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KentOnline Podcast: Buildings left badly damaged after fires at Whitstable Harbour and in former Gravesend pub

Buildings have been left badly damaged following two large fires in Kent.

The blazes broke out at Whitstable Harbour and in Gravesend town centre at around the same time yesterday lunchtime.

Hear from our reporter who's seen demolition crews turn up to tear down the cockle shed on the coast.

Also in today's podcast, two men have been arrested after a fight involving a knife in Chatham High Street.

Hear the moment it was caught on camera.

A Medway charity has been reacting to the Chancellor's announcement to help struggling families with the cost of living.

Neil Charlick is from Gillingham Street Angels which supports a number of people through their food bank.

The KentOnline Podcast has been told there is now an "epidemic" of mental health issues among students.

Bosses at The Howard School in Rainham have told us children are coming to them every day asking for help.

Hear from assistant headteacher, Julie Parish and Steve Julian who is deputy head of sixth form.

It's being claimed the Lower Thames Crossing will be the "greenest road ever built in the UK".

It's hoped the tunnel linking the A2 near Gravesend with Tilbury in Essex will help reduce congestion at Dartford and we've been speaking to one of the chiefs behind it.

And, in sport, the Kent Spitfires are back in T20 Blast action and find out how the Gillingham boss is getting on with signing new recruits.

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