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.
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