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Podcast: Sheppey’s EMU volunteering group vow to keep running despite a fall in donations and volunteers

Podcast: Northfleet mum vows to keep fighting after third breast cancer diagnosis

Podcast: Driver caught doing wheel spins in Tesco car park during Hop Festival

Podcast: Faversham mum smoked cannabis before driving with children in the car

Podcast: Swanscombe landslide causes cliff collapse and road closure

Podcast: Herne Bay dad stages sit-in protest at McDonald’s in Chestfield after issues with UberEats delivery

Podcast: First 8,500 homes at Otterpool Park on and around the former Folkestone Racecourse are approved

Podcast: Minster woman jailed after making fake allegations about a Sheppey prison officer which saw him arrested three times

A Canterbury woman who fell pregnant at just 16 has told the podcast how she was determined not to be just another teenage mum on benefits.
Louise Mansell has just qualified as a primary school teacher and has been sharing her success story with reporter Gerry Warren.
Also in today’s episode, it’s been a nightmare start to the Easter holidays for hundreds of holidaymakers after travel chaos at the Port of Dover.
Some people waiting in queues for up to 14 hours.
There are calls for a new pedestrian crossing at a busy junction near Ashford, amid concerns someone could end up seriously injured.
A dad’s set up a petition for a button to control the traffic lights where the A28 meets Bybrook Road in Kennington.
Elsewhere, it’s claimed “dangerous and unacceptable” parking near a school near Sittingbourne is putting children at risk.
Grove Park primary in Bobbing is close to a new housing development, and there are no yellow lines on one side of the road.
You have probably heard of breakfast clubs for children – now one has opened on Sheppey for parents who’re skipping meals to ensure their children are fed.
New research shows more than half of adults here in the South East are having to go without as the cost-of-living crisis continues.
And in sport, it was a disappointing trip to Barrow for Gillingham at the weekend.
They conceded a last minute goal to lose 2-1 on the road. Hear from an unhappy manager, Neil Harris.

There are calls for speed cameras to be installed on a stretch of the A2 where 10 people have lost their lives in crashes over the past two decades.It’s the stretch that runs through Teynham which has gained a reputation for being a real blackspot.
Also in today’s podcast, bosses at a college with campuses in Medway and Maidstone say they’re on target to only be using renewable energy in just two years time.Work is under way to install ground source heat pumps and wind turbines at MidKent College.Seven groups in Kent that were set up to help people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been awarded a share of £45,000.The Kent Community Foundation set up the Ukrainian Support Fund last year and are now distributing the money to support the refugees.Work is under way to clear an invasive plant that’s threatening fish populations from waterways in Kent.Floating Pennywort is actually native to north America but was found in this country in the 90s.As the Easter holidays get under way, our features writer Sam Lawrie has a round-up of everything going on in the county.And, in sport, Gillingham make the long trip north to Barrow in league two this weekend.Neil Harris’ side will be looking to make it three wins in a row and increase the gap with the relegation zone even further.