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KentOnline — 148 episodes

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Podcast: Ann Widdecombe who was the MP for Maidstone and Weald for 23 years and famously appeared on Strictly Come Dancing has died aged 78

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Podcast: Top lawyer says new evidence will clear Michael Stone of 1996 Chillenden murders

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Podcast: Kent farmers having to adapt as amber heat health alert comes into force during third heatwave of the summer

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Podcast: LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem singer Lauren Bennett from Meopham has died aged 36

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Podcast: Kent mum who filmed stalker ex outside her home fears he won't stop after he avoided a prison sentence

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Podcast: Concern for Kent care workers ahead of next heatwave, as UNISON criticises hot working conditions

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Podcast: Owners of Kentish Lady boat trip service on River Medway in Maidstone call for action to tackle antisocial behaviour

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Podcast: Herne Bay mum calls for “empathy, support and safe spaces” for the trans community following the death of her teenage daughter

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Podcast: National review finds maternity care at East Kent Hospitals remains 'fragmented' but staff morale has improved

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Podcast: Police and paramedics part of huge emergency response on Lenham Road in Headcorn

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Podcast: Swanley mum fundraising to get life-saving treatment in Germany after being diagnosed with cervical cancer for a second time

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Podcast: TikTok influencer Brooke George from Gravesend charged with murder following death of man, 26, in Dubai

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Podcast: Red warning for 'extreme heat' issued for part of Kent on what could be the hottest day of the year so far

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Podcast: 10 years after the Brexit referendum a KentOnline poll reveals one in four people in Kent who voted leave would now back remain

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Podcast: Sir Keir Starmer sets out plan to resign as Prime Minister

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Podcast: Residents concerned about roadworks on the A251 Ashford Road which will see a slip road off the M2 closed for almost a month

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Podcast: Mum's fury as private school throws hundreds of books into a skip

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Podcast: Kent's biggest school, Homewood in Tenterden, is closed today as teachers and support staff strike over proposed job losses

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Podcast: Family of Chatham man detained by ICE agents in the US are desperate to reunite him with his wife and children

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Podcast: Social media expert reacts to news under 16s in the UK are going to be banned from having accounts on sites including YouTube, TikTok and Instagram

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Podcast: Meningitis vaccine to be offered to thousands of teenagers across England following deadly outbreak in Kent

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Podcast: Mum from Paddock Wood says it's 'ridiculous' she has been denied a Blue Badge despite her 2-year-old son being diagnosed with Phelan-McDermid syndrome

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Podcast: Businessman Simon Edgecombe from Teynham claims he is the victim of a Post Office miscarriage of justice more than 40 years ago

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Podcast: Brother of professional footballer sent to prison for making threats against own family and breaking into West Malling home

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Podcast: Frustrated residents say new-build Nightingale View estate in Hamstreet near Ashford has turned into a 'nightmare'

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Podcast: Sittingbourne's Marino Fish Bar celebrates its 30th birthday as the country marks National Fish and Chip Day

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Podcast: Anger as solar park near Faversham used truckloads of water to wash panels as taps ran dry across Kent

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Podcast: Owner of Boathouse Fisheries claims video about 'dodgy shops' by MP Tony Vaughan contributed to closure of Hythe branch

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Podcast: Anger as NHS Kent and Medway makes cuts to IVF treatment and lowers eligibility age limit for women

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Podcast: Pembury mum starts petition calling for extra funding to save children's services run by Hospice in the Weald

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Podcast: Residents complain about mountains of rubbish left outside Samuels Tower in Chatham

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Podcast: Teenage boy dies after getting into difficulty while swimming in a pond in Swanscombe near Dartford

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Podcast: Six people arrested as police use extra powers to break-up antisocial groups on Thanet's beaches

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Podcast: Veolia bin lorry driver from Rainham avoids prison and keeps licence despite seriously injuring woman in crash near Maidstone

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Podcast: Victim speaks out as cowboy builders are jailed over £1.3 million scam

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Podcast: Driver jailed over fatal crash after brake-checking BMW on A249 near Sittingbourne

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Podcast: East Kent Hospitals Trust staff offered chance to resign as part of cuts

