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There are concerns about whether a new theme park in north Kent will be able to attract enough visitors, as it’s revealed another entertainment company has pulled out of the project.
A deal between London Resort and Paramount was dropped in 2017 – and we now know the makers of Wallace and Gromit are also no longer involved.
Earlier this week we told you bosses, who want to spend more than 3 billion pounds building the park on the Swanscombe peninsular between Dartford and Gravesend, had signed an agreement with ITV studios.
Some of the rides and attractions will be based on children’s shows Thunderbirds Are Go and Robozuna.
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A woman is calling for justice for her husband from Broadstairs who died after being infected with contaminated blood…
A public inquiry’s been hearing evidence today into why NHS patients were given blood products with hepatitis and HIV in the 1970s and 80s.
Steve Dymond was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 1997 and was among thousands who died.
Su Gorman will be one of the people giving evidence.

Campaigners says rape victims are being made to choose between privacy or justice – as police ask them to hand over their mobile phones.
Forces across England and Wales want accusers to allow officers to access data including messages, photos, emails, and social media content.
If they don’t, cases could be dropped.
Big Brother Watch is calling it a “digital strip search” that will prolong the distress for those who’ve been attacked.

There’s some more bad news for the High Street today – Debenhams has announced plans to close 22 stores, including four in Kent.
Shops in Ashford, Canterbury, Chatham and Folkestone are at risk as the struggling chain’s new owners try to return the company to profitability.
The move could mean the loss of 1,200 jobs across the country.

A GP is urging parents to make sure their sons and daughters are vaccinated against measles, amid warnings that hundreds of thousands of children across the UK are missing out on the injections.Fake news online is being partly blamed for a drop in the number of youngsters getting immunised.Unicef says half-a-million didn’t get the first MMR jab over an 8-year period.Their figures show last year cases of the potentially deadly disease trebled in England to nearly a thousand.Health experts reckon 1,300 children here in Kent are at risk, and catch-up clinics are being offered across the county next month for any who haven’t been vaccinated.
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A Kent teenager who has learning difficulties is recovering after being attacked during a day out with friends over the Easter weekend…
18 year-old James Lane from Tankerton was kicked and punched during the unprovoked assault while he was in Whitstable on Sunday.
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We’ve been speaking to a mum and dad from Ramsgate who want to raise awareness of the condition their baby son died of.Wesley Gibson was born in October 2017 with a hole in his heart, and the structure of it was back to front.He died in hospital 16 months later.
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We’ve been hearing from the mum of a Folkestone woman who took her own life less than a year after having a baby.39 year-old Rebecca Kruza started suffering from anxiety and insomnia after giving birth to her son Henry in October 2016.She visited her GP 12 times over the following eight months, and was given various medications and therapy.But her mum Lyn Richardson found her dead at her home in Alkham near Dover in June 2017.Her family are now campaigning to try and make sure all new mums get the support they need, especially if they start to struggle with mental health issues.
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Churches and cathedrals in Kent are being urged to toll their bells in a show of solidarity with Notre Dame.
It’s as the French Prime Minister announces a competition amongst international architects to design the spire of the famous cathedral following Monday’s fire.
Also, hear from the owner of a medical detection dog that’s been given an animal OBE.
We’re in for a mini heatwave this Easter weekend – and the Dover manager has been speaking about saving the club from relegation and turning them into a full-time outfit.

We’ve been getting reaction to the devastating fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris…
Flames tore through the 12th century building last night – burning through the spire and roof.
The French president has announced an international fundraising campaign to rebuild the iconic landmark with two of France’s richest families pledging 300 million Euros.
Plus, parents are finding out which primary school their child will be going to in September and roads bosses still haven’t found a site for a lorry park in Kent.