Watch: Swan stops traffic on four-lane motorway

CCTV footage showed a swan bringing a four-lane stretch of a busy motorway to a standstill.

National Highways said the bird wandered across the M1 near Northampton last month.

Traffic officer Adrian Woods helped to move it to a small lake off junction 16, resulting in "a happy ending all round".

He and a colleague were dispatched from the nearby Watford Gap outstation when the incident was reported at about 10:30 GMT on 19 November.

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4 December 2025

Watch: Beaver family fells trees in new home

The beavers, some born last year, are the first at the nature reserve in about 400 years.

Drone footage captures a crisp, sunny day in Corby and nearby Rockingham after wintry showers.

Video shows the moment a car skids sideways, narrowly missing a man on a bike, before crashing.

The kits are caught on camera at the enclosure where the adults were released earlier this year.

Video shows a town centre building described as the "mouth of hell" being demolished in March 2015.

Thousands of starlings are seen swooping above a Northamptonshire village by residents.

Bodycam footage shows the arrest of a man who had attacked a stranger in a pub before running off.

Kettering Town fans react to their 2-1 victory at Northampton Town in the first round of the FA Cup.

The match will be a replay of their last FA cup showdown in 1989.

Footage shows the man driving on the wrong side of the road during a pursuit with police.

Northampton Saints celebrated their Premiership win with an open-top bus parade around Northampton.

They describe the joy of beating Bath 25-21 at Twickenham but admit they were "rubbish" at times.

Northampton supporters at Twickenham describe a tense 25-21 Premiership final victory over Bath.