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Podcast: Investigation after man and woman killed in crash on A228 near Pembury, Tunbridge Wells

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Podcast: One-year-old girl among hundreds of Kent children recorded as crime suspects

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Podcast: Homes Under the Hammer star Clive Emson from Kent dies aged 79

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Podcast: Chatham man banned from JD Gyms at Horsted Retail Park after threatening to stay ex partner

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Podcast: Major incident declared at Miller Heights on Lower Stone Street, Maidstone after basement flood affected electrics

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Podcast: Lorry drivers jailed for attacking man in row over parking space at Moto Medway service station on M2 near Gillingham

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Podcast: Cash payments at council-run car parks in Dover could be scrapped as the council looks to replace all existing pay-and-display machines

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Podcast: Grandad living off-grid on Swanscombe Peninsula describes the scene after his home was demolished

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Podcast: Teenage biker, 17, killed in crash on Lower Road in Tonge has been described as the 'kindest of souls'

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Podcast: Residents in Lordswood near Chatham say building work on the Capstone Oaks development is causing dust and vibrations

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Podcast: Hythe man secretly cremated dad and stole £5,700 from his bank account days after his death

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Podcast: Three teenagers who killed Alexander Cashford on a Sheppey beach have been locked up for a total of 19 years

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Podcast: Woman ordered to repaint blue home in Deal after Dover District Council issued an enforcement notice

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Podcast: People living in Nautilus Drive and Nautilus Close in Minster on Sheppey say their homes and cars have been targeted by someone with a catapult

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Podcast: Former manager of The Clipper pub in Dartford jailed for fraud after taking more than £100k from the business

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Podcast: Strood woman is banned from Bluewater Shopping Centre after stealing from stores including Boots, Next, H&M and New Look

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Podcast: Thug who knocked celebrity DJ unconscious at Margate nightclub spared jail

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Podcast: Traders in Queenborough on Sheppey say new parking chargers are impacting their businesses

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Podcast: Inquest told 'inspirational' headteacher of Barham Primary School near Canterbury took her own life amid fears she was developing dementia

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Podcast: Former Odeon cinema in Canterbury will need to be completely demolished as losses mount for Tokyo Tea Rooms owner

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Podcast: Family say they want their old life back after spending a year in temporary accommodation following a fire at Conqueror House, in Crabble Hill, Dover

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Podcast: Herne Bay bride covered in black paint moments before walking down the aisle to get married at Oakwood House in Maidstone

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Podcast: Tributes paid to Maidstone mum after inquest hears she died from natural causes after travelling to Turkey for cosmetic surgery

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Podcast: Two men charged with murder following death of 19-year-old Ashton Harrington in Whitstable

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Podcast: South East Water boss David Hinton admits 'we need to do better' as he is questioned again by MPs about outages in Kent

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Podcast: Boy, 5, suffers fractured skull and brain bleed in freak accident at Harrietsham CofE Primary School

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Podcast: Ex-partner of Lauren Kinrade from Sittingbourne speaks about the impact her false allegations have had on his life

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Podcast: Mum of teenager Ashton Harrington who was stabbed to death in Whitstable says she won't rest until she gets justice for her son

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Podcast: Family with newborn baby 'lose everything' as huge flames seen ‘bursting out’ roof of houses in Greenhithe, near Dartford.

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Podcast: Skydiver dies at Headcorn Aerodrome near Maidstone after eyewitnesses reported seeing 'object' falling from the sky

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Podcast: Domestic abuser jailed after threatening to kill his partner and burn her family’s house down

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Podcast: Developer Hodson enters administration leaving future of almost 6,000 homes in Chilmington, in Ashford, Green in doubt

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Podcast: Daughter of alcoholic Gillingham man says he 'spent thousands' ordering drinks on Uber Eats and other delivery apps before his death

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Podcast: Bosses 'deeply heartbroken' after fire breaks out at The Hengist in Aylesford High Street

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Podcast: The most and least affordable places to buy a home in Kent are revealed

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Podcast: Father and son jailed for killing four-year-old Peter Maughan in crash in Southfleet

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Podcast: Prince and Princess of Wales due among congregation at Canterbury Cathedral for enthronement of Dame Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury

