Interview
“I have to be told to turn off the phone”
Our interview with Etie Vamplew, actor, singer and online content creator
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What has gone wrong at East Kent Hospitals?
A hospital trust in trouble, KCC chooses prayers over water, and a very good video about one very broken road
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A flood forced residents out, but the warning signs go back years
A Maidstone tower block evacuation, plus Reform at County Hall, bank holiday traffic and more water woes
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“It's about filling people with ideas and hope”
What we asked Mark Thomas, performer and writer.
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Less scrutiny, but more prayers and singing
Kent’s council chamber gets more performative as Gormley sale raises fresh questions and Kent MPs choose sides over Starmer
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South East Water boss resigns after Kent’s winter water failures
Plus empty car parks, patriotic singalongs, sewage schemes and the rest of the week across Kent
Interview
“Dartford suffers from having the crossing there”
Our interview with Jim Dickson, MP for Dartford
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Tunbridge Wells doubles down on the Lib Dems
A borough once painted blue now looks increasingly orange
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Water restrictions enter second week at Darent Valley Hospital
Plus local elections, utility failures, pollution cases and the rest of the week across Kent
Interview
“What have we done? It's bonkers”
What we asked Gavin Esler, journalist, podcaster and former Chancellor of the University of Kent
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Alan Cecil already has a council seat. He’d like another.
Reform councillor makes Greenwich run, a costly system upgrade, and the ferry everyone wants but no one will fund
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Whitstable’s sewers have entered their AI era
Southern Water’s latest fix, fire station risk, toxic caterpillars, a delayed Ramsgate Lidl, and bikers head to Margate anyway