22 minutes | Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Furious residents are calling on council bosses to scrap “insane” roadworks that are set to shut four town centre streets over the next five months.More than 800 people have signed a petition describing plans for a bus contraflow system in Dover as "madness".Also in today’s podcast, an inquest has heard a teenager who died after taking too many painkillers had been prescribed the pills despite two recent overdoses on the same medication. She was given a month’s supply to manage back pain by a GP who later admitted he “should have given her less”.As we mark Baby Loss Awareness Week you can also hear from a mum who lost one of her twin boys due to a rare complication during pregnancy. She’s told the KentOnline Podcast of her grief and guilt as she expects another set of twin boys. Neighbours are angry about a car park in Ashford that’s been left “smelling like a toilet” due to foul water caused by a blocked drain. Those living nearby say they can’t even open any windows because of the overbearing pong.And we’ll have an update on a brown bear in Kent who is to undergo brain surgery today, in what will be the first operation of its kind in the UK.Two-year-old Boki, who lives at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, was diagnosed with fluid on the brain earlier this year and the surgery is his best shot at living a normal life.