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Podcast: Police launch investigation after fire at Ramo's Cafe in Strood High Street

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Podcast: Tributes to Kent Police officer who died after being involved in a crash while responding to emergency call on A20 in Farningham, near Swanley

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Podcast: Explosions heard as fire rips through Matts Hill Farm industrial estate, Hartlip, near Sittingbourne

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Podcast: HMP Swaleside on Sheppey named 'worst prison in country' as damning report highlights violence and drug issues

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Podcast: Herne Bay mum speaks of shock as daughter, who lives in Canterbury, is treated in hospital for meningitis following deadly outbreak

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Podcast: MenB confirmed as deadly strain of meningitis linked to Club Chemistry in Canterbury following deaths of two young people

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Podcast: University of Kent student and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School pupil die in meningitis outbreak in Canterbury

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Podcast: Family pays tribute to Ammber Fenn, from Rochester, who died in car crash on A249 near Sheppey Crossing

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Podcast: South East Water says it can supply water to all the 19,000 new homes planned for Tonbridge and Malling

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Podcast: Plans for 725 new homes would "double the population" of Meopham as campaigners say it's "beyond comprehension"

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Podcast: Two planning applications emerge for Traveller sites on land off White Post Lane in Sole Street as families "just need a place to live"

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Podcast: Drunken Sittingbourne man violently attacked Travel Masters school bus full of children after being refused a lift home by the driver

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Podcast: Snodland man speaks about road rage attack near roundabout on A249 in Maidstone that left his arm broken

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Podcast: Firefighters battle blaze at derelict Swanton House in Elwick Road, Ashford

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Podcast: Work to fix 'rollercoaster' A299 Thanet Way to start this summer

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Podcast: Tunbridge Wells dad living in Abu Dhabi speaks about seeing missiles intercepted as a conflict in the Middle East continues

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Podcast: Traders in Sheerness High Street say they are 'fighting a losing battle' after a number of small businesses closed

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Podcast: Family pays tribute to ‘inspiring’ restaurant manager at Fish at 55 in Rochester High Street taken 'far too young'

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Podcast: The Canterbury Tales attraction telling Chaucer’s much-loved stories has been revived using the latest technology

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Podcast: Grandmother told by Ashford Borough Council she can't return to her home of 25 years after devastating fire

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Podcast: Swimmers concerned about increase in sewage discharges at Hythe following heavy rainfall this winter

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Podcast: New big name store could join the like of M&S, Dunelm and The Range at Sittingbourne Retail Park

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Podcast: Wayfield Primary School in Chatham placed in special measures following 'shocking' Ofsted report

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Podcast: Dartford man jailed after violent assault on Whitstable mum with boiling sugar water and hammer

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Podcast: Leeds Castle announces shock end to its annual open-air classical concert after more than 40 years

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Podcast: Misconduct panel finds former Tonbridge School, Skinners’ School and Maidstone Grammar School teacher acted inappropriately with pupils.

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Podcast: Folkestone man warns ‘black oil scam’ has come to Kent as conmen posing as buyers sabotage his Mercedes

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Podcast: Rochester man detained in psychiatric hospital after stabbing Lt Col Mark Teeton near Brompton Barracks

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Podcast: Vespa rider left unconscious in road after hit-and-run at Whitfield roundabout near Dover

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Podcast: The underpass near Asda in Ashford that’s flooded so often it’s even got its own Facebook page

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Podcast: Driver reportedly attacked by motorist after suffering seizure at the wheel and crashing his car in Gravesend

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Podcast: Residents left frustrated as three roads in Faversham won't get full-fibre broadband from Openreach

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Podcast: Drivers forced to ‘swerve’ to avoid ‘dangerous’ potholes amid calls for council to re-tarmac Matts Hill Lane in Hartlip

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Podcast: Dad, 32, from Broadstairs left paralysed from the neck down following a crash in Hersden near Canterbury

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Podcast: Ashford abuser jailed for six years after violently beating pregnant partner in Sheppey home

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Podcast: Former bartender at Thomas Becket pub in Canterbury to receive thousands in compensation after wage dispute

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Podcast: Young security guard assaulted by "wild" patient at Maidstone Hospital fears she may never work in industry again

