Angry drivers say they are hundreds of pounds out of pocket after filling up their cars with what is thought to have been contaminated fuel from the same supermarket petrol station.
Some customers have had to pay to have their tanks drained after after buying unleaded at station in Strood last week.
Also in today’s podcast, a thug who broke a woman's nose and knocked out a tooth after she refused to hand him a can of beer greeted the length of his jail sentence by saying: “Cushty! I’ll take that!”
The 36-year-old Dover man also gave a thumbs-up to his dad and sister, who were sitting in the public gallery
A house builder is arguing a few metres of kerb laid three years ago is enough to say work has started on a 62-home development in Maidstone - so it doesn’t need planning permission again.
It is more than 11 years since the application was first submitted and a new developer now wants to pick up where the other left off - but without the paperwork.
An opening date for the highly-anticipated arrival of a new Ivy restaurant in Kent has been confirmed.
The former Burton and Dorothy Perkins building in Canterbury city centre will be transformed into the swanky venue, with work currently underway.
And you can hear from the Gillingham manager after disappointing night at Priestfield last night.
Their unbeaten home streak came to and thanks to a one – nil defeat by Grimsby Town.
We'll see you in the next one. Can't online news news you can trust. This is the can't online podcast. Kate Faulkner. Hello. Hope you're okay. Thank you for downloading today's podcast on Wednesday, the second of October coming up today will hear from a Kent homelessness charity turning 50 who say the problem has never been so bad. We'll also hear from the Jillingen manager after the unbeaten home streak came to a year and a half. I'm going to talk a little bit about the market. I'm going to say they are hundreds of pounds out of pocket after filling up their cars with what's thought to be contaminated fuel from the same supermarket petrol station. Nicola has the details for us. She's with me now. Nicola. When did the problems first start? Well, a number of drivers have come forward. Say they've had trouble with their cars after buying unleaded petrol from the Morrison's in Night Road in Strewd last week. One man, David Abernathy says he put 65 pounds of water in the car. He said, "It's just it's spluttered and took about 30 seconds to turn over before it seemed to drive OK once it was going." Another customer filled up on Sunday evening, ready to take off on a family holiday. He says it struggled on the way home, but he managed to get it on to their drive before it eventually cycled died. A lot of these customers say they've had to pay for repairs themselves. Yeah, that's right. David told us he rang the A who came out and had to pay for the cost of £360. He was advised it was best to fill up again with premium unleaded, which he did for £90. The mechanic showed David a sample of the fuel, which he says was around a third water. And have the customers taken their complaints back to Morrison's? They have. Morrison say the site is run by motor fuel group and redirected all of the disgruntled customers to them. MGF have been approached for more information, but at the time of recording a podcast, they get to reply. Now at the petrol station on Tuesday, unleaded fuel was unavailable at pumps 3, 4, 7 and 8. It's still unclear just how many people have been affected. Thanks, Nicola. Kent Online News. A man has been arrested after cannabis was found inside a van pulled over by police in Ramsgate. Officers stopped the vehicle on Holly Condane Road in the early hours of yesterday and found plants, as well as boxes and bags full of soil and growing plants as well. They were able to find out their remains in custody while in queries continue. A man's been injured after being hit by a car in Maidstone. Police and paramedics were called to wheel a street near Aldi just after nine last night. A man in his 20s has been taken to a London hospital for treatment. A man has been arrested after a town centre shop in Folkestone was damaged. The windows of a business in Guildhall Street were smashed in the early hours of yesterday. One person was attacked by a woman who was attacked by a woman who was attacked by a woman who was attacked by a woman whose investigations are ongoing. A man who broke a woman's nose and knocked out one of her teeth at a BP garage in Dover has described his jail sentence as 'cushity'. Dane Wharton attacked the woman in Folkestone Road after she refused to hand him a can of beer. The 36-year-old from London Road in the town was locked up for 28 months as he was led away to the cells. He said, "I'll take that." A Maidstone woman who was left with a four centimetre deep wound after being struck outside the benchly in the high street in September 2021. The 27-year-old beauty therapist says it's left to unable to work. Police are working to identify those responsible. Kent Online News. Four whales have died after getting stranded in mud flats off the Kent coast. A part of pilot whales were spotted near sea-solter on Monday. Marine rescue experts were called but they were unable