A warning letter's been sent out by a school in Margate as a number of pupils have fallen ill.There's been an outbreak of respiratory and gastrointestinal sickness at Hartsdown Academy.Also on today's podcast, plans for a major transformation of Folkestone harbour have been rejected.The shock decision came at a meeting last night with councillors on the planning committee raising concerns about the proposals for new homes and commercial units on the seafront.The ideas had been submitted by Sir Roger De Haan’s Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company.People living on an estate near Maidstone say they've had to pay out £50,000 of their own money to try and sort a sewage issue.Blockages, leaks and overspills have been affecting Castor Park in Allington over the past year.Southern Water bosses have been grilled by MPs after deciding to bills by more than any other firm in the UK.Customers in Kent will be among those paying 53% more over the next five years.A Gravesend mum who's been diagnosed with stage four brain cancer is calling for better access to scans.Kelly Heather had initially been told she had a non-spreadable melanoma in 2017.And, Firefighters in Kent have unveiled their latest piece of kit, a robot.It's one of the first of its kind in the UK and will help keep crews safe as well as reduce the amount of time spent at incidents.
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