, but anyone wishing to add to this total can do so by clicking here

For more information about Niamh’s Next Step, click here

They arrived in the UK in May, just two-weeks-old and severely weakened from the journey without their mother.

But RSPCA Northamptonshire says Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Fred - named after Swedish pop band ABBA - are now on the road to living a full and happy life.

Dawn Smith, animal welfare manager for RSPCA Northamptonshire, said: “These little ones have had a difficult start to their lives. But they are fighters - they had to be to have made it this far without their mum."

On the night they were found, the kittens were handed into RSPCA Northamptonshire by a truck driver for Northampton-based Dynamic Office Solutions, who was "surprised" to find them in his lorry.

They spent the night in receiving feeds every two hours, and it was "touch and go" on whether they would make it through the night.

But now, four weeks into their quarantine at the branch, the ABBA kittens will soon be started on solid food and are "doing brilliantly". They have been microchipped and will soon have their own pet passports - just in case they ever go travelling again.

Dawn said: "Quarantine is a long process, but it’s necessary. They will be fully vaccinated and their blood will be checked for their rabies antibody levels. This is to ensure they are not carriers of the disease and can be released from quarantine.

“Quarantine is also very expensive, at £2500 to cover all the necessary treatment and care. This is a big cost for a small branch like ourselves. We rely on donations from members of the public in order to be able to look after animals, including these kittens.

"If anyone would like to donate to their quarantine care, any amount would be greatly appreciated."

The ABBA kittens are not currently available for adoption but will be coming back into the care of the branch when they are released from quarantine.

To donate to the care of these kittens, text ‘MEOW17’ plus the amount you wish to donate to 70070 (e.g. texting ‘MEOW17 £10’ to 70070 will donate £10 to their care). Alternatively, donate via the RSPCA Northamptonshire Branch’s Facebook page or visit their website.

On June 12, Northampton Borough Council gave the green light for the Turtle Bay restaurant to occupy the former Litten Tree premises on Gold Street from between 8am between 2am.

A spokeswoman for Turtle Bay said: "We're looking forward to bringing a taste of the Caribbean to Northampton with the opening of our new restaurant and bar.

"We'll be keeping the town updated with news on our opening date and details of our delicious menu soon."

The restaurant serves up spicy street-style Caribbean food and is popular for its extensive list of rum flavoured cocktails.

Tesco in Mereway has started to collect donations for children's clothing and toys to help bring comfort to little one's in the aftermath of losing their belongings.

Customer services worker, Tina Marie said one of their shoppers used to be a postman for Grenfell Tower and knows of victims who have lost their homes.

Now the shop has set up a 'drop bin' at the entrance of the store so fleeting customers can pledge goods to the cause.

The former postie is set to take the items to London on Sunday (June 18).

She said Tesco has already donated £50 worth of children's supplies towards collections for the drop bin for when children and their families get rehomed.

As well as this, businessman, Seán Wentz, who runs Gogo Utilities in Gold Street has already taken a car full of toy's and clothes down to a community centre near the tower block but has said the West London community would now benefit more from volunteers and monetary donations as community centres are bursting at the seems.

One of his friends, Micah Campbell who grew up in Northampton, donated goods to the Rugby Portobello Trust community centre in Walmer Road, West London and is calling for support from the town's residents.

Mr Wentz said: "We have been informed that all community centres and charities locally have received more than enough in regards to having items donated.

"However the local residents are still in need of money as the effects of this tragedy will linger for some time to come."

Mr Wentz has promised to provide them with as much support as he can and has set up a JustGiving page to benefit the residents while they're being re-homed.

He said on the JustGivingpage: "After hearing the dreadful news of the events that took place at West London's Grenfell Tower block in the early hours of June 14, Gogo Utilities would like to urge UK businesses, charities and the British public to make donations to help support its residents.

"This money will help with clothing, temporary accommodation, food and to provide comfort to the residents that have been victims of this horrific event.

"If this target is met, we will work with local churches, community centres and the council to reinsure that those that are in need of help are able to receive it."

The current drop-off points in London (listed below) are in desperate need of help with boxing and sorting donations, Mr Wents says.

- The Tabernacle, 34-35 Powis Square, London W11 2AY

- Shepherd's Bush central line, London W12 8ND

- Acklam Village, Portobello Rd, London W10

- All Saints Church, 3B Church Rd, Highgate, London N6 4QH

If you would like to donate money instead of goods, Sean Wentz has set up a JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/gogo-help-london