Podcast: Maidstone mum fears her family, including her 93-year-old nan, could be left homeless unless the council can find them a property
KentOnline
Thursday, 8 May 2025 - 25 minutes
A Kent mum fears she could be left homeless with her elderly, ill nan if the council can't find her a property.
Nina Darbey has been privately renting her home for six years but the landlord wants to sell up. The 46-year-old has been telling the podcast how she's been unable to find another home she can afford, and is struggling to bid for a council house.
In other news, police, firefighters and paramedics have been called after a blaze broke out at a former school in Chatham.
Part of the old St John Fisher Catholic School in Ordnance Street was taped off last night. Hear from reporter Brad Harper who was at the scene.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day - the end of the second world war in Europe and events are taking place across Kent to mark the occasion.
We've been speaking to teachers at Bradfields Academy in Chatham, a 90-year-old man from Dartford who remembers VE Day in 1945, they Mayor of Broadstairs where a beacon will be lit tonight, and the RBLI who're encouraging us to get active to mark the anniversary.
And in sport, Whitstable Town fans are being warned of travel disruption ahead of the FA Vase final this weekend.
Around 7,000 supporters will be heading to Wembley from Kent for the match against AFC Whyteleafe.
