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Podcast: New daily record as 828 asylum seekers travel across Channel to Kent

A record number of asylum seekers were intercepted by the UK while crossing the English Channel on Saturday.

Meanwhile, more than £4,500 has been raised to help young Afghan refugees here in Kent. We speak to Bridget Chapman from the Kent Refugee Action Network.

 

Also in todays podcast, there are calls for urgent action to improve the sewerage network in part of Kent following leaks from a sewage treatment works.

 

And we speak to Kent’s Will Bayley ahead of the Paralympics in Tokyo.