to reach them. Five fighters have finally managed to put out a barn blaze on Sheppy. Around 1,500 tons of hay caught a light on Lays Down Road in East Church on Saturday. One person suffered minor burn injuries and the cause is thought to have been accidental. It comes as a warning has been issued to people in Jillingham as firefighters tackle a warehouse blaze. Crews were called to Litzing Road last night and anyone in the area is being told to keep doors and windows closed. Smoke could also affect drivers on the M2. Elsewhere, firefighters were put out a blaze involving 200 hay bales. It started on crowhurst lane in ash on Monday evening and crews spent more than 24 hours tackling the flames. Earlier advice to keep doors and windows closed there because of smoke has now been lifted. The speculation new border checks for passengers, Dover and Folkston could be delayed again. The entry exit system is due to come into force next month with concerns it could cause long delays. It's understood some EU countries aren't ready. Now, as a Kent homelessness charity marks its 50th anniversary, they're warning us the number of people needing their help is higher than ever. National audit office figures has reports of homelessness rising porch light is based in Canterbury. They've helped 127 people who were sleeping rough in the past few weeks alone. I sat down to speak to Gary Stone, a former homeless man who's now turned his life around thanks to the support he's received. We were joined by Chris Thomas who works with porch light who spoke to me about what turning 50 means to them. Now, the audio quality here isn't the best, but you'll still be able to get their message loud and clear. 13 months later, right now, I'm bidding on properties. I'm not far from having my own keys to my own front door. That is something that's all I've ever wanted. My own keys to my own front door. I'm in a position now in my life where I am getting married on the 14th of June. My life is together. I no longer take drugs and things are just looking up. Do you know what? I could not have done this without the help I've had from porch light. Chris, if I could just ask you when you hear stories like Gary's, does that just sort of bring it right back into focus? How important and how essential the work that porch light is doing is? Oh, it's wonderful, isn't it? Gary has come such a long way and obviously we have helped but Gary's done that himself, but it really underlines why we do what we do. It couldn't be happier for him, really. Thank you. It is 50 years of porch light doing what it does. Is it a happy occasion or do you wish that you were sort of marking the smile stone under happier circumstances? Well, like you say, porch light is about to turn 50 years old, but that's happening at a time that homelessness, according to the National Audit Office, is at an all-time high. So, you know, we're proud of everything we've done. We're proud of people with help like Gary, but it's not a time to celebrate, you know, so many more people who need help. So, instead of celebrating turning 50, we want to use that occasion to highlight just how bad the homelessness situation is in this country and shout about the fact that so much more needs to be done. Yeah, it really is ridiculous. I mean, like, it is to walk up and down the street and see so many people there on the bare bones of their arse, it's excuse to explain it there. But, you know, like, we know not everyone can be helped, not everybody is ready for the help. But, at some point, they will be. And, just recently, porch light started losing a bit of funding. And I thought that that is ridiculous. I mean, like, take funding away, you should be giving them more. They need more people. You know, they need people to get out there on the street where the homeless problem is and bring them to places like this. Kent Online News. Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield says she hopes more of her colleagues will join her in residing from the Labour Party. She became an interpendant after criticising circuit stama for accepting free gifts from donors and cutting the winter fuel allowance, some are calling for a by-election. We've been asking people in Canterbury what they think. She knows that she's good enough, yeah, for the Canterbury. Then she should put her money where her mouth is and do it. But, you don't have to. But, I think, personally, you know, to show them for what she's done. No, I don't think so. I think that she's there to represent the views of the electorate, the people that voted for her. And, all too often, people get into government and they're whipped into voting for what the government wants, not want their electorate wants, so stay there. So, she'll actually do a better job now. I think she will do, yeah. I feel like we're in good hands with her anyway, especially some of the previous ones we've had. And I know a lot of people feel the same through even, like, people talking to me and a lot of people feel the same about her. So, I mean, if she carries on doing what she's doing now, then it's beneficial, but if people don't agree, then they should have their say as well. You are an independent. They'll only