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Businesses Will Relocate For Fast Broadband

Businesses in Corby are threatening to move away from the town unless they get superfast broadband soon. The town's MP has discussed the issue with BT.

Businesses in Corby are threatening to move away from the town unless they get superfast broadband soon.

The town's MP, Andy Sawford, has discussed the issue with BT.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Northampton's Corby reporter Martin Borley visits two businesses who say that superfast broadband is vital to them, while Stuart talks to Andy Sawford, to Paul Bimson, BT's regional partnership Director for the East Midlands, and to Dr Paul Blantern, the Chief Executive of Northamptonshire County Council who contacts the show.

Plus:

* plans to open a visitor's centre next to the site of the Battle of Naseby have been shelved after the Trust which preserves it failed to raise the money needed to buy the land

* villagers in Abthorpe set up their own Superfast Broadband network

* Mike Smith nominates his business. Dreams Cafe in St Giles Street in Northampton, as best tearoom in the Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards

* Northamptonshire Police are looking for 2 Springer Spaniels to be trained as police dogs

* it's 12 months since the final daily editions of two of Northamptonshires local newspapers went to press

* teenagers from the Northants Association of Youth Clubs stage a fund-raising climb of the equivalent of the height of Mount Kilimanjaro

* former Cobblers, Kettering and Corby footballer Leon McKenzie switches to boxing

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Fri 31 May 2013 06:00

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  • Fri 31 May 2013 06:00

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