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Updates from the kmfm news team. We are on air from 6am - 6pm weekdays and 8am - 1pm at weekends. Listen online at https://t.co/DehGCTP1UV
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PICS: Kate has been chatting to youngsters, practitioners and parents at the specialist Orchards Centre
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VIDEO: Staff Sergeant @jonnyball79 from Ashford is at the Invictus Games in Germany just four years after almost losing a leg in a devastating motorbike crash - he's competing in three different sports and has already won a bronze medal 🥉 #InvictusGamesDusseldorf #kmfmnews
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NEWS: Stand Up to Racism is calling on people across the UK to 'take the knee' on their doorsteps at 6pm following the death of #GeorgeFloyd in America #kmfmnews
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SHOWBIZ: Taylor Swift has announced a three-date tour of the UK and Ireland - she'll perform in Manchester, Dublin and London next year - tickets go on sale next week
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@kmfmofficial LISTEN: 🔊 if you missed @Camila_Cabello on @kmfmofficial this morning you can listen online now #kmfmnews
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SHOWBIZ: Tune in to @kmfmofficial after 7 to hear Louis Tomlinson chatting to @djgarrywilson and @LauraCrockettUK #kmfmnews
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SHOWBIZ: #LouisTomlinson has been chatting to @kmfmofficial about releasing his debut album #Walls - if you missed it you can listen here: #kmfmnews
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TRAVEL: ⚠️ The main carriageway of the #M20 is closed coast bound at J13 for #Folkestone and the slip roads are shut at J11 for #Hythe as lorries queue for the Eurotunnel. #Dover TAP is also in force on the #A20 #kmfmtravel
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On today's podcast:. 👸Princess of Wales visits Kent to find out how SEND children are supported.✉️Woman vows to say in mum's council house.👨🚒Firefighters return from earthquake hit Morocco.🚗Villagers fears as drivers ignore 20mph zone.
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NEWS: the gospel choir that sang at Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding have signed a record deal. The Kingdom Choir performed Stand By Me at Windsor Castle in May - their debut album's due out in November.
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NEWS: Sir Ian McKellen says he feels ‘euphoric’ after getting the #CoronavirusVaccine #kmfmnews
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NEWS: police say they're now confident they've identified everyone who died in the fire at #Grenfelltower - Scotland Yard's putting the final number of victims at 71, including a stillborn baby
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NEWS: A special service is just getting underway one year since the Manchester Arena bombing. Prince William and the prime minister are in the city to remember the 22 victims.
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NEWS: The student nurse whose letter prompted health minister and #Kent MP @Helen_Whately to claim the sector was "not providing a service to the NHS" says the response is "like a slap in the face" #kmfmnews
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BREAKING NEWS: she's done it! Chatham and Aylesford MP @tracey_crouch has reached the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro - she's leading a team who are raising funds for Breast Cancer Kent #kmfmnews
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NEWS: The government is considering making it illegal to sell energy drinks to children in England. One can typically contains around three times the amount of caffeine as a can of cola. What do you think, should children be banned from buying them?
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PICS: These pups at the @DogsTrust centre in #Canterbury have been playing in the paddling pool to keep cool in the hot weather ☀
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NEWS: A five-year-old boy, who had to have both legs amputated after being abused by his birth parents, has raised more than £1m for @EvelinaLondon - the hospital that saved his life #kmfmnews
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NEWS: Police say 89-year-old Dennis Whyard, who was reported missing from the Forest Hill area of Maidstone on Friday, has been found safe and well
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SHOWBIZ: if you missed @JamesArthur23 on @kmfmofficial earlier you can listen online now #FallingLikeTheStars #kmfmnews
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Calling all #OneDirectioners! @Louis_Tomlinson will be chatting to Garry + Laura on @kmfmofficial tomorrow morning!
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NEWS: A dog that was stolen from her home in #Aylesford last year has been found by police in Hampshire #kmfmnews
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@kmfmofficial @GrittingKent VIDEO: we're loving Ralph who's enjoying the snow in #Coxheath! #Snowdog #SnowWatch
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NEWS: this cat was found on a Southeastern train - any idea who he or she belongs to?
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VIDEO: On the anniversary of Anne Boleyn's execution in 1536, new words and names have been revealed inside her prayer book on display at #Kent's @hevercastle - her family home - thanks to ultraviolet light. Kate McCaffrey spent nearly a year studying it #kmfmnews
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NEWS: @paula_hudgell, the mum of a little boy from #KingsHill who was abused by his birth parents, says she's heartbroken that he needs even more surgery #kmfmnews
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LISTEN: the Tunbridge Wells MP is urging the government to invest more in defence - @ThreshedThought has been on the latest episode of the @KentPoliticsPod #kmfmnews
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NEWS: a teacher is driving to all of the stadiums @TheGillsFC played at last season to raise money for a colleague who lost his legs and hands to meningitis. Greg Keating from @mascalls needs £50k for prosthetics. Tim Crowley will cover 1,500 miles in 4 days #GoodLuckTim
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NEWS: these pics are going up in London train stations and on the underground to get more people visiting #Kent this summer @VisitKent
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ICYMI: The @RSPCA_official issued a warning after a #Kent mum came home to find her teenage daughter had rescued a huge dog #kmfmnews
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.@RochesterCathed has been turned pink and blue tonight for #BabyLossAwarenessWeek thanks to charity @AbigailsCharity
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NEWS: Molly McLaren's family issue heartfelt tribute after Joshua Stimpson is handed a life sentence for her murder.
