Podcast: Kent dog owner faces anxious wait to see if Staffie will be put down after attack

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A Kent dog owner faces an anxious wait to see if his Staffordshire bull terrier cross will be put down after it attacked another man.

He’ll learn next month if a court has decided Demba will be destroyed following the alarming incident near Whitstable.

Also in today’s podcast, the family of a one-year-old who unexpectedly died says the wait for answers and “missed opportunities” has prevented them from grieving.

During five hospital visits, medics missed the fact the “happy and always smiling” child suffered an undiagnosed and extremely rare heart condition.

Families have hit out at a former mayor and gravestone manufacturer over ‘long delays’ in getting memorials for their loved ones.

Several people have spoken up, including a sister and mother who say they have been left waiting for nearly two years to get a headstone.

Doubts have been raised over whether a town will get a promised new leisure centre, following a change of political leadership.

During the last months of the Conservative administration at Maidstone council, the cabinet committed to providing either a completely new leisure centre or carrying out a refurbishment – but that’s now up in the air.

And you can hear from the Gillingham boss after their pre-season friendly victory over the weekend.

Mark Bonner says he’s going to continue to push his squad as they face a run of fixtures in the lead up to the start of their League 2 campaign.