Upset residents say they were horrified after watching a group of boys “torture” and kill birds with catapults. The teenagers also allegedly kicked and threw a duck against a wall by the River Medway near Fremlin Walk in Maidstone. Also in today's podcast, you can hear from a first-time voter who says politicians should be consulting young people m…

A carer is being investigated after she was caught on camera apparently spitting on her patient’s doorstep following a row over a damaged wall. The patient, who lives in Strood, says the incident has left her feeling “disrespected” and as if she was “disgusting”. Also in today’s podcast, a desperate appeal has been issued to pregnant women in Kent …

Neighbours have spoken of their shock after a woman died in a house fire in Chatham. Crews were called to Sharon Crescent in Walderslade on Monday evening - a cat also died in the blaze. Also in the podcast, a Fawkham man is locked in a battle with his local church over the headstone he's chosen for his wife's grave. Dave Clarke wants a pink-tinted…

The Kent candidates for the general election have been confirmed. Nominations had be in by Friday and they've now been checked and verified and published for each constituency. This time around there are 18 seats up for grabs in the county - hear from our local democracy reporter Dan Esson. Also in today's podcast, the head teacher of a Kent gramma…

People living in a new-build block of flats in Ashford say its “inefficient” green energy system is making their bills much higher than they should be. Residents say the building is always boiling hot and they would never have moved in had they known how much they would have been forking out for heating - including covering payments missed by their…

A Medway mum says she'll fight to keep her swimming pool after being ordered to remove it from a communal yard outside flats in Chatham. Chelsea Davidson was contacted by management company MHS Homes last week, and told to get rid of the 12-foot paddling pool in Silverweed Road. Also in today's podcast, a Gravesend man who set up a funding group af…

A major rescue mission has been launched in the English Channel as 84 people - including a six-month-old baby and two other children - ended up in the water. British and French vessels took part in the operation halfway between Calais and Dover. Also in today’s podcast, you can hear from a Whitstable veteran as we mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day…

On the 80th anniversary of D Day, a Whitstable veteran has revealed how the operation remained a secret until the very last moment. Allied forces had tricked the German army into thinking they would cross from Dover to Calais. The largest ever seaborn invasion was actually launched from Portsmouth and landed in Normandy. John Roberts, who is now 10…

A Sittingbourne mum has been left frustrated after being contacted by debt collectors due to an unpaid swimming membership she claims she cancelled months ago. She’s in an ongoing dispute with the centre who say she still owes them more than £75. Also in today’s podcast, you can find out why more than 80 pupils who passed Kent Test have been left w…

A lorry driver has appeared in court after pushing over a pensioner during a road rage incident on a major Kent road. You can hear the moment the driver steps down from the lorry to confront the 78-year-old after he pulled into the lane in front of him on the A2. Also in today’s podcast, a mum from Hythe says she was labelled a “drug seeker” by med…

A mum from Deal has hit out at a London hospital after receiving a letter booking her son in for an appointment - more than a year after he died. Imogen Holliday was sent an email inviting three-year-old Raffy for a visit to Great Ormond Street exactly 14 months after he'd passed away there. Also in today's podcast, a leading Kent charity is callin…

Traders and residents fear rising rents and anti-social behaviour is putting off customers from visiting an out-of-town shopping centre. Shop owners in New Ash Green say a volatile group of youths who intimidate customers in the car park and hurl verbal abuse at them in the street are deterring visits. Also in today’s podcast, five men have faced c…

A Yalding woman who stole more than £8,000 from a pensioner in her care has avoided being sent to prison. A court heard the victim had been left disabled after suffering a suspected mini-stroke and the 43 year-old who was meant to be looking after him, used his debit card to pay for clothes, food and music. Also in today's podcast, people in Ashfor…

A Sittingbourne teacher who had a cocaine addiction and posted about his drug use on socials has been banned from the profession. Austin Whiting was the head of Year 13 at Borden Grammar School and taught geography. As election campaigning continues, Nigel Farage has been in Dover to announce the town's Reform candidate. We've also been finding out…

A Whitstable woman is refusing to pay her housing estate service charge despite being threatened with legal action. Christine Curtis has been withholding the charge for four years, because of a lack of maintenance and repairs. Eight chicks have died near Canterbury after a roadworks notice was posted into a letterbox despite clear warnings the bird…

A secondary school has confirmed an email containing information about its students was “inadvertently” sent to parents. The Leigh Academies Trust, which runs The Hundred of Hoo Academy, is investigating how the “mishap” happened. Also in today’s podcast, jurors have returned a conclusion of misadventure at an inquest into the death of a little boy…

A complaint has been made about the arrest of a teenage boy in Margate after footage emerged of an officer appearing to knee them in the stomach. Police had been called to Dane Park following reports a group possibly had weapons. Sir Keir Starmer has been in Medway to launch Labour's general election campaign. Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that w…

A Queenborough mum has been slapped with a £200 fine for littering after seagulls ate a few McDonald’s chips she accidentally dropped on the floor. She'd been tucking into her quarter-pounder meal next to a seaside Tesco when an environment warden “hidden between the cars” approached her. Also in today's podcast, a Kent MP has revealed he had to ha…

An exotic animal is on the loose after escaping from its zoo enclosure - and we're being warned not to approach her. The Tayra - a weasel-like mammal from Central America - was discovered missing from the Hemsley Conservation Centre on Sunday. Also in today's podcast, drivers have had their say on a new £650k turbo roundabout as work comes to an en…

A group of residents in Maidstone claim a parking company is trying to charge them from parking on their own land. Half a dozen signs were put up in a private car park just off Northumberland Road by UK Car Park Management. Hear from one of the residents and what the housing association have said. Also on today's podcast, a Whitstable man who was i…

The petrolhead behind Kent’s first car ‘drifting’ school says he will continue to operate the new track - despite being advised to slam on the brakes by local bosses. It's after complaints about the noise of revving engines and screeching tyres at the Skidz Advanced Driving School set up at Manston Airport. Also in today’s podcast, a secure school …

Several staff from a Kent prison have been taken to hospital after their canteen food was spiked with drugs. Paramedics were called to HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey last Thursday. Hear from Andy Hamlin from the Criminal Justice Workers Union. A childcare worker has described the moment a baby boy started choking on his food at an Ashford nur…

A serial conman from Maidstone has been jailed for defrauding two companies straight after leaving prison for the same offence. Darren Carvill was locked up in 2019 for taking £260,000 from his work in Strood and changed his surname when he was released. More food parcels have been handed out in Medway than any other part of Kent according to new f…

A Dymchurch woman who stabbed her husband when he fell asleep as she told him about her life problems, has avoided being sent to prison. He needed emergency treatment but pleaded with a judge not to jail his wife - blaming the outburst on menopausal symptoms. Also in today’s episode, a Kent MP says she hopes measures will be put in place urgently t…

A Gravesend mum has hit out at her son's school after receiving a letter criticising his attendance, despite the fact he was having life saving treatment. Louie Wilders missed most of Year 8 after being diagnosed with aplastic anaemia. Also in today’s episode, an Ashford woman says she has been left unable to sleep because of the stress of living i…