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KentOnline Podcast: Gillingham chairman says 'taking the knee' before football matches should end

There's a debate today as to whether footballers should still 'take the knee' before matches.

Ahead of the Euros kicking off tomorrow the Gillingham chairman has called for the protest to end.

It comes after some England fans booed the national team ahead of a friendly at the weekend.

Hear what Gareth Southgate said at the time, from shoppers in Gillingham and what you've been saying on our socials.

Also in today's podcast, a Kent MP has been quizzing the Health Secretary about the government's response to the pandemic - hear an exchange between Greg Clark and Matt Hancock.

We've also been speaking to a leading Kent headteacher who says the decision to allow secondary school pupils to stop wearing face masks in class was 'perverse'.

Plus we have details on the result of Kent's first game in cricket's T20 Blast.

Read more: All the latest news for Kent

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