A Medway mum has been banned from keeping dogs for life after neglecting her son’s bulldog.
Tanya Alabaf, 42 of High Street, Wouldham, was looking after the animal while his owner was in prison – but didn’t feed him properly and failed to take him to a vet for a chronic skin condition.
Also in today’s podcast, Justin Welby’s officially stepping down as the Archbishop of Canterbury today.
He resigned in November over the handling of a child abuse scandal.
A Kent woman has developed a new app which allows domestic abuse sufferers to raise a silent alarm.
Ask Joan works by detecting electrical surges, which means anyone at risk can send an alert by flicking a household appliance on and off.
It’s hoped a hardhitting campaign at Kent’s biggest shopping centre will have encouraged more people to become living kidney donors.
The KentOnline Podcast has been told how six people die each week while waiting for a transplant.
A shop window near John Lewis at Bluewater was transformed to represent that.
A Kent driving instructor has played down suggestions there are some testing centres in the county that are “easier” than others.
It follows figures which show Tunbridge Wells has the highest pass rate with more than 59%.
And in football, Gillingham have sacked manager Mark Bonner after a string of poor results.
They’re currently 14th in the league two table.
Former Accrington and Rochdale boss John Coleman will be taking over until the end of the season.