be so much that you're allowed to do. However, they won't close the doors directly in front of you. You'll just find it very hard to push forward certain things. These Kent Hospital's Trust has been told to take action following the avoidable death of a primary school teacher. Meghan Williams died in 2022. She'd been in and out of hospital after being diagnosed with gastritis, but was really suffering from a bowel obstruction. The undiagnosed condition led to her death. The coroner resorted the trust to implement changes to prevent future deaths. A foster career in Sittingborne, who looks after asylum-seeking children, has been telling us she's been left worried after recent riots. Wendy Moss says the outbreaks of violence in the wake of the stock board attack were down to the spread of misinformation about asylum-seekers online. She says she doesn't want negative press to cause people to think less vulnerable children. Our reporter Cara Simmons spoke to Wendy, who says she won't shy away from helping those in need. It does worry me because, like with the riots, that all started with misinformation on the internet. And that is a big issue now. I think that you get all this false news being passed around on the internet, and people are just willing to just believe everything they say rather than checking it with a credible source, because that is quite a worry, really. There are vulnerable children, and as you've probably seen in the nose, there's been one or two that have died actually crossing the channel, and that is quite sad that they've taken that risk, the families, and those children have perished on that journey. It is quite a risk for them when they're coming over. It's really quite sad when you actually see some of the background detail about some of these children and what they've, you know, gone through at such a young age, and it's not surprising, really, that they come away with a lot of issues that need they need help with. So, yeah, that is one part of this, you know, fostering that is quite difficult sometimes, is hearing no stories because they are quite upsetting. Sometimes they might say something to you out of the blue, and it's normally like when you're driving in the car and then the young eye contact with them, they might suddenly come out with something, but obviously there is a procedure if they disclose something that we go through to report that and make sure that it's all looked into. Okay. Next step, fostering say Kent currently needs 120 additional carers due to the number of children coming into the county. Worked to clear up waste dumped by organized criminals at a beauty spot near Ashford could get underway soon. It's thought gangs posed as legitimate waste collectors and dumped 30,000 tons of rubbish at Hodeswood, an investigation to find those responsible is underway. The Kent Wildlife Trust says the cleanup operation may start later this month. A developer is arguing he doesn't need to apply for planning permission for 62 homes in Maidstone again because they started work when it was first approved in 2019. The project at the Postley Road site in Tovel was given the green light on the condition that Chaley Homes started work on or before December 20, 2021. Just days before that deadline, 35 metres of curb was put down, but nothing else has been done. The site's been sold to a new developer who wants to avoid going through the planning application process for a second time. There are fees, the relocation of Folkestone bus station to make way for a new park will lead to anti-social behaviour. Council plan to move the main stop at Bauvery Square and replace it with a new green space, but critics say it will only encourage crime and drug taking. Under the proposals, there will be five new stations along Middleburg Square, which some say will cause extra congestion. A consultation is being held next month. Kent Online News. A fireworks display at a 17th century Kent pub is the latest in the county to be cancelled. Bosses at the Farrias Arms in Mersham, the Ashford, say they have no choice but to scrap this year's plans because of financial struggles. They hope to bring it back at some point in the future. The opening date for Canterbury's new Ivy restaurant has been revealed. Work is underway to transform the Burton and Dorothy Perkins building in the city centre. Bosses have now confirmed it will be open to the public on October 29th. Plans have been approved for an aqua park and cold water swimming at blue water. There will be an addition to the attractions already provided by Hagg loose adventure at the shopping centre in Greenheif. A floating deck will also be built on one of the lakes to be used for yoga and open-air leisure. And a train carriage that's been converted into a cafe at a Kent school is now open to the public. It was installed at Five Acre Wood, which is a special need school near Maidstone last year. The aim is to provide training and employment opportunities for pupils. Pegging Murphy is the principal. She's been speaking to reporter Cara Simmons. It's just fantastic. It's going to be so brilliant for our young people. They're going to have so many experiences. And also just bring in the community into