It looks like a derelict hotel on the A2 near Gravesend will be turned into a petrol station and M&S food store.

Plans for a £10 million redevelopment of the Tollgate site have been recommended for approval.

Also in today's podcast, a Kent turkey farmer has told us it's 'business as usual' despite restrictions coming in to try and stop the spread of bird flu.

There has been at least one confirmed case in the county - with more than 60 birds having to be culled at the Happy Pants Ranch near Sittingbourne.

Councils across Kent and Medway have released five different suggestions of what local council reform could look like.

New maps show how the county could be split up into unitary authorities. The leader of Medway Council, Vince Maple, has been talking us through them.

Work is underway to convert an old toilet block on Sheppey into a brand new event space.

Plans were originally submitted by the boss of Elmley Nature Reserve back in 2017 - but it was delayed by Covid.

And in sport, the Gillingham manager has revealed more about his heart surgery, and why it couldn't wait.

Gareth Ainsworth was found to have a murmur during a routine health check.

You can also hear from striker Seb Palmer-Houlden who has been chatting ahead of the weekend's game at Bristol Rovers.

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A couple are getting a £1,200 refund for furniture that did not arrive after threatening to take The Range to court.

It’s after they ordered four electric recliner armchairs from the retailer in September – some parts arrived two days later but other pieces didn’t show up at all.

Also in today’ podcast, a lorry driver who had more than 40 migrants in the back of his trailer is among several caught this year amid a spike in arrests in Kent.

You can hear from the National Crime Agency who’s warning hauliers are being targeted by ruthless gangs offering them thousands of pounds to smuggle people in and out of the country.

A secondary school in Sevenoaks that has started locking its students’ mobile phones away during the day says children are “talking” and “running around” again since its introduction.

You can hear from bosses at the school and from students who’ve been telling us what impact the smartphone ban has had.

Parents in Kent are being urged to learn basic first aid skills before taking their children to events this festive season.

St John Ambulance says it's important to prepare now for any activities you might have planned over the next couple of months.

And, the female bison who led the wild herd in woodland near Canterbury has died at the age of 21.

Staff at the Wildwood Trust say she lived a long life after being move from a zoo and released into Blean Woods in 2022.

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A mum of seven from Margate has died just three months after being diagnosed with cancer.

53-year-old Michelle Bailey was told in July she had an incurable form of the disease after initially suffering what doctors thought was a stroke.

Also in today's podcast, the leader of Kent County Council has hit back at the Chancellor, after she criticised the local authority during a speech at Downing Street.

Rachel Reeves was speaking ahead of her Budget later this month. Hear what she had to say and the response from Reform UK's Linden Kemkaran.

The boss of a Kent charity's admitted they got too big, too quickly.

Gillingham Street Angels, which runs a number of shops and a food bank, announced at the start of the week it was going to close after supporting hundreds of homeless and vulnerable people since 2018.

People living on Prince Andrew Road in Broadstairs have told the podcast the name is now embarrassing, and they want it changed.

It's after Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his Royal title over his links to disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. Andrew has always denied any wrong doing.

A campaign is underway to organise a Christmas dinner for young care leavers in north Kent.

Many of those who grow up in foster homes are left with nowhere to go on the big day after they turn 18.

An event is already held every year in Folkestone, and now volunteers want to put on a meal in the north of the county.

And in sport, Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth has returned to oversee training this week following heart surgery.

He's been absent from the club for a month after having an operation in early October.

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