Northampton
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| Weather | 11°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 91% Humidity |
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| Population | 215,173 (2011) |
| Local time | Tuesday 07:23 |
| Mayor | Nazim Choudary |
| Area code | 01604 |
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| ID | 1401618 |
About Northampton
Northampton is a town in England's East Midlands region. The house at 78 Derngate, remodeled by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1916–1917, is now a museum. Abington Park Museum has local history and fashion exhibits. Barnes Meadow Nature Reserve has grassland and wetland bird habitats. Sywell Country Park, built around a former reservoir, includes meadows, a playground and a native butterfly garden.
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Marks and Spencer: Northampton photo shoot causes upset
The Shop posted the picture of The Woman modelling a dress outside The Guildhall, where the borough council is based, on its Facebook page
Marks & Spencer has been criticised for using a photo of a model posing near one of its closed stores.
The retailer posted The Shot of an "Insider" - employees who promote the brand via Social Media - outside Northampton 's Guildhall on its Facebook page.
Locals were quick to point out the "ironic" location - just a three-minute walk from the boarded-up shopfront.
M& S, said the closure was "vital".
The store in Abingdon Street, 321m (352 yards) from the Guildhall, closed last August after 111 years in The Town .
Responding to the, one person commented there "used to be a perfectly good Northampton store" but now it was "only good enough" for a photograph.
Another wrote: "So you close the Northampton store but you'll happily use our Guildhall for promo shots?"
One user said it was "great to see M& S" in Northampton but added: "Shame your store is now boarded up. "
Another person posting noted the "irony" of using "Northampton as a backdrop".
Northampton residents have criticised Marks and Spencer for using a site in The Town to photograph the model as The Firm has closed down its local storeAn M& S spokeswoman said the model was an employee who lives near Northampton .
"Reshaping in towns such as Northampton isn't easy, and we recognise the impact it has on the community, but reshaping is vital for M& S and the 80,000 colleagues it employs," She Said .
She Said Northampton still had a Simply Food outlet, and there were stores in Rushden Lakes, Milton Keynes and Rugby.
Tim Hadland, of Northampton Borough Council, said M& S was "welcome any time to use photos of our beautiful town".
"The Dress might well be lovely, but the Guildhall is out of this world," he said.
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Source of news: bbc.com
