Podcast: FirstPort freezes residents’ accounts at Shorncliffe Heights, Folkestone after hike in bills

A property management company has frozen the accounts of residents in Folkestone after complaints about an increase in service charges.

Some people living on the new Shorncliffe Heights development have seen their fees double, with others being asked to pay hundreds more annually.

The town’s MP is backing their concerns and we’ve been getting reaction from Green party councillor Mike Blakemore.

Also in today’s podcast, a Maidstone man who stabbed a police officer with scissors is starting 30 years in prison.

Robert Jenner, 50, attacked the PC who’d gone to his home in Albion Place with a colleague following reports of someone exposing themselves in a nearby park.

A Kent charity boss has been telling the podcast how easy it was for him to get weight loss jabs online.

Neil Charlick runs Gillingham Street Angels and has been speaking after it was revealed those wanting to buy the injections will face more stringent checks.

The MP for East Thanet is urging the government to consider social tariffs to help people with high energy bills.

Labour rep Polly Billington says too many families are struggling to afford increasing gas and electricity prices.

A Maidstone man who’s just completed what’s known as the world’s toughest row has told the podcast it certainly lives up to its name.

Andy Purvis and his team mate spent 49 days at sea travelling 3,000 miles across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Antigua. Andy did it to raise money for Medway baby loss charity Abigail’s Footsteps.

And in sport, Sam Gale has signed a new contract at Gillingham.

The deal will keep the 20-year-old at Priestfield until the summer of 2027.