Podcast: Parents from Tonbridge speak about their daughter's battle with Body Dysmorphic Disorder in a bid to raise awareness
KentOnline
Tuesday, 8 September 2026 - 23 minutes
The parents of a woman from Tonbridge who suffers from a condition that affects how she feels about her appearance have spoken out in a bid to raise awareness.
Emily Pounsford is thought to have started to develop body dysmorphic disorder when she was just 14.
Her mum and dad have described how it affected her and the whole family.
Also in today's podcast, the leader of Kent County Council has told us pausing local government reorganisation is incredibly frustrating and unsettling.
A shock announcement from government yesterday revealed it was putting the process on hold following new legal advice.
It comes just weeks after we'd been told Kent's 14 authorities would be replaced with four bigger unitary ones.
An organiser of anti-migration protests in Kent and Hampshire has defended the wearing of masks by male demonstrators.
Around 200 people dressed in black and with face coverings disrupted traffic near the Port of Dover on Saturday.
Flowers have been left at the scene of a crash which killed two cyclists.
A man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s died at the scene in Sole Street on Sunday morning, while another person was taken to hospital.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving while a 19 year-old woman's been held on suspicion of assisting an offender.
A building in Dover that forms part of a multi-million pound regeneration project in the town centre is officially opening today.
The Bench will include a campus for students at East Kent College, a co-working space, bakery and screen south media company.
And in sport, with just three games of the season left - Kent's cricketers travel to Derbyshire in the county championship.
Adam Hollioake's side are currently second in the division two table following a win over Worcestershire last time out.
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