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Podcast: Murder investigation underway following death of 25-year-old man in suspected stabbing at home in Eythorne near Dover

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Podcast: Frustration as South East Water bills to rise by 7% just weeks after thousands of home in Tunbridge Wells were left without supplies

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Podcast: Fury in Margate as Dreamland’s The Scenic Railway, the UK’s oldest rollercoaster, to shut permanently

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Podcast: Heartbreak at death of former Park Mall shopping centre manager, 41, who ‘loved Ashford’

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Podcast: Residents call for crackdown on campervans parked outside their homes in Deal

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Podcast: Residents plead to housebuilder Bovis to complete their five-year-old estate at The Meadows in Staplehurst

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Podcast: A La Turka restaurant boss hit with hefty court bill after ‘gaslighting’ Kent County Council over illegal enclosure in Herne Bay

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Podcast: Shock as man smashes up Happy Friar Chinese takeaway in Tunbridge Wells causing thousands of pounds worth of damage

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Podcast: Police investigation underway amid fears a 21-year-old woman was spiked while celebrating her birthday at Bierkeller in Maidstone

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Podcast: Sheerness man charged with murder after man in his 50s fatally stabbed

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Podcast: Friends and family have paid tribute to a mum from Medway who was killed in a motorbike crash on the A228 Pembury Northern Bypass near Tunbridge Wells

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Podcast: ‘Handsy’ Folkestone police officer who groped colleagues barred from all forces

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Podcast: Kent’s secondary schools ranked in latest league tables – but heads warn results are not what they seem

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Podcast: "Heartbreaking" rise in child drug treatment across Kent and Medway with even children of primary school age suspended

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Podcast: Major incident declared as thousands of people across Kent are affected by water supply problems

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Podcast: Storm Goretti batters Sandgate Espanade, near Folkestone, throwing shingle over sea wall, flooding road and moving parked cars

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Podcast: Campervan torched just an ‘arm’s length’ away from Litmus House in Vellum Drive in Sittingbourne as young family forced to flee

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Podcast: Waste company Veolia apologises after workers remove homeless woman's belongings from outside Boots in Dover

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Podcast: Canterbury pub landlord needs to sell 130,000 extra pints to cover costs after business rates hike

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Podcast: Almost 5,000 customers left out of pocket after Canterbury-based Huh. Store fell into administration

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Podcast: Tonbridge siblings star in The Florin Street Band Christmas music video, after being discovered on Instagram

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Podcast: Mother from Maidstone shoplifted party food from Aldi in Aylesford for her daughter’s 18th birthday party

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Podcast: Woman left lying in agony on floor of A&E at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford for five hours

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Podcast: Figures reveal the parts of Kent that are popular with so-called DFLs - people moving to the county from London

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Podcast: Strood woman faces Christmas in a Premier Inn after a car crashed into her bungalow two months ago

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Podcast: Police investigating after children shot at with paintballs near play area in Iwade near Sittingbourne

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Podcast: Medway Maritime Hospital introduces mandatory face masks as battle continues against rising flu cases

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Podcast: Tribunal overturns fine issued to driver who used a 'School Street' in Gillingham when restrictions were in place

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Podcast: Killer Andrew Griggs from Deal questions coroner during inquest into death of wife Debbie in 1999

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Podcast: Drivers told to "face the consequences" after being hit by fines 29 months after temporary speed limit brought in at Sheppey Crossing

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Podcast: Ricky Gervais donates £200,000 from comedy shows to The Retreat Animal Rescue near Ashford and Flori's Friends Rescue in Canterbury

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Podcast: Families' relief after special needs teaching assistant from Iwade found guilty of child cruelty

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Podcast: NHS staff in parts of Kent are being offered the chance to resign as part of plans to cut costs

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Podcast: ArcelorMittal confirms all jobs at Chatham Docks site are up for redundancy as Peel Waters plan redevelopment

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Podcast: 257 flats in Victoria Road in Ashford lie abandoned as Vidi Construction goes into administration

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Podcast: Tunbridge Wells residents told to boil water so it's safe to drink as South East Water outage continues into fifth day

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Podcast: Tunbridge Wells MP Mike Martin calls for CEO of South East Water to resign after thousands of customers were left without supplies