It’s been revealed more than £4 million worth of taxpayers’ money was spent on plans for a new development near Folkestone which never materialised.
Bosses in the previous administration wanted to build 150 homes and a leisure centre at Princes Parade in Hythe, but the proposals were later scrapped. Hear from Jim Martin who is the current leader of the council.
A Kent homelessness charity’s revealed a 21% increase in demand for their services in the space of a year.
Footfall at Catching Lives in Canterbury has gone up from around 11,000 in 2023, to more than 13,300 last year. We’ve been chatting to chief executive Tasmin Maitland.
A Kent woman who lost her baby at 22 and a half weeks pregnant is welcoming a change in the law which will see bereaved parents get paid leave from work.
Keeley Lengthorne has been campaigning since George was born in March 2022. She’s told us how the announcement came on a very poignant day.
For the first time in a generation, NHS patients have begun receiving blood plasma from donors from Kent.
Donations had been paused in 1998 due to fears about the spread of mad cow disease – but a ban has now been lifted.
We’ve been speaking to Denise Dowsing from Maidstone who has Common Variable Immune Deficiency and relies on medication made from plasma.
In sport, Kent’s Emma Raducanu’s due in action at Indian Wells later.
It’s her first tournament back since spotting a stalker in the crown at the Dubai Championships last month.