Podcast: Folkestone mum feared she would die after being strangled by abusive partner who has been jailed for 27 months
KentOnline
Monday, 17 November 2025 - 26 minutes
A mum-of-four from Folkestone has described how she feared she was going to die after her jealous boyfriend put his hands around her throat and squeezed until she couldn't breathe.
Gina Aiano has bravely described what happened after her attacker was jailed for 27 months.
Also in today's podcast, a man from Faversham says there is a lack of dignity for patients receiving corridor care at a Kent hospital.
Paul's mother is in her 80s and spent days on a trolley in a corridor behind the A&E department at the William Harvey in Ashford. Paul's been speaking to Kate about the conditions.
Plastic pellets dumped in the sea by Southern Water have now washed up on the Kent coast.
The biobeads are used in wastewater treatment and are believed to have come from a plant in Eastbourne. Folkestone and Hythe MP Tony Vaughan has shared a video about it on his socials.
As COP30 continues in Brazil, bosses at a Kent college have told us they're making great progress towards being carbon neutral by 2030.
£15.6 million is being spent on MidKent College's campuses in Medway and Maidstone.
With Christmas not far away, our sister radio station kmfm have launched their Give a Gift campaign for 2025.
They'll be hoping to deliver toys to children and young people across Kent who'll be spending Christmas in hospital, living in care or facing difficult circumstances.
In sport, it was a point for Gillingham in league two over the weekend.
It finished 2-2 in front of the TV cameras against Crawley Town at Priestfield - hear from manager Gareth Ainsworth.
And, it's hoped a major redevelopment at one of Kent's most prestigious golf courses could see it host the Ryder Cup.
The multi-million-pound project at The London Golf Club in Sevenoaks will see a five-star hotel, spa, sports pavilion and luxury lodges built in the coming years.
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