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  • Podcast: Tonbridge siblings star in The Florin Street Band Christmas music video, after being discovered on Instagram
    Dec 24 2025

    Three siblings have starred in a Christmas music video after being discovered on Instagram.

    Lola, Arlo and Noah Micallef appear in the latest music video by The Florin Street Band, after their mum posted a video of them singing one of the band’s Christmas hits.

    Also in today’s podcast, there are calls for Royal Mail to improve its service after people living near Folkestone say they're only receiving letters every couple of weeks - often in large batches.

    Residents say important post such as driving documents, medical letters and bills is regularly delivered late.

    You can hear from a mum from Folkestone who’s joined a campaign to give children a smartphone free Christmas.

    Billboards have been put up across Kent encouraging parents to delay giving their children devices as long as possible.

    Work on a £41 million relief road will finally begin next month – bringing with it 13 weeks of lane closures on a busy route.

    The long-awaited Sturry Link Road will connect the A291 Sturry Hill to the A28 Sturry Road, bypassing the village’s level crossing in a bid to ease congestion.

    And in football, Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth is predicting their Boxing Day showdown with old boss Neil Harris could be a great occasion.

    Harris brings his in-form Cambridge United side to Priestfield for the festive League Two clash, sitting four points better off than the club who sacked him just over two years ago.


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    22 m
  • Podcast: Mother from Maidstone shoplifted party food from Aldi in Aylesford for her daughter’s 18th birthday party
    Dec 23 2025

    A Kent woman who stole party food for her daughter’s 18th birthday party after she ran out of cash has appeared in court.

    The single mother of three, who claims benefits, had hired a caravan to celebrate her eldest daughter’s special day but had no money left for party food.

    Also in today’s podcast, new technology has been rolled out across Maidstone in a bid to crack down on fly-tipping.

    Drones are helping council officers detect illegally dumped waste within minutes - a job that usually could take hours.

    Residents say it is “ridiculous” plans to turn a family home in a terraced street into a six-bedroom house of multiple occupation have been approved.

    The change of use application for the property in Strood was submitted to Medway Council earlier this year.

    The boss of a Kent music venue says he's hoping to buck the trend by opening a second site in the county.

    The team behind the Booking Hall in Dover are currently working on renovating what used to be the Life nightclub on Sittingbourne High Street.

    And we’ve been hearing how a team of therapy dogs have been spreading some Christmas cheer in Kent.

    The animals have been going round to hospital wards as part of a Medway Maritime initiative.


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    21 m
  • Podcast: Woman left lying in agony on floor of A&E at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford for five hours
    Dec 22 2025

    A woman has told how she was left lying on a hospital floor for more than five hours, vomiting and in agony, as staff walked straight past her.

    The 61-year-old says she was treated “appallingly” at the William Harvey in Ashford after being taken to the busy A&E via ambulance.

    Also in today’s podcast, a landlord has smeared white paint over CCTV cameras around his pub causing more than £6,000 worth of damage.

    He used rollers to cover the lenses as well as sensors on car park barriers and says he was trying to protect the privacy of his customers.

    A charity helping women on probation to rebuild their lives has opened a new centre in Kent.

    Many of those who use Advance are victims of domestic abuse, caught in the criminal justice system as a result of some kind of trauma.

    Dozens of pharmacy customers, including many Blue Badge holders, have been fined for parking at the entrance to an industrial estate while collecting their medication.

    For decades, visitors have been stopping on the double yellow lines at the entrance to the London Road industrial estate in Sittingbourne while grabbing their prescriptions but they’ve suddenly started receiving fines.

    And in football, the Gillingham manager says unacceptable defensive mistakes and missed chances led to defeat at Fleetwood on Saturday.

    You can hear from Gareth Ainsworth, as well as midfielder Armani Little, following the 2 -1 loss.


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