24 minutes | Friday, 19 July 2024
There’s disruption in Kent as a Worldwide IT outage shuts down essential services. Thameslink, Southern Rail and Port of Dover have all reported problems, as well as GP surgeries, airports and banks. Also in today’s podcast, a waste management company that’s caused four months of bin collection chaos is to be penalised - but residents will not see a penny.Suez started collecting recycling and rubbish across Swale, Maidstone and Ashford as part of a £152 million contract in March.Motorists in one Kent town are facing a summer of misery thanks to what feels like an avalanche of roadworks.Frustrated Ashford residents say the area is clogged up with diversions and shuttered roads, and their journeys are now taking three times longer.Emergency services have been called to a school and children evacuated after an unexploded wartime bomb was discovered.Police and military could be seen in Canterbury, where pupils were moved to the playing field for safety.And you can hear from Gillingham midfielder Ethan Coleman ahead of their pre-season friendly. The 24-year-old has been struggling with an ankle injury since the players returned for training a fortnight ago.