LISTEN: Lee Churchyard from Motis Estates has been finding out about the Otterpool Park development at a consultation event - 21/05/2019
Local people have been having their say about plans to build up to 10,000 new homes in a garden town near Folkestone.
1m May 21, 2019
1m
LISTEN: Kris Foster from Motis Estates is feeling positive about the Otterpool Park development - 21/05/2019
Estate agents have been finding out more about a huge new development near Folkestone, and answering people's questions at consultation events in the area.
1m May 21, 2019
1m
LISTEN: Andy Jarrett is the spokesperson for the Otterpool Park development and is trying to reassure residents - 21/05/2019
Consultation events have been taking place so people can discuss their concerns about plans to build a huge new garden town near Folkestone.
2m May 21, 2019
2m
LISTEN: People living in Hythe are not happy about Otterpool Park - 21/05/2019
People living near a proposed new development not far from #Folkestone say building 10,000 homes would be a 'disaster'.
2m May 21, 2019
2m
The Update - 20/05/19
Top story: A bank's going to be closed for several weeks, after a digger removed two cash machines at a shopping centre in Medway.
5m May 20, 2019
5m
Listen: Valley Invicta Primary School at Kings Hill have performed this song written by Kev Frost - 20/05/2019
2m May 20, 2019
2m
Listen: hear from Cray Valley manager Kevin Watson after their 3-1 defeat to Chertsey Town in the FA Vase final - 20/05/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/sport/reaction-a-game-of-fine-margins-204920/
2m May 20, 2019
2m
LISTEN: Charlie Cooke from Westgate-on-Sea is taking on the Redbull Quicksand run for the second year in a row - 17/05/19
What's been described as the world's toughest mile returns to Kent this weekend. Hundreds of people are expected to take part in the RedBull Quicksand event in Margate. A purpose built course - complete with huge sand dunes - has been created on the main sands. While the fastest mile has been run in less than four minutes - this generally takes closer to 10 to complete. Charlie Cooke from W...
1m May 17, 2019
1m
The Update - 17/05/19
Top story: A man's been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison after admitting plotting to murder a Labour MP and threatening to kill a police officer.
5m May 17, 2019
5m
Listen: Carlie Pleasant is campaigning for a CF drug to be made available on the NHS - 17/05/2019
3m May 17, 2019
3m
Listen: student Calum Kennedy has lived with mental health issues since he was a teenager - 17/05/2019
4m May 17, 2019
4m
The Update - 16/05/19
Top story: A teaching union says parents have raised objections to lessons about same-sex relationships - in at least 50 schools in England.
5m May 16, 2019
5m
LISTEN: Artist Amy West has been telling us about her Benny the Beluga whale sculpture - 16/05/19
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/benny-sculpture-to-tackle-plastic-waste-204695/
3m May 16, 2019
3m
LISTEN: Tim Parsons, chaplain for the South East Coast Ambulance Service, says he wants to launch a 24/7 retreat centre for people suffering from mental health issues - 15/05/19
A Kent Chaplain has been telling kmfm about his vision to set up a 24/7 retreat centre for people suffering from mental health issues.  Tim Parsons from Gillingham suffered PTSD, following the death of a child at his Dartford Sunday school in 2008. He went on to write children's books called Paramedic Chris, while working as a Chaplain for the South East Coast ambulance service. He says afte...
4m May 15, 2019
4m
LISTEN: the recording of G4S ambulance staff - this has been edited - 15/05/19
1m May 15, 2019
1m
LISTEN: Reverend Philip Clements and his husband appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show last year - 15/05/19
3m May 15, 2019
3m
The Update - 15/05/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 reaction as #TheJeremyKyleShow is scrapped for good 📻 stats reveal how many children in #Kent are living in poverty 📻 #Kent has some of the best beaches in the world - find out which ones #kmfmnews
5m May 15, 2019
5m
Listen: Mo Bousseda is the general manager of the new Taco Bell - 15/05/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/huge-queues-as-taco-bell-opens-204660/
2m May 15, 2019
2m
LISTEN: these people in Medway have been giving us their reaction to The Jeremy Kyle Show being permanently cancelled - 15/05/19
3m May 15, 2019
3m
Listen: Allison Ogden-Newton is the chief exec of Keep Britain Tidy - 15/05/2019
Ten beaches in Kent have been named among the best in the world. Margate Main Sands, Westbrook Bay and Sheerness Beach have been awarded prestigious Blue Flags. That means they're clean, safe and have great facilities and good water quality. 21 Kent beaches have also been given Seaside Awards - we've got the full list at kentonline.co.uk
3m May 15, 2019
3m
LISTEN: Joe Howes, chief exec of charity Buttle UK which offers grants to families, says the rate of child poverty in Kent is worrying - 15/05/19
It's been revealed more than a third of children in parts of Kent are growing up in poverty. Research from the End Child Poverty coalition showed children living in Thanet, Swale and Folkestone and Hythe were most affected - after housing costs. Nationally, 500-thousand more children are having their lives limited by poverty today than at the start of the decade
3m May 14, 2019
3m
The Update - 14/05/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 calls for #TheJeremyKyleShow to be cancelled for good 📻 suicide prevention conference takes place in #Kent during #MentalHealthAwarnessWeek 📻 planting of vineyard starts near #Maidstone #kmfmnews
5m May 14, 2019
5m
LISTEN: Lauretta Kavanagh has helped organise the Suicide Prevention Conference in Maidstone - 14/05/2019
Mental health groups and organisations from across #Kent are gathering #Maidstone today for a suicide prevention conference. Local authorities, emergency services, healthcare professionals and charities are getting together to talk about how best to support people who're in crisis. The event will hear about programmes that have been given government funding, including a walking group, buddy s...
