Podcast: Campervan torched just an ‘arm’s length’ away from Litmus House in Vellum Drive in Sittingbourne as young family forced to flee

A campervan has been torched in a suspected arson attack just an ‘arm’s length’ away from where a young family was sleeping in Sittingbourne. 

Firefighters were called to battle the on-fire Volkswagen in the residents’ car park outside the Litmus House flat block off Vellum Drive in the early hours of Monday morning. 

Also in today’s podcast, a man accused of repeatedly stabbing a uniformed British Army officer in the street has pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder.

Appearing at Maidstone Crown Court via video link from high security psychiatric hospital, he admitted trying to kill Lt Col Mark Teeton near Brompton Barracks on July 23, 2024.

A yellow weather warning for wind has been issued as Storm Goretti is set to batter areas of the Kent coast.

The Met Office says gusts in exposed areas could reach 70 mph, with the caution covering seaside towns in the south of the county. 

You can hear from a young mum who says writing about her husband’s death made her go back to therapy, but also forced her to face the worst moments of her life.

Emma Charlesworthdidn’t want her partner to become just “another statistic” and hopes her new book will bring comfort to those who have been widowed young. 

And a 30th birthday party’s being thrown for Ashford International Station – as a campaign to bring it back into use continues.

The facility opened on this day in 1996 – the same year Legoland also welcomed visitors for the first time.

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