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SPORT: #TunbridgeWells table tennis star @WillBayleytt's claimed his second tournament win of the year #kmfmnews
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VIDEO: @paula_hudgell is making final preparations for an epic challenge to climb Orrest Head in the Lake District - he'll be raising money for four charities #kmfmnews
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SPORT: they've FINALLY done it! @InvictaDynamos have got their first win of the season - they beat MK Thunder 3-2 away from home last night 🏒
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VIDEO: A #Kent fuel campaigner says the cost of filling up our cars could start to cost people their health. @HowardCCox has been telling us how bad the situation is and what he wants the Chancellor, @RishiSunak, to do #kmfmnews
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NEWS: 11 buses are on fire at a depot in south east London. 60 firefighters are dealing with the flames in #Orpington. People living nearby reported hearing explosions early this morning. pic: 📸 @LondonFire #kmfmnews
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NEWS: huge congratulations to @JonjoHeuerman from #Dartford who's getting a Legacy Award from Princes William and Harry today (1/2)
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BREAKING NEWS: armed police have been called to #Chatham Dockside following reports of shots being fired pic: @Kreydo212 #kmfmnews
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VIDEO: A young man who's been walking from the UK to Ibiza for a Kent charity is set to reach his destination this weekend. Henry Moores is raising money for the @TonyHudgell_fdn to help children who've been abused #kmfmnews .
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SHOWBIZ: previously-unseen photos of some of the world's most famous celebs go on display today - #Unseen runs until July 15th
My exhibition #UNSEEN next launch is Wednesday @ShowroomPresent in Fulham. The first 30 of 100 #ContactSheets hung!
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NEWS: @AylesfordLFC have described Danielle Cubitt as a "valued member of the club" who'll be "sorely missed by everyone" #kmfmnews
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🥇 England have their first Commonwealth Games Gold!. #Maidstone's @TullochCourtney and @_JamesrHall, plus Max Whitlock, Nile Wilson, and Dominick Cunningham have won the men's gymnastics team event. #GC2018 #GC2018Gymnastics @PegasusGymClub
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NEWS: Molly McLaren's family are calling for more awareness of the dangers of stalking as Joshua Stimpson starts at least 26 years in prison for her murder at Chatham's Dockside Outlet
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WATCH AGAIN: Five-year-old Tony Hudgell from #Kent who had to have his legs amputated as a baby has completed his epic month-long fundraising walk for @EvelinaLondon #kmfmnews
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NEWS: Hundreds of free curries have been delivered to stranded lorry drivers thanks to the #Gravesend Gurdwara #kmfmnews
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SHOWBIZ: Ellie Goulding is back and she's going to be chatting to Glen on the Hit List on @kmfmofficial tonight #kmfmnews
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LISTEN AGAIN: 🔊 Amy Hyde from the @DogsTrust says they'll be providing a record number of hampers to homeless dog owners in #Kent this Christmas #kmfmnews
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NEWS: Essex Police says it's identified the people involved in a racist tirade on a Ryanair plane. A passenger was filmed by a #Rochester man shouting abuse at an elderly black woman on a flight from Barcelona to Stansted on Friday. The info's been passed to Spanish authorities
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LISTEN: @JayOkulaja is an anti-bullying ambassador from #Kent for the @DianaAward and is urging people to #StandUpToBullying - as new stats show more than half of adults across the UK were targeted in schools
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NEWS: House of Fraser's website's been taken down - and it's cancelled all online orders. The department store chain - which was bought by Sports Direct last week - has been having problems because of a dispute with warehouse workers.
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NEWS: Two orphaned bear cubs who were found abandoned in the Albanian mountains have arrived at their new home @WildwoodTrust in #Kent #kmfmnews
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FROM EARLIER: A five-year-old boy from #Kent, who had to have both legs amputated after being abused by his birth parents, has raised more than £1m for @EvelinaLondon - the hospital that saved his life #kmfmnews
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NEWS: The @RSPCA_official are trying to track down the owner of this injured peacock which has been found in #Ashford #kmfmnews
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NEWS: Do you recognise these people? Police want to speak to them after a pensioner had her handbag stolen at M&S in #Maidstone #kmfmnews
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VIDEO: Prayer books belonging to two of Henry VIII's wives have been reunited for the first time in 500 years and gone on display in #Kent. One belonged to Catherine of Aragon - the other was owned by Anne Boleyn. They're on show @hevercastle where Anne grew up #kmfmnews
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NEWS: Johnbosco Nwogbo from campaign group @We_OwnIt doesn't expect much to change with the new #GreatBritishRailways plan #kmfmnews
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VIDEO: Award winning author @jayletay who grew up in #Medway is hoping a second book she's written about her battle with ME - will continue to raise awareness of the condition #AGirlInOneRoom #kmfmnews
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VIDEO: #Canterbury MP @RosieDuffield1 has questioned what's being done to protect refugees who arrive in #Kent after a migrant was attacked #kmfmnews
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NEWS: an undercover investigation by @DogsTrust reveals puppies are STILL being smuggled into the UK via #Kent
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NEWS: Hundreds gathered yesterday for the funeral of 18 year-old goalkeeper Jordan Dawes
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SHOWBIZ: Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field have announced they've had a baby girl with a surrogate - she's called Colette Josephine - or Coco for short.
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NEWS: Police and the @RSPCA_official are trying to track down the person who killed a puppy and threw it from a car window near #Canterbury
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ICYMI: The original King of the Jungle @kmfmofficial’s very own @tonyblackburn has some tips for Noel Edmonds who’s going into the jungle tonight on @imacelebrity #kmfmnews
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VIDEO: @SheppeyUFC's Jahmal Howlett-Mundle has been telling us more about his decision to come out to his teammates as bisexual. The 24 year-old gathered the squad and said it was time to be honest with himself and others about his sexuality. Full story:
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