LISTEN: Katie Startup from Maidstone - who is Charlton's first team goalkeeper - says England's success at the World Cup is opening up more opportunities for young girls - 02/07/19
As England's women get ready for their World Cup semi-final tonight - kmfm's been told their success is opening up more opportunities for young girls. They're aiming to reach their first ever final but have to get past defending champions the United States in Lyon to do it. Katie Startup from Maidstone played for England's under 19s and is now Charlton's first team goal keeper. She says growing...
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The Update - 02/07/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 gambling companies agree to spend £100m to help problem gamblers 📻 parents protest over school merger plans in #Medway 📻 #Lionesses get ready for #WomensWorldCup2019 semi-final #kmfmnews
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The Update - 01/07/19
Top story: Boris Johnson has been visiting Kent as he continues his campaign to become the next Prime Minister.
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LISTEN: Ben Braudy is the joint project lead for East Cliff Creatives behind giant poppies being constructed on Folkestone's beach - 29/06/19
Seven giant poppies are going to be created on the beach in Folkestone to mark 100 years since peace was officially declared after the First World War. They'll represent the seven months between the end of the fighting and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Artists are going to be joined by volunteers from schools and community groups who've painted hundreds of pebbles. Ben Bra...
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LISTEN: Rhiannon Rodderick from South East Coast Ambulance Service is reminding us how to stay safe in the hot weather - 29/06/2019
We're all being urged to take care in the sun as temperatures look set to top 30 degrees in #Kent today. What's being called a Sarahan 'heat bubble' has led to a level two heat alert being issued for the county. Rhiannon Rodderick is from South East Coast Ambulance Service.
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The Update - 28/06/19
Top story: Theresa May has told the Russian President their countries can only have a normal relationship if Moscow stops activity that threatens the UK.
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LISTEN: Medway Councillor Howard Doe has been telling us about Armed Forces Day events in Gillingham this weekend - 28/06/2019
Hundreds of people will gather in Gillingham this weekend to mark Armed Forces Day. Medway Councillor Howard Doe has been telling us what to expect from the event.
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LISTEN: Dean Hall from the Met Office says temperatures could be as high as 33 degrees over the weekend - 27/06/19
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LISTEN: Janet Smith describes seeing armed police in Herne Bay - 27/06/19
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The Update - 27/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 Jess Glynne cancels #Kent concert 📻 police warning over plans for mass 'ride-out' 📻 #Maidstone mum unhappy over cancelled unicorn experience #kmfmnews
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LISTEN: Kate Howell from Maidstone says her children have been left 'incredibly upset' after turning up to a 'unicorn experience' which was cancelled without her knowing - 27/06/19
A Kent mum has told kmfm her children have been left 'incredibly upset' after turning up to a 'unicorn dream experience' - only to find it had been cancelled without her being told. Kate Howell from Maidstone paid £79 each for her 3 and 5 year-old daughters to go to the event in Reading earlier this month. When she phoned the company they offered free tickets to another event due to be held in...
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Listen: Katie Whitmore is the football development officer for women and girls at the Kent FA - 27/06/2019
kmfm's been told England's women are definitely inspiring the next generation of football players as they get ready for their quarter-final at the world cup. Phil Neville's side take on Norway in northern France later. Katie Whitmore is the football development officer for women and girls at the Kent FA.
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The Update - 26/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 thousands gather for #TheTimeIsNow climate rally 📻 protection offered to revenge porn victims to be reviewed 📻 #Maidstone teen turns to weightlifting to help battle anxiety #kmfmnews
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LISTEN: Paul Hadaway from the Kent Wildlife Trust is among thousands of people heading to Parliament calling for action over climate change - 26/06/19
Campaigners from Kent are joining thousands of people for a mass lobby at Westminster later over climate change. WWF say it's the greatest environmental crisis the world has ever faced and wildlife populations have plummeted by 60 percent over the past 40 years. They're hoping today's 'The Time is Now' event will be the biggest of it's kind as they call on MPs to take action. Paul Hadaway fr...
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The Update - 25/06/19
Top story: Senior bosses on the Jeremy Kyle show have told a committee - lead by a Kent MP - guests were warned about the host's presenting style.
