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Podcast: Police investigate stabbings in Third Avenue and Byron Road in Gillingham

Podcast: Police investigate stabbings in Third Avenue and Byron Road in Gillingham

Broadcast on:
18 May 2023

Investigations are under way after two stabbings in Gillingham.

Hear from reporter Alex Langridge who has spent the morning in the town. It comes just days after a teenager was taken to hospital following a stabbing near Medway Park Leisure Centre.

Also in today's podcast, after dozens of sewage spills at beaches in Kent, water companies are investing £10 billion to help tackle the problem.

They've apologised for not acting quickly enough as figures show more than 300,000 waste releases across the country last year.

Just a year after a multi-million pound leisure centre opened in north Kent, there have been complaints about poor hygiene and rotten toilets.

£20 million was spent on White Oak in Swanley - find out what managers have said.

A Kent homelessness charity has welcomed news so-called no fault evictions are set to be banned.

New laws being put forward would also prevent people being barred from renting if they're on benefits, keep a pet or have children. We've been speaking to Canterbury based Porchlight.

As mental health week continues, bosses of a mental health café in Kent say they've been delighted by the public response to their reopening.

The Revival Café in Whitstable was forced to close two years ago but after a community campaign to find it a new home, it's now trading again as Revival Food and Mood.

And, A dad who set up a football club in a deprived part of Gravesend has been nominated for a local hero award...

Punjab United started out 20 years ago as a group of friends playing in a Sunday league - and has now evolved into a semi-professional side.