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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"
    Mar 10 2026

    New proposals to create two Traveller sites have been submitted just weeks after legal action started because several mobile homes had been stationed without permission.

    It follows several ongoing planning disputes over the use of the farmland near Gravesend in the past three years.

    Also in today’s podcast, dramatic police footage has emerged showing a fleeing thief leaping from a second-floor window to avoid being arrested.

    When officers tried to arrest Bobby Thorpe, he refused them entry to the Tonbridge property, and they forced their way inside.

    A campaign started in Kent calling for the age women are first called for a mammogram to be lowered could now be debated in parliament.

    It's after a chemotherapy nurse noticed an increase in the number of younger women with breast cancer.

    The boss of a dedicated live music venue opening this weekend says it will bring “quality entertainment” to a town that is currently “underserved”.

    Stuart Cameron is launching The Swale Assembly in what used to be Life nightclub in Sittingbourne High Street.

    And in football, Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth has spoken of the ‘seemingly endless resources’ available to midweek visitors MK Dons.

    They’re second in the League Two table ahead of their visit to Priestfield tonight, five points behind leaders Bromley and with a game in hand.


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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
    Mar 9 2026

    A Sittingbourne man’s avoided jail after becoming violent and punching the windscreen of a packed school bus when he was denied entry by the driver.

    He was “extremely intoxicated” at the time and demanded to be let on board while the vehicle had been stopped in traffic.

    Also in today’s podcast, you can hear from a Kent charity who say they've had a record year for the amount of surplus food they've redistributed.

    FareShare collects products from supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste - bosses say they’ve hit targets they haven’t seen since the pandemic.

    Parts of a former Debenhams are set to undergo a major transformation starting this week - with a medical centre earmarked for the site in Folkestone.

    Plans to transform the Art Deco section of the town centre building, known as Folca Two, have been in motion to bring the property back into public use.

    We’ve got the details on a bid to make Thanet the “Isle of Culture” for 2029

    Artist and Margate resident Dame Tracey Emin, along with East Thanet MP Polly Billington, have kickstarted the campaign.

    And in football, we’ve heard from manager Gareth Ainsworth after a late equaliser denied Gillingham victory on Saturday.

    The Gills looked set to earn all three points before Fleetwood struck deep into stoppage time to rescue a point, the game ending 1-1.


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  • Podcast: Snodland man speaks about road rage attack near roundabout on A249 in Maidstone that left his arm broken
    Mar 6 2026

    A Snodland man has spoken of the moment he suffered a broken arm during a road rage attack in Maidstone.

    Phil Webster had been approaching a roundabout on the A249 when he says he was cut up by another vehicle.

    Also in today's podcast, more than 40 people have been arrested as Kent Police crack down on fraud.

    Officers have been targeting suspected criminals who defraud others through romance scams, unnecessary building repairs and postal scams.

    Campaigners have welcomed news that a merger of two private schools in Kent has been put on hold.

    St Lawrence College in Ramsgate announced last week it was going to close its site and join forces with Dover College.

    Parents criticised a lack of consultation and bosses now say they will reconsider options open to them. Hear from Laura Holden who has a child there.

    There are plans to spend £4 million on another bridge over the River Medway in Maidstone.

    It would run alongside the existing High Level Rail Bridge and be specifically for cyclists.

    In sport, it's a home game for Gillingham this weekend, following last week's victory away at Barrow.

    The Gills scored in the dying seconds to secure a 1-0 victory after three losses in a row. We've been catching up with striker Seb Palmer-Holden and manager Gareth Ainsworth.


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