Podcast: Woman ordered to repaint blue home in Deal after Dover District Council issued an enforcement notice
KentOnline
Thursday, 30 April 2026 - 25 minutes
A woman has been ordered to repaint her home after being told the current bright blue shade is 'unsympathetic' with a conservation area in Deal.
Mary Kenny had spent more than £3,000 having the property in West Street decorated but has now received a letter from the council. She has been speaking to our reporter Louis Walker.
Also on today's podcast, an investigation has found a knife attack might have been prevented if a man had received better mental health care in Kent.
A 31-year-old stabbed another man just a month after being discharged from the care of the Kent and Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust in 2020.
An ombudsman has found a series of failings by the Trust in the 12 months leading up to the stabbing. Hear from the chief executive of the ombudsman and the patient's mother.
A lorry driver who lured a teenage girl into his cab in Greenhithe before attacking her has been jailed.
The suspect was identified after being arrested for another offence and his DNA uploaded to a database.
A pilot facility has been set up in Kent to turn waste plastic into sustainable aviation fuel.
Clean Planet Technologies are researching ways of using materials that can't be recycled to power planes in a more environmentally-friendly way.
They've opened a site at the Discovery Park in Sandwich.
And in sport, Gillingham striker Sam Vokes has spoken about his decision to retire.
The 36-year-old signed for the Gills last summer and has scored three times in 35 appearances.
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