20 minutes | Monday, 23 October 2023
Details have emerged of how a 12 year-old girl died after collapsing at school in Medway.Pearl Unu-Arubi was flown to a London hospital after struggling to breathe at Rochester Grammar School in March.Also in today’s episode, a Maidstone mum who was told not to learn British Sign Language when she went deaf at the age of nine is now teaching others on TikTok.Claire Killacky lost her hearing after having meningitis and stayed in a mainstream school by lip reading.A dad who set up a group to help other men discuss the burdens of fatherhood says it has been such a success they're expanding across the county.Denver King says Dadspace has helped people open up about their struggles, especially during the cost of living crisis.KentOnline has been hearing how philanthropists are helping to prop up the charity sector in Kent as the cost of living hits donations.Most of us are not able to give as much as we used to and funding from government and councils has reduced.And in football, the interim Gillingham manager has been reacting to their 2-1 defeat to Notts County on Saturday.The result has left the Gills ninth in the league two table.