Planning Blueprint To Get Green Light

A blueprint for future development in the South & West of Northants is set for approval. The "Joint Core Strategy" includes houses, roads and businesses in Northampton, Daventry and South Northants until 2026. Stuart talks to Councillor Tim Hadland, from Northampton Borough Council, who chairs the West Northamptonshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee, and to Councillor Kay Driver, the deputy chair of the West Northamptonshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee, who sits on Daventry District Council.

Plus:

* Council rejects church plans

* Is the recession contributing to the divorce rate in Northamptonshire?

* Flood alerts for Northamptonshire

* On the BBC Radio Northampton nativity trail, reporter Tom Percival hears about a Joseph in Desborough & finds frankincense & myrrh in Wellingborough