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One million children in Britain are growing up with no contact with their father, according to a report which reveals that lone parent families are increasing at a rate of more than 20,000 a year and will total more than two million by 2015.

The report from The Centre for Social Justice says family break-up devastates children, parents and communities.

Reporter Elinor Cross meets Carolita from Northampton, a single mum to three boys, while Stuart talks to David Woodward, who runs Resolve relationship counselling in Kettering, and to Jennie Cuttriss from Kettering, the county Chair of Families Need Fathers.

Plus:

* more of Corby's workforce is in manufacturing than anywhere else in England and Wales, according to the Office for National Statistics

* the 91热爆 Affairs Select Committee, which includes Northampton North MP Michael Ellis, says the response of police, social workers and prosecutors to organised child grooming is "catastrophic and woeful"

* people living near a food composting plant in Daventry say the smell is becoming unbearable

* a survey carried out by the Food Standards Agency for "Food Safety Week" shows that more than 80% of respondants did things that risked food poisoning

* planning is already underway for next year's Northampton Carnival with organisers of Saturday's event saying it was the most successful to date

* former pupils of Avondale Junior School in Kettering in the 1960's are planning a reunion after its merger with Montagu School to became the Kettering Buccleuch Academy

* in the studio - special guest Alex Wakely, captain of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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