3m May 14, 2019
3m
The Update - 13/05/2019
THE UPDATE: at 1pm with @nicolakeverett 📻 celebrities urge us to talk at the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 📻 @GarethJohnsonMP calls for serial killer not to be released 📻 #Ebbsfleet players protest over unpaid wages #kmfmnews
5m May 13, 2019
5m
LISTEN: At the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, Kent Olympian Jack Green has told us why he feels it's important to share his struggles - 13/05/2019
#Kent Olympian Jack Green has been telling us how important it is to give children the tools to deal with mental health issues. The 400m hurdler took a year out of athletics while suffering from depression after London 2012. The 27 year-old from #Folkestone says things like the awareness week and the Mental Health Minute are important.
2m May 13, 2019
2m
SPORT: Tonbridge Angels boss Steve McKimm speaking after 3-2 play-off win over Met Police - 12/05/2019
Tonbridge Angels have been promoted to National South after winning their play-off against Met Police 3-2. Here's boss Steve McKimm speaking after the win... #Kent #kmfmnews #football #playoffs2019
1m May 12, 2019
1m
NEWS: Thomas Nyaku speaking about being named Maths Teacher of the Year at the Kent Teacher of the Year awards - 11/05/2019
Thomas Nyaku speaking about being named Maths Teacher of the Year at the Kent Teacher of the Year awards #Kent #kmfmnews #teaching #teacher
1m May 11, 2019
1m
The Update - 10/05/19
Top story: The Dukes and Duchesses' of Cambridge and Sussex have teamed up for the first time to launch a new mental health text messaging helpline.
5m May 10, 2019
5m
LISTEN: Alison Patterson is trying to raise money to cover legal fees after her daughter was murdered in Qatar - 10/05/2019
A fundraising evening's being held later in memory of a teacher from #WestMalling who was murdered after going missing on a night out in Qatar. 24 year-old Lauren Patterson had been working in the city before her body was found badly burned in the middle of the desert in October 2013. Her mum Alison had to travel out there more than 30 times as she campaigned to bring her daughter's killers t...
2m May 10, 2019
2m
Listen: Richard Begbey's daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour the size of a golf ball - 09/05/2019
A Kent father has described the heart-breaking moment his 14 month-old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Octavia Begbey had a growth the size of a golf ball in the middle of her brain. Surgeon's at King's College Hospital in London used pioneering technology to remove the tumour during surgery which lasted 22 hours. Her dad Richard, who lives in Kings Hill, is currently on a walk t...
6m May 09, 2019
6m
The Update - 09/05/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 Labour launch European election campaign in #Kent 📻 doctors investigate if medical records in #Medway have been lost 📻 new #HattonGarden drama to be screened #kmfmnews
5m May 09, 2019
5m
Listen: Paul Dent-Jones is from Network Rail - 08/05/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/where-children-in-kent-risk-their-lives-on-train-tracks-204221/
2m May 08, 2019
2m
The Update - 08/05/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 #BabySussex makes his first public appearance 📻 charities fear cuts to youth services could lead to increase in knife crime 📻 #Margate shop helps tackle bullies #kmfmnews
5m May 08, 2019
5m
LISTEN: Siobhan Margetson works at the Schoolwear Centre in Margate which runs the 'Ask for Gus' scheme to tackle bullying - 08/05/2019
Staff at a shop in #Thanet say they've seen an increasing number of children coming in because they're feeling unsafe. The Schoolwear Centre in #Margate set up the Ask for Gus scheme last November as a way of trying to tackle bullying. They know that any child who comes in and says the phrase is being targeted and are then offered support and can stay until they're ok. Siobhan Margetson work...
