More than 100 people have signed a petition calling for a Kent school to take down a gate that stops students using a toilet block during class time.
It’s reportedly made children at Herne Bay High feel like they’re “in prison” while parents have described the move as “bureaucratic madness”.
Also in today’s podcast, residents of a block of flats in Maidstone say they’re being punished for the actions of mavericks who fail to recycle properly.
All of the bins outside the complex were rejected by refuse workers last week and are now overflowing with rubbish.
You can also hear from a man who lives on an estate in Canterbury who has his own rubbish problems – he says fly-tippers are turning his neighbourhood into a junkyard.
He’s lived there for 30 years but it’s now got so bad he’s considering moving away.
There are fears it’s only a matter of time before someone is killed on a “nasty” stretch of road on the Kent coast.
Residents are calling for local bosses to introduce safety measures to the area known as “the Bends” between Whitstable and Herne Bay.
And a family-run riverside pub with a chequered history is going to reopen after mysteriously closing last year.
The Ship Inn at Conyer Creek will be ready to welcome customers again this month after being taken over by a first time landlord.