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Empty 91热爆s & Housing Waiting Lists

More than 8,000 homes stand empty in Northamptonshire while tens of thousands of people sit on housing waiting lists. Kettering & Wellingborough Councils offer their solutions.

More than 8,000 homes stand empty in Northamptonshire at the same time as tens of thousands of people sit on waiting lists for social housing or struggle to find affordable properties in the private sector. Kettering and Wellingborough councils have different solutions. Stuart talks to Kettering Borough housing officer John Conway and to Councillor Paul Bell, Leader of the Borough Council of Wellingborough.

Plus:

* Favell House in Northampton may have to charge for services;

* reporter Willy Gilder on the look-out for road signs obscured by overgrown verges;

* a memorial service in Somerset & a find-raiser in Kettering for 4-year old Dylan Cecil;

* Weetabix is 80!

3 hours

Last on

Tue 28 Aug 2012 06:00

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  • Tue 28 Aug 2012 06:00

World War One At 91热爆

Discover incredible stories about life in Northamptonshire during WW1