the school as well. For a long time I think Five Acre Wood has been this school that everyone knew about. Didn't know where it was. But now I think we're on the map. They know where we are. And I think it's going to be lovely bringing the community back into the school. What sort of things will people be able to see pupils doing? Well, right from base six of being able to just go into a cafe and not take food off somebody else's table. Because that's been something that's happened if you die. So just being able to go into a cafe initially, moving up to cleaning tables, waiting big servers, and then making, actually making the coffee and being a proper producer. So a whole range of things. We're also doing the washing. So what somebody, one of our kids will actually end up doing the washing and the laundry for it. So it's all of those things that we all need in everyday life that are going to give our kids those skills. Cara's also been chatting to some of the students. So what is your favourite thing to do on the train? I like, I'm like seven of the drinks. So our people are waiting for them. And what do you want to do once you leave the school? Do you want to go into being a server outside? Yeah, like be like a Cess from older. Yeah, definitely. And you've seen the train being built over the last few months. What was that like coming into school each day and seeing it? Amazing experience. Ken's online sport. Football now, when Gillingham's winning streak at Priest Field has come to an end. They lost one Neil T. Grimmsby town in lake two last night. Manager Mark Bonner says it was an unfortunate result. I thought we were fairly dominant, but I mean, you could argue. And we've done this to other teams, perfect away performance. I think we've given them a goal that is absolutely preventable in two or three moments for us. I just said to the lads, our defensive record's been amazing. So you can't hammer them for that, but the goal itself, that we get dodged twice too easily. They'd get, they'd run through the middle of the pitch way too easily, way too narrow as a back form. And we don't deal with the moment that scored and green causes a lot of problems in the first half. So we've frustrated that we were behind. I thought for 20 minutes in the first half, I thought we actually started quite well for seven, eight minutes. Then I thought 20 minutes for our time playing well. We've got the ball. We know that it's going to be a bit now. They've got the goal. So how do we get the balance right between being patient and penetrating and trying to create chances and pressure on their goal? Loader set plays tonight. Lots of pressure. Lots of moments where we've got good momentum in the game. Not enough final threat on the goal, but still some really good moments. We have an excellent chance. Jayden's cross, I think, for Nev, which is a brilliant moment for us. Header from Timmy, a few good moments where we should do better with. And I think across the balance of the half, especially towards the end, we're chasing the game. It's a different way of doing it. We're chasing with a slightly different shape to what we've played. Some of our decision-making in that period are to just change the angle before we serve it forward, or little things that just disrupt the momentum or stop you getting spelled against a team that are, obviously, managing the clock, taking the time over things as you would. It was down to us to keep the momentum. We started the second half brilliantly, 15, 20 minutes we were on top. And then when we kick it out the ground or we don't win a header or we don't complete a pass in really simple months on their own, they can just feel like one error, but it's a accumulation of them that just leads to a spell in a game going and the momentum going, and then for 15 minutes or so, the game's completely in the balance when we need to be chasing. Our effort to chase was outstanding at times our quality and decision-making one good enough, and therefore we didn't have enough of a threat. They defend their box well, they throw their body in the way of loads of things, and they'll be delighted with that. Overall summary, really frustrated that we haven't got something from the game because there was enough moments there for us, and then for us as a learning game where we fall behind and we have to chase that with more teams that do that here, we're going to have to keep improving that to work out. How do we solve that and how do we create even more than we did or more clear-cut moments with it? Despite the results, the Jills are still top of the table. And if you missed the cricket news yesterday, Zach Crawley has signed a contract extension with Ked. The England international batsman says he loves playing for his county, the New Deal lasts until the end of the 2025 season. That's all from us today. Thanks ever so much for listening. Don't forget, you can follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and Threads. You can also get the details on the top stories direct to your email each morning via the briefing. To sign up, just head to kentlandline.co.uk News you can trust. This is the Kent Online Podcast. The Kent Online Podcast. [BLANK_AUDIO]
