Podcast: Abandoned Portlands Factory Club in Northfleet High Street goes up in flames

An abandoned nightclub has been destroyed after a fire ripped through the building last night. 

The Grade II listed site of the former Portlands Factory club in Northfleet went up in flames just before midnight. 

Also in today’s podcast, a couple say they have lost £18,000 worth of stock after after a blaze tore through an historic building on a regenerated quayside. 

In the early hours of yesterday, fire crews were called to Standard Quay to a fire that seemed to be coming from inside The Pottery Room.

A Kent man who came to the UK as an asylum seeker says he’s taking part in an immigration debate to speak up for those who don’t have a voice.

He was 17 when he arrived in the back of a lorry from Iraq in 1999 – he’s urging people not to feel threatened by those who come here from a better life. 

A frustrated dad says he was put through “years of hell” after being hounded for child support arrears he did not owe – despite his ex-wife confirming he never missed a payment.

He’s now hit out at the Child Maintenance Service, claiming it gave him “sleepless nights” by wrongly chasing him for thousands of pounds and even taking money directly from his wages.

And in football, you can hear from Gillingham’s assistant manager following a disappointing defeat over the weekend. 

They Gills lost 2 – 1 to Salford City at Priestfield but Richard Dobson is urging fans to look at the stats. 

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