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Major childcare conference in Northants, Saints ground development & Olympic countdown gathers pace

Iain Duncan Smith giving keynote speech at a childcare conference in Northamptonshire, plus - as the Olympic Torch arrives in the UK, a Northamptonshire school takes part in a record attempt.

Reporter Willy Gilder talks to the South Northamptonshire Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom and her mother about NorPIP - the Northamptonshire Parent Infant Project. The Towcester based charity is staging a major conference in childcare, with a keynote speech from the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith.

Stuart talks to John Kightley MBE, a trustee of the Restoration Fund at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Northampton, about Government plans to help churches hit by its plans to charge VAT on alterations to historic buildings.

The Chief Executive of Northampton Saints Allan Robson talks to Stuart about the new contract agreed with Director of Rugby Jim Mallender and about the latest on the club's plans to develop Franklins Gardens.

As the Olympic Torch arrives in the UK, pupils at Millbrook Junior School in Kettering are part of an attempt to set a new "Big Dance 2012 Olympic World Record" for the largest multi-venue dance routine.

Chris Read talks about his 'Diamond' Narrow Boat which is manned by the Northampton Sea Cadets and will be part of the flotilla on the Thames for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Kettering reporter Martin Borley meets the pupils and their teacher, Carolyn Penny, from Latimer Arts College at Barton Seagrave who are through to the last 16 from schools across the UK in the Cook for the Queen competition.

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