KentOnline

Coronavirus has dominated the new Chancellor’s budget today.
Rishi Sunak has only been in the job for 27 days.
He’s announced a £30 billion package to help the economy cope with the outbreak and an emergency response fund of £5 billion for the health service’s fight against Covid-19.
Also in today’s episode, fears the outbreak could affect the tourism industry and more tributes are paid following a headteacher’s sudden death.

There’s shock today after the headteacher of a trust that runs three schools around Maidstone died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of just 45.Darren Webb was in charge of the Coppice Primary Partnership which runs Coxheath, Loose and St Katherine’s primaries.Also in today’s podcast: find out how was can stop the spread of fake news about the coronavirus online, and has the money spent on Brexit so far been worth it?
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/

Today we’re looking at how the coronavirus is continuing to affect the county, and what precautions we can take to stop it spreading.There are now six confirmed cases of Covid-19 – four in Kent and two in Medway.Also in today’s podcast: A court’s heard how a man was bludgeoned to death and his was body burned in Medway, hear from the drag queens who’re inspiring people in the LGBT community, and find out why the Gillingham manager is angry about the weekend’s result.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/

The headlines this week have been dominated by coronavirus after the first case was confirmed in Kent on Monday.
A man working for a company based at Maidstone studios was diagnosed after returning from Italy.
Also in today’s episode: It’s claimed women in part of Kent are having to put up with the biggest gender pay gap in the country, 120-thousand people went to visit the museum of the moon exhibition at Rochester Cathedral and a Kent athlete is getting her own Barbie doll.

Political editor Paul Francis and Oliver Kemp discuss the reaction to Kent’s first coronavirus case, accusations of bullying in government and a new development in the revival of Manston airport.
Paul also tries to explain what social distancing is in the jargon phrase of the week.

We’re bringing you an update today on the coronavirus outbreak, and how it’s affecting Kent.We already know a case has been confirmed in Maidstone, and now there are concerns over how the illness could affect travel and trade through the county.Also in today’s podcast: we reveal the size of the gender pay gap in Kent, Joanna Lumley gives us her thoughts on being made a patron of a Tonbridge theatre, and a Gravesend boxer outlines his Olympic hopes.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/

Today’s podcast focuses on coronavirus after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Kent.
A member of staff working for a company based at Maidstone Studios has been diagnosed with the illness after recently returning from Italy.
Hear from: Kent’s director of public health, an expert from the University of Kent and TV medic Dr Ranj.

Gravesend boxer Cheavon Clarke on the Tokyo Olympics, how much money it would take to make him turn professional and having a party inside the ring.

Six years after it closed, we’ve been speaking to the owners of Manston Airport to find out what could eventually happen to the site.
 
They say, they want to create a trade route from Thanet to London.
 
That would involve planes carrying cargo to the airport, it could then be trucked down to Ramsgate port, shipped along the coast and up the River Thames.
 
Also in today’s episode: thousands of children in Kent find out what secondary school they’ll be going to and Gillingham’s unbeaten run comes to an end.

The long winding history of Manston Airport could be resolved soon, as bosses wait for central government to give the green light on the project. 
This week we were joined by Tony Freudmann, director of RiverOak Strategic Partnership and the man behind Manston’s potential return.
He talks benefits to the local area, problems with carbon emissions and opening up a new trade route into the capital.