Podcast: Drunk mum who broke friend’s eye socket at Herne Bay’s Vivid nightclub spared jail two weeks before baby due

A drunk mum who broke her friend’s eye socket in a vicious nightclub attack has been spared jail after her victim told a judge: “I don’t want her to go to prison, she’s pregnant.”

Nadine Telfer, who is due to give birth in two weeks, faced a spell behind bars after dragging another woman to the floor by her hair and punching her in the face. 

Also in today’s podcast, a popular Kent school fitness and activity coach has been horrifically injured after being hit by a scooter while jogging on holiday.

He suffered a shattered leg, ruptured artery and deep muscle laceration in the accident in Goa, leaving him fearing he could lose the limb.

A “sorely missed” country pub which burnt down after being struck by lightning could soon rise from the rubble more than three years on.

Plans have been submitted to rebuild the Green Man pub in Hodsoll Street and return it to its former glory in the same spot overlooking the green.

Seven years after almost 1,400 people signed a petition to “save the soul of Dover”, the KentOnline Podcast has gone back to the high street to see if it’s survived. 

The fears were sparked after the £53 million St James’ retail and leisure park was built just a few hundreds yards away from the pedestrianised precinct. 

And in football you can hear from both the Gillingham manager and one of their new signings after their draw with top of the table Walsall

John Coleman says he was pleased to see his players regain some lost pride.