Podcast: South East Water works to restore supplies to thousands of homes in Herne Bay

Water bosses have apologised after thousands of customers were left without water, or very low pressure, as temperatures topped 34C.

South East Water say the problem in Herne Bay was caused by particularly high demand across the county which caused storage levels of treated drinking water to ‘fall significantly’.

Also in today’s podcast, residents in Snodland say anti-social teenagers are becoming a growing problem – with youngsters blocking pavements and damaging property.

It’s a particular issue on the High Street, where some people have been threatened and intimidated.

We’ve been hearing from a refugee charity about what they think can be done to bring down the number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to Kent.

It’s after figures from the Home Office revealed just under 20,000 made the journey in the first six months of this year, a 48% increase on the same period in 2024.

One of the men who used to be in charge of finances at Kent County Council says he doesn’t know what Reform’s DOGE team expects to find.

The department of government efficiency are out to cut “wasteful” spending after the party won the local election in May.

Joely Richardson has visited a community allotment project in Margate to see how it’s helping children’s mental wellbeing and development.

The actress is an ambassador for Save the Children which funds the project.

We’ve been hearing from Craig David ahead of his sold out summer concert in Rochester.

He’ll be performing in the castle grounds on July 6th.

And in sport, Kent’s Zak Crawley’s due to open the batting for England in the second Test against India.

He hit 65 in the second innings of the first game.