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Listen: Gemma Wright from Leeds Castle has been revealing what's going in their time capsule - 25/06/2019
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The Update - 24/06/19
Top story: Former deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott's in hospital after suffering a stroke.
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LISTEN: Catherine Halliday from Sheerness used to home school her five year-old twins - 24/06/2019
There's been another rise in the number of children being home schooled in #Kent. At the moment more than 2,500 youngsters are being taught at home in the county - that's twice as many as seven years ago, and up almost 13% on April 2018. A report by education bosses has described it as a 'worrying trend', and say it might be down to 'strained relationships' between parents and schools.
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Listen: Liu Batchelor is the founder and curator of Tedx Folkestone - 22/06/2019
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The Update - 21/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 government minister suspended after grabbing climate change protester by the neck 📻 man pleads for serial killer not to be released 📻 activity sessions to help develop babies' brains #kmfmnews
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Listen: Carol Stewart is chairman of the Medway African Caribbean Association - 21/06/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/ethnic-groups-up-to-22-times-more-likely-to-face-stop-and-search-207041/
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Listen: Gurvinder Sandher is the CEO of the Kent Equality Cohesion Council - 21/06/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/ethnic-groups-up-to-22-times-more-likely-to-face-stop-and-search-207041/
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LISTEN: Emma Motherwell is the NSPCC's Local Campaigns Manager - 21/06/2019
The NSPCC's teamed up with health experts and council bosses in #Kent to launch a new campaign aiming to help with the development of babies' brains. Activity sessions are now being run at around 100 children centres and baby hubs across the county, where little ones can sing along to music and play with things like paint and spaghetti. Emma Motherwell is from the NSPCC.
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LISTEN: Rebecca Davies takes her five-month-old daughter to Look, Say, Sing, Play sessions in Swanscombe - 21/06/2019
New activity sessions are being offered at children centres across #Kent to help babies learn language, cognitive and social skills. It's part of a campaign by the NSPCC, NHS and Kent County Council aiming to help with the development of their brains. Rebecca Davies from #Greenhithe takes her five-month-old daughter Emily to the sessions in #Swanscombe.
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Listen: South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay is backing Boris Johnson to be the next leader - 20/06/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/live-updates-on-tory-leadership-race-206943/
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The Update - 20/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 next candidate to be eliminated from the #ToryLeadershipContest announced shortly 📻 year long report into homelessness published 📻 find out who the #Gills will play when the season kicks off #kmfmnews
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Listen: Cllr Peter Fleming is the leader of Sevenoaks District Council and co-chair of the committee that wrote the report - 20/06/2019
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The Update - 19/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 raids have been carried out on homes in #Kent as part of a crack down on drug and knife crime 📻 #DoodlebugSummer remembered 75 years on 📻 park to close to tackle anti-social behaviour #kmfmnews bit.ly/2FkumIh
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Listen: Cllr Roger Gough is in charge of children, young people and education at Kent County Council - 19/06/2019
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The Update - 18/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 former UEFA president Michel Platini is being questioned in #France by anti-corruption officers 📻 children's hospice boss speaks out over funding 📻 get ready for more wet weather #kmfmnews
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Listen: Ryan Campbell is the chief exec of Demelza Hospice Care near Sittingbourne - 18/06/2019
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LISTEN: Greg Dewhurst, forecaster at the Met Office, says we should expect more flooding in Kent - 17/06/19
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The Update - 17/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 the latest on the #ToryLeadershipContest 📻 @matthewinkent welcomes plans to ban the use of police cells to detain people having a mental health crisis 📻 Holborough Lakes residents move back #kmfmnews
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Listen: John Spicer runs Gamblers Anonymous sessions in Herne Bay and is a recovering addict - 17/06/2019
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LISTEN: Ed Withers is one of the organisers of Pride Canterbury and told us what to expect - 15/06/2019
Thousands of people are gathering in #Canterbury later for the annual Pride celebrations. There'll be a colourful parade through the city this morning, before events move to Dane John Gardens at lunchtime. TV fashion expert Gok Wan will be playing music and holding a drag showdown - while Nadine Coyle from Girls Aloud is also performing on one of the two stages. Organiser Edd Withers says it'll...
