21 minutes | Tuesday, 6 August 2024
There's been a delay to work on a busy roundabout in Sittingbourne - because of a dormouse.Contractors due to start work on the key Street junction this summer have discovered a nest.Also in today's podcast, KentOnline's been told asylum seekers in Kent are worried after violence broke out across the country.Hundreds of people have been arrested after riots in towns and cities following the stabbings in Southport last week.We've been speaking to Kay Marsh from Samphire Project in Dover and also have reaction from Cohesion Plus in Gravesend and Imam from a mosque in Gillingham and a group of councillors in Medway who's calling for unity and calm.Thames Water - which covers areas around Dartford and Sevenoaks - is facing a £104 million fine for sewage spills and other failings.Two more companies - Northumbrian and Yorkshire Water - are also part of record combined action by the regulator.And, work's started on converting a building in Ashford after plans to turn it into a nightclub were scrapped.The former Downtown Diner in ParK Street is going to be made into a restaurant and event space.It's hoped it'll open in September.In sport, Kent's Dina Asher-Smith is safely through to the final of the 200 metres.She finished second in her semi-final last night and will go for a medal in this evening's race.