A nurse who called black members of staff monkeys and sent a topless picture of himself in fishnet tights to a junior colleague has been struck-off.
Details of Alan Prew’s behaviour at Medway Maritime Hospital have been revealed at a Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing.
Also in today’s podcast, volunteers looking after an ancient woodland near Maidstone say they’re in desperate need of funding to continue to secure its future.
Mangravat Wood in Loose was saved from a proposed Tesco development 25 years ago.
Reform UK have won two seats on Medway Council after residents voted in by-elections.
Candidates for the party have been elected in Rochester East and Warren Wood, meantime, Labour won the seat in Gillingham South.
There are fears plans for new homes in Deal could cause a smell in the area to get even worse.
People living in Northwall Road say there’s already a bit of a stench. They reckon the new builds will aggravate sewer and drainage systems.
Work on a £20 million revival project on Sheppey is under way..
Contractors have moved in to start expansion work at Sheppey College in Sheerness – which will soon offer places to students aged 16 to 19 in creative, engineering and logistics subjects.
In sport, Gillingham make the long trip to Barrow in league two this weekend.
The Gills are currently 18th in the table – while tomorrow’s opposition are just one place below them.
John Coleman is still without a win after taking over from Mark Bonner as Gillingham manager.
And, a non-league striker from Kent is hoping he can hold on to be the top goal scorer in this year’s FA Cup
Ashford United’s Gary Lockyer has ten goals in the competition which continues this evening.