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Calls for a new Mosque in Northampton + save water + smoking in hospital grounds

Labour Councillors in Northampton call for a cross-party initiative to build a purpose-built Mosque in the town, and there's a call for people to use less water.

Labour Councillors in Northampton say the town needs a purpose-built Mosque. Labour Councillor Gareth Eales tells Stuart that he's calling on the Borough Council's controlling Conservative group to establish a cross-party group to work with local Muslims and take the project forward.

Stuart talks to Mark Crabtree from the Institution of Civil Engineers after the publication of a report in which the Institution calls for a 30% cut in the amount of water we use and a better national strategy for the use and conservation of water. Ciaran Nelson from Anglian Water tells Stuart about its approach to metering and to the ongoing hosepipe ban.

Reporter Rebecca Dickson goes to Stanwick where an RAF Merlin helicopter had to make an unscheduled landing in a field after developing a technical fault.

Hussein Lalani from the Northampton based 99p Stores talks to Stuart about the influence his compamy has had on the pricing policies of supermarket chains like Tesco & Sainsbury's.

Detective Sergeant Phil Mills, a specialist officer on domestic violence at Northamptonshire Police, and Wendy Lovell from the charity Women's Aid talk about a new court in Northampton set up to deal with domestic violence.

Charles Abolins, the Director of Facilities at Northampton General Hospital, discusses the difficulty in policing the 'no smoking' policy in the hospital grounds.

On the eve of the Euro 2012 Football Tournament reporter James Tzanoudakis talks to Northampton Borough Council's street football officer Gavin Lewis.

With 50 days to go to the 2012 Olympic Games Stuart talks to Celia Panter, Mum of Anne Panter from Wellingbrough, a member of the Great Britain Women's Hockey Team.

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  • Thu 7 Jun 2012 06:00

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