Podcast: Teenager, 16, electrocuted after being chased by armed gang onto railway line at Westgate station
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Tuesday, 11 March 2025 - 20 minutes
Two teenagers have been convicted for their role in an attack on a 16-year-old boy who suffered life-changing injuries after being chased onto train tracks in Thanet.
Ted Warne-Harvey was electrocuted after falling onto a live rail at Westgate station.
Also on today's podcast, a 12 week inquiry into plans to build thousands of new homes near Sittingbourne gets underway today.
The Highsted Park development is made up of eight-thousand-four-hundred houses, and other infrastructure, as well as a new M2 motorway junction and a Southern Relief Road.
A Folkestone woman who's in remission after having ovarian cancer is going to be walking 100km this month to raise awareness.
Louise Hutchins was diagnosed in 2023 and is now taking on the challenge over four days as part of the Walk in Her Name campaign.
The site of a luxury seafront development in Folkestone has been put up for sale, much to the surprise of the developers.
The Leas Pavilion scheme will include 91 new flats, but it's been hit with delays and construction ground to a halt last year.
People living in Teynham say traffic is clogging up streets and junctions because of new double yellow lines in the town.
Residents in Station Road can no longer park outside their homes - and they're now taking up spaces in neighbouring streets.
And, a two-week old kitten's been rescued after being found at the side of a road in Canterbury.
Comet was severely injured and needed surgery but is now being cared for by the RSPCA.
