A Kent mum has told us how her son has been suffering from anxiety after being lured to a railway station car park and attacked.

13-year-old Kian was punched and kicked by an older teenager after travelling by train from Appledore to Rye. Layla Sullivan has described the impact it's had and what she thinks of the punishment.

Also in today's podcast, a change.org petition has been set up as part of our campaign calling for reforms to the Blue Badge system.

We want cancer patients and those with short-term but serious mobility issues to qualify for one. Kent's MPs are in favour as are Medway Council, but the leader of Kent County Council has said it won't be implemented.

As the COP30 climate conference draws to a close in Brazil this week, we've had some worrying news about insect populations in Kent.

New data suggests they're continuing to decline. Hear from Paul Hetherington from BugLife.

A campaign group in an historic Kent village are trying to raise £5,000 to help fight development plans.

Proposals have been put in for 100 homes in Lower Street in Eastry which members of Eastry Says No say it amounts to "over-development".

In sport, London City Lionesses forward Freya Godfrey has been called up by England.

The 20-year-old from the Aylesford based club is included in the squad for friendly games against China and Ghana. Hear from England manager Sarina Wiegman.

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People living on a road in Sheerness say they are having sleepless nights and suffering 'horrendous noise' coming from a house being turned into an HMO.

The podcast has been told work at the property on Alma Street has been going on for more than two months. Hear from a neighbour who claims it has also caused damage to her home.

Also in today's episode, a Kent charity that supports young refugees has criticised the government's plans to overhaul the asylum system.

Under proposals announced yesterday, most will have to wait 20 years to apply to settle here permanently.

A Kent dad says children's lives are being put at risk due to a lack of pavement along a stretch of road in Sittingbourne.

Daniel Thomas is calling for pavements to be installed on Highsted Road following a series of near misses. He's told our reporter there's been a lack of action since a nearby housing estate was finished in 2007.

A Kent woman who became the legal guardian of 15 children at the age of 22 has been telling us how she's helping families in Tanzania.

Letty McMaster travelled there on a gap year and ended up taking over an orphanage that would otherwise have closed down.

And in sport, Gillingham's young players are in FA Youth Cup action tonight.

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A mum-of-four from Folkestone has described how she feared she was going to die after her jealous boyfriend put his hands around her throat and squeezed until she couldn't breathe.

Gina Aiano has bravely described what happened after her attacker was jailed for 27 months.

Also in today's podcast, a man from Faversham says there is a lack of dignity for patients receiving corridor care at a Kent hospital.

Paul's mother is in her 80s and spent days on a trolley in a corridor behind the A&E department at the William Harvey in Ashford. Paul's been speaking to Kate about the conditions.

Plastic pellets dumped in the sea by Southern Water have now washed up on the Kent coast.

The biobeads are used in wastewater treatment and are believed to have come from a plant in Eastbourne. Folkestone and Hythe MP Tony Vaughan has shared a video about it on his socials.

As COP30 continues in Brazil, bosses at a Kent college have told us they're making great progress towards being carbon neutral by 2030.

£15.6 million is being spent on MidKent College's campuses in Medway and Maidstone.

With Christmas not far away, our sister radio station kmfm have launched their Give a Gift campaign for 2025.

They'll be hoping to deliver toys to children and young people across Kent who'll be spending Christmas in hospital, living in care or facing difficult circumstances.

In sport, it was a point for Gillingham in league two over the weekend.

It finished 2-2 in front of the TV cameras against Crawley Town at Priestfield - hear from manager Gareth Ainsworth.

And, it's hoped a major redevelopment at one of Kent's most prestigious golf courses could see it host the Ryder Cup.

The multi-million-pound project at The London Golf Club in Sevenoaks will see a five-star hotel, spa, sports pavilion and luxury lodges built in the coming years.

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