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Podcast – Reaction to the Jeremey Kyle Show being permanently scrapped – 15/04/2019

The Jeremy Kyle Show has been permanently scrapped by ITV following the death of a guest several days after filming.It’s thought the 63-year-old took his own life, before the episode he featured in had been broadcast. The talk show has been going for 14 years – but the company says it’s now the “right time” for it to end.
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Podcast – Suicide prevention conference held in Maidstone on Mental Health Awareness Week – 14/05/2019

As we continue to mark Mental Health Awareness week, a big conference on suicide prevention has been taking place in Maidstone.
Hundreds of people from councils, emergency services, healthcare centres, and charities across Kent met to hear from people who’ve previously tried to take their own lives, and discuss how to support those in crisis.
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Podcast – concerns over potential release of serial killer – 13/05/2019

A Kent MP is concerned about reports a serial killer from his constituency could be released from prison.
Patrick Mackay, who grew up in Dartford, is Britain’s longest serving prisoner after being convicted of murdering 11 people in the 1970s – including a vicar from Shorne.
It’s understood the 66 year-old has already changed his name and is in an open jail.
Gareth Johnson has written to the justice secretary about it.

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Podcast – Dad raises money for hospital that removed golf ball sized tumour from his baby daughter’s brain – 10/05/2019

A Kent father has told us about the heart-breaking moment his 14 month-old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Octavia Begbey had a growth the size of a golf ball in the middle of her brain.
Her dad Richard, who lives in Kings Hill, is on a fundraising walk to help other people who could benefit from the pioneering technology that saved her.
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Podcast – Jeremy Corbyn launches Labour’s manifesto for European elections in Kent – 09/05/2019

Jeremy Corbyn has launched Labour’s European elections manifesto in Kent.
The party’s leader gave a speech at the universities at Medway Chatham campus, saying a vote for Labour is a vote to bring our divided country back together.
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Podcast – campaign launched to stop young people from trespassing on the railways in Kent – 08/05/2019

A new campaign’s been launched in Kent to try and stop young people trespassing on railway lines in the county…
KentOnline has been told over the past 12 months there have been 22 cases in Swale, 15 in Thanet and 12 in Medway.
A new film’s being posted on social media to try and get the message across about the dangers of the live rail.

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Podcast – man found with samurai sword during drugs raid jailed – 07/05/2019

A man found with a samurai sword during a drugs raid by police in Maidstone has been jailed for more than three years…
Officers searched a property on Wallis Avenue in March.
Ian Bigg was sat on a sofa next to the weapon – the 39 year-old has since admitted possessing and intending to supply class A drugs.
Also hear why universities need to do more to close the degree attainment gap and we get a sneak peak of a new brewery opening in Ashford.

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Podcast – More people visiting self-help page to try and stop themselves viewing indecent images of children online – 02/05/2019

There’s been a significant increase in the number of people in Kent contacting a helpline and website to try and stop themselves viewing indecent images of children online…
541 people got in touch with Stop It Now! in 2016 – that went up to almost 800 last year.
Now, the Lucy Faithfull Foundation – who set it up – have joined forces with police in the county to tackle the issue of inappropriate pictures of young people appearing on the internet.
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Podcast – New theme park ‘could struggle to bring in visitors’ – 01/05/2019

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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