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  • Podcast: The most and least affordable places to buy a home in Kent are revealed
    Mar 27 2026

    If you're looking to get on the housing ladder, figures today have revealed the most and least affordable parts of Kent.

    Property prices in Dover are just seven times residents' earnings, but in Sevenoaks it's much higher at more than 10 times.

    Reporter Sam Lennon has been in Dover and speaking to people who live and work in the town.

    Crews have been tackling a blaze at a car dealership in Canterbury which caused heavy smoke and travel disruption.

    Seven fire engines were sent to the Mercedes-Benz showroom on Sturry Road at around half five this morning.

    Plans to build 2,500 homes near Sittingbourne have been delayed.

    A decision on the development off Sheppey Way in Bobbing was due to be made last night, but it's been deferred by Swale Council. Hear from local democracy reporter Dan Esson.

    A Medway mum's been forced to give up work to look after her son after he was given a place at a mainstream school that can't support his needs.

    Five year-old Hudson Black has autism and sensory processing disorders but was given a place at Parkwood Primary in Rainham which says it isn't suitable. We've been speaking to Hudson's mum Charlotte.

    A Kent campaign group has welcomed a landmark ruling in the US, against the owners of Youtube and Instagram.

    Google and Meta have been found liable for young woman's addiction to social media. We've got reaction from Whitstable Unplugged.

    And in sport, it's a trip to Crawley Town for Gillingham in league two this weekend.

    The Gills will be hoping to end a run of four defeats. Hear from manager Gareth Ainsworth and defender Sam Gale.


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  • Podcast: Father and son jailed for killing four-year-old Peter Maughan in crash in Southfleet
    Mar 26 2026

    Two men have been jailed for killing a four-year-old family member in a crash near Gravesend.

    Peter Maughan died after the 4x4 he was travelling in with his parents and youngster sister was clipped at speed by a vehicle pursuing them on New Barn Road in Southfleet last June.

    Hear from Peter's mother Hayley Maughan and Senior prosecutor Natalie Smith who spoke outside court.

    Also in today's podcast, a driver who struck a teacher in a hit and run in Medway has been found guilty of causing death by careless driving.

    Ben Allen was knocked down as he walked along Station Road in Cliffe following a night out in December 2021.

    If you live in three parts of Medway, you're being urged to have a say on how £60million should be spent.

    We told you last week how Twydall, Luton and Rede Common are getting an equal share of Pride in Place funding from government.

    Gillingham and Rainham MP Naushabah Khan has been speaking to the local democracy reporting service.

    The KentOnline Podcast has been told the UK's largest solar farm on land in Kent will be up and running within months.

    Cleve Hill Solar Park covers 900 acres in Graveney between Faversham and Whitstable after being approved by the government six years ago.

    And, Talia Mar has been on our sister radio station, kmfm, talking about how being an independent artist has changed her career.

    The 'Stay the Night' singer left her record label in 2024. Her new single 'Suit and Tie' is her third independent release.


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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
    Mar 25 2026

    It's an historic day in Kent as the enthronement of the first female Archbishop of Canterbury takes place.

    Today's ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral is the symbolic start of Dame Sarah Mullally's leadership of the Church of England.

    More than 2,000 people including the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prime Minister will be at the ceremony.

    Three students from the John Wallis Church of England Academy in Ashford will also be taking part hear from MacAnthony Ihejirika and the school's chaplain Ian Rich.

    Also in today's podcast, you're now able to travel around Canterbury on e-bikes.

    Rental firm Beryl is bringing the vehicles to the city and already runs similar schemes in Manchester, Plymouth and Bradford.

    We're joined on the episode by reporter Brad Harper who went along to the launch.

    Residents of a village near Maidstone have criticised plans to build 26 homes on an agricultural field near their homes.

    Developers have submitted an application for land off Gallants Lane in East Farleigh.

    Meantime, there are fears a new development in Dover will result in the loss of almost all of the parking spaces around a nearby church.

    11 homes are set to be built along Northbourne Road in Great Mongeham, with double yellow line directly outside.

    And in sport, Kent's head coach Adam Hollioake says there's no reason some of his young players couldn't represent England at senior level one day.

    Several of them were given their first-team debuts last summer and are said to be showing promise.


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