Podcast: Mum pulls daughter out of Hundred of Hoo Academy in Medway after she was ‘isolated’ over the length of her skirt

Parents have hit out at a secondary school in Medway after their daughters were singled out over the length of their skirts.

Some pupils at Hundred of Hoo Academy have been told their hemlines fall above the knee, and have been removed from class.

Hear from one mum who has now pulled her daughter out of the school.

Also in today’s podcast, protests have taken place at the start of Donald Trump’s second State visit to the UK.

Earlier, giant projections showing the US president alongside disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were beamed onto Windsor Castle.

We’ve been speaking to an international relations expert from Canterbury Christ Church University.

The first cohort of doctors will be graduating today from the Kent and Medway Medical School.

It opened in 2020 and is the county’s first facility of its kind.

Hear from Amelia Townsend who is one of today’s graduates.

A group of MPs have handed a letter in to the rail regulator, calling for changes to be made so new international trains can stop at Ashford.

Eurostar services haven’t called at stations in the county since Covid, and there’s a campaign to allow other operators to use the high speed route. The local democracy reporting service has spoken to Ashford’s Sojan Joseph.

And Kent has had another Royal visit. Find out who’s been in the county.

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