Podcast: Sheerness man charged with murder after man in his 50s fatally stabbed

A man in his 20s has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing on Sheppey. 

Police were called to Noreen Avenue in Minster on Saturday night, close to a children’s play park, but the victim died at the scene. 

Also in today’s podcast, the number of so-called ‘trolley waits’ in Kent continues to rise.

That’s when there’s a delay of 12 hours or more from a patient being admitted to being given a bed – new figures show there were over 28,000 last year. 

Parents across Kent are being urged to act as the debate on raising the social media age to 16 is set to continue this week 

A proposed amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, currently before the House of Lords, will be debated in the coming days 

We spoke to a local mental health charity who have launched a campaign to rethink Blue Monday.

North Kent Mind says it doesn’t have to be a dark and depressing time and they’re urging us to rebrand it “Mulicolour Monday”.

And in football, Chatham Town have booked an FA Women’s Cup last-16 spot.

Watched by a bumper crowd of almost 1,700 they beat fellow fourth-tier side York City 3-0 – you can hear from manager Keith Boanas. 

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