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LISTEN: Verne Sanderson, operations manager for Medway Council's events team, has been telling us about the annual River Festival - 16/06/19
If you're looking for a way to celebrate Father's Day - the River Festival gets underway in Medway later. The Chatham Waterfront will have a number of family activities, including canoeing, kayaks and an 18 metre inflatable whale for exploring. There's also the chance to learn more about the Command of Heights project - which involves transforming historic areas. Verne Sanderson is the opera...
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The Update - 14/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 Matt Hancock pulls out of race to be Tory leader 📻 dating apps blamed for rise in STIs in #Kent 📻 #Gillingham's girls team chat ahead of #Lionesses next game at #WomensWorldCup #kmfmnews
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Listen: Andrew Scott-Clark is the director of public health at Kent County Council - 14/06/2019
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LISTEN: Trustees at Oasis Domestic Abuse Services told us how they feel to have won the top prize at the Kent Charity Awards - 14/06/2019
The work of hundreds of volunteers across #Kent has been celebrated at the Kent Charity Awards. 10 organisations were recognised at the ceremony last night for the support they give to vulnerable people and animals across the county. The top prize went to Oasis Domestic Abuse Services, which supports women and children who're the victims of violence in their own homes.
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The Update - 13/06/19
The brother of a 17 year-old boy who was targeted in what some are calling a racist attack in Canterbury, says he doesn't deserve to die.
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LISTEN: our political editor Paul Francis explains the series of elimination ballots for the Conservative leadership race - 13/06/19
Kent's Conservative MPs will begin voting this morning on who they want as the next party leader and Prime Minister. In total, 10 are vying for the top job with Boris Johnson considered as the front-runner. In the first of a series of elimination ballots, the candidates need at least 17 votes to have a chance of getting through. Our political editor Paul Francis explains how it all works.
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Listen: Elaine Walker is the assistant manager of the cafe and saw the boys on the roof - 13/06/2019
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The Update - 12/06/2019
THE UPDATE: with @nicolakeverett at 1pm 📻 Boris Johnson launches his #conservativeleadership bid 📻 @sweetsweetsol in #HerneBay launch plans to sell treats containing #CBD 📻 #Kent's cricketers 🏏 are frustrated by the rain #kmfmnews
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LISTEN: Drug policy expert Alex Stevens from the University of Kent says it's 'irresponsible' to sell CBD sweets - 12/06/2019
The owners of a sweet shop in #Kent have defended a decision to relocate and start selling treats containing a substance extracted from cannabis plants. CBD has been in the headlines recently because parents whose children have severe epilepsy have been campaigning for it to reduce their seizures. Now Kris Searle and Chris Welsh, who run Sweet Sol in #HerneBay, plan to move to #Whitstable and s...
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LISTEN: Kris Searle from Sweet Sol in Herne Bay tells us about their plans to sell treats containing CBD - 12/06/2019
Two #Kent sweet shop owners say they're planning on relocating and selling confectionery containing a substance extracted from cannabis plants... You've probably heard of CBD because it's what some parents of children with severe epilepsy have been campaigning for to reduce their seizures. Kris Searle and Chris Welsh run Sweet Sol in #HerneBay and plan to move to #Whitstable next year and suppl...
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LISTEN: Gia Fulker from Birling says she had to climb out of the window of her flooded car - 11/06/19
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LISTEN: Kieth Johnson from Snodland says both his car and garage were flooded - 11/06/19
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The Update - 11/06/19
TOP STORY: A Margate woman who admitted killing her 23-month old twins on Boxing Day will not face a murder trial.
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Listen: Mark Douch from the Environment Agency is the area flood and coastal risk manager for Kent and South London - 11/06/2019
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/cars-abandoned-and-roads-shut-as-flooding-grips-kent-206361/
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Listen: Peter Hodges is from the OVO Energy Women's Tour which is heading to Cyclopark in Gravesend today - 11/06/2019
The largest bike race to come to Kent in more than a decade is taking place at Cyclopark in Gravesend later. Some of the best female cyclists in the world will race around 25 laps of the course covering more than 60 kilometers. Just under 100 riders started the first stage of the OVO Energy Women's Tour in Suffolk yesterday.
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