3m May 08, 2019
3m
The Update - 07/05/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 man found with samurai sword during #Kent drugs raid jailed 📻 plans to tackle graffiti in #Canterbury 📻 celebrations continue following birth of #RoyalBaby bit.ly/2M17AYM #kmfmnews
5m May 07, 2019
5m
LISTEN: Tonbridge manager Steve McKimm reacts to their 2-0 win in the Bostik Premier final - 07/05/2019
2m May 07, 2019
2m
LISTEN: Gillingham caretaker boss Mark Patterson reacts to their 3-0 victory at Blackpool - 05/05/19
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/reaction-one-for-the-fans-204003/
2m May 05, 2019
2m
Listen: Bob Atwood is a co-founder of the Tunbridge Wells Alliance - 03/05/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/local-council-election-results-203714/
2m May 03, 2019
2m
Listen: Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch is at the Tonbridge and Malling count - 03/05/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/news/local-council-election-results-203713/
1m May 03, 2019
1m
The Update - 03/05/19
THE UPDATE: coming up at 1pm with @khwaja456 📻reaction from across #Kent as results of the #localelections come in 📻how children who fail the #Kent Test still end up at a grammar 📻and a look ahead to the #Gills last game of the season #kmfmnews bit.ly/2M17AYM
5m May 03, 2019
5m
LISTEN: Tonbridge boss Steve McKimm says his side deserved their 2-1 win over Haringey in the Bostik Premier play-off semi-final - 03/05/2019
#Tonbridge boss Steve McKimm felt his resolute team deserved the rub of the green in reaching the Bostik Premier play-off final. Angels held on during the second half at Haringey on Thursday to go through 2-1, with the hosts hitting the crossbar in the 90th minute.
2m May 03, 2019
2m
LISTEN: Our reporter Molly Mileham-Chappell has a roundup of the results from Folkestone and Hythe - 03/05/2019
Local election counts have been taking place in #Folkestone and #Hythe overnight - here are the results.
43s May 03, 2019
43s
LISTEN: Roger Gough, head of education at Kent County Council, has been telling us about the amount of children being admitted in grammar schools through appeals - 03/05/19
Grammar schools in Kent accepted more than 1-thousand-500 children who had not passed the eleven plus - according to figures from a campaign group . Stats seen by kmfm show in 2017, Kent's selective schools took in the highest number of children who had failed the test out of all the remaining 164 grammars in the country. Parents can appeal their child's result, but before this, primary headt...
3m May 02, 2019
3m
The Update - 02/05/19
Top story: A Margate man's been jailed for life, after strangling his homeless friend because he wouldn’t leave his home.
5m May 02, 2019
5m
Listen: Donald Findlater is director of the Stop It Now! helpline - 02/05/2019
Almost 800 people in Kent contacted a charity last year asking for help to stop viewing indecent images of children online. Across the whole of the south east, the Stop It Now! helpline and website has seen a 69% increase in contact since 2016. Now, the Lucy Faithfull Foundation who set it up, have joined forces with police in the county to tackle the growing demand for inappropriate pictures...
1m May 02, 2019
1m
The Update - 01/05/19
Top story: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks for skipping bail. He was arrested last month after spending nearly seven years holed up in London's Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault claims.
5m May 01, 2019
5m
The Update - 30/04/2019
The man leading a public inquiry into the NHS contaminated blood scandal has promised to put people at the centre of it. Retired judge Sir Brian Langstaff will hear evidence from around 2,500 people during hearings across the UK between now and October. Nearly 3,000 died after being infected with HIV or hepatitis C during the 1970s and '80s.
5m Apr 30, 2019
5m
LISTEN: Dave Saunders, an off-duty railway worker, recorded the moments when he started talking a woman off of the edge of Maidstone Barracks platform - 30/04/19
45s Apr 30, 2019
45s
LISTEN: Ashford United manager Tommy Warrilow says his players deserve their 3-2 win in the Bostik South East semi-final - 30/04/2019
Tommy Warrilow said #Ashford's dramatic play-off win at Hastings was no more than his players deserved. The Nuts & Bolts came from behind twice to win their Bostik South East semi-final 3-2 with a penalty in the last minute of extra time. In their first ever play-off match, United showed great character when it mattered most.
2m Apr 30, 2019
2m
LISTEN: Sue Gorman who's husband from Broadstairs died after being infected with contaminated blood says his dying wish was to see justice - 30/04/19
A Kent woman who's husband died after being infected with contaminated blood says his dying wish was to see justice. A public inquiry is continuing today into why NHS patients were given blood products with hepatitis and HIV in the 1970s and 80s. Steve Dymond from Broadstairs was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 1997 and was among thousands who died. Su Gorman was married to Steve.
3m Apr 29, 2019
3m