Podcast: Upchurch dad having to "beg" for financial help after undergoing cancer surgery
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Monday, 7 April 2025 - 23 minutes
A dad-of-two who can’t work following major surgery to remove a tumour says he has been unable to secure any financial help during his six-month recovery.
The 40-year-old was first told he had cancer last July and applied for personal independence payments before his surgery but says he was told he was not eligible.
Also in today’s podcast, a drink-driver who "catastrophically ruined" a teenage girl’s life after causing a horror crash has been locked up.
The 21-year-old plumber was double the legal limit from downing four pints in a pub when his car careered into the path of a another vehicle in Deal.
As Kent families head out to enjoy the sunshine, there's a warning from Kent Wildlife Trust not to let dogs off their leads around livestock.
It's after rangers found a goat that had been killed in a suspected attack at a nature reserve near Canterbury.
A businessman says he has built a “one-stop shop” for residents of a new-build development including a health centre and dentist.
800 people in Castle Hill, part of Ebbsfleet Garden City, were asked what was missing from their community – that’s when Sam Bott came up with the idea of The Prep Rooms.
And we’ve got reaction from Whitstable Town’s FA Vase semi-final now they’re off to Wembley for the first time in the club’s history.
While the match ended in a draw they’re through to the final on aggregate.
