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The latest figures on one-parent families show that South Northamptonshire has the lowest rate nationally at 5%, but 40% of families in Corby have a lone parent, one of the highest proportions in the country. Stuart talks to Professor Kate Pickett, an Epidemiologist from the University of York, to Caroline Davey from the charity 'Gingerbread', and to Ray Barry from the Equal Parenting Alliance.

Banks are still not lending to small businesses. Bill Pateman runs Makasa Ltd in Irchester which imports cane furniture from Indonesia and he explains what's happened to his business, while Stuart talks to Christopher Cook, an accounting and Finance Expert from the University of Northampton, and to Gary Wilkinson, the CEO of The Cambridge and Counties Bank.

Reporter Rebecca Dickson meets families watching the Olympic Games on the big screen at Beckett's Park in Northampton, Stuart talks to Andrew bird and Rich Peppiat who are both staging shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fiona Talbot from the National Heritage Memorial Fund talks about the grant they've made to keep the Westmorland Archive in Northamptonshire, and Rebecca goes to Rockingham Castle to see the Kennel Club's International Agility Festival.