Podcast: Theatre-goers queue for an hour at Folkestone's Sandgate car park following Frank Skinner gig from ashe mp gal image Watch Video

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✓ Published: 09-May-2024

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<p>We're starting today's episode with reaction to the shock political news that Natalie Elphicke has defected to Labour</a>.</p><p>The Dover MP released a statement criticising the Prime Minister's record on tackling small boat crossings - saying he's 'failing to keep our borders safe and secure'.</p><p>Hear from a leading charity in Dover that works with asylum seekers, we have also spoken to the leader of Dover District Council and Rochester and Strood rep Kelly Tolhurst.</p><p>Also in today's podcast, drivers have reported having to queue for an hour to pay to get out of a car park</a> in Folkestone after new charges were introduced.</p><p>Cameras have also been installed at the site on Sandgate Road. Kate joins us with the details.</p><p>Volunteers at a youth club in north Kent have started a petition after it was forced to close.</p><p>The facility on Hall Road in Northfleet is one of a number across the county that have shut</a> - as the county council creates 'family hubs' instead. Hear from a teenager who worked there, and a mum whose son used to go along.</p><p>A Kent school's been given funding to take children to visit an art gallery, as figures show more than a quarter of pupils across the country haven't been on a school trip.</p><p>Long Mead Community Primary in Tonbridge took the Year 4 and 5 classes to the Turner Contemporary in Margate.</p><p>And in football</a>, there'll be an open-top bus parade this weekend to celebrate Bromley's pomotion into league two...</p><p>They beat Solihull Moors on penalties in their final at Wembley.</p>