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Are big supermarkets destroying our town centres?

That’s the fear of some people in Oundle who are concerned about the opening of a new supermarket on the edge of the town.

Reporter Martin Borley offers his reflections of Oundle and talks to shoppers and retailers there, while reporter Tom Percival hears what people in Towcester think about the town centre there.

Stuart talks to Simon Gartside, the manager of the new Waitrose supermarket in Oundle, and to Oundle’s town centre manager Paula Prince.

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