Podcast: Anger as developer asks to remove affordable housing from new development in Deal
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A developer has been criticised for going back on a promise to provide affordable housing in Deal.100 properties are due be built in Cross Road and 30% were supposed to be affordable. We've been getting reaction from people who live nearby.Also in the podcast, bosses in Dartford have approved plans to build more than 12 and a half thousand homes over the next 13 years.The area's seen a 20% population increase in recent years - partly driven by the development of a garden city at Ebbsfleet. Hear from the council leader.A Gravesend dad with an inoperable brain tumour hopes a fundraiser will help him make memories with his children.John Rendle received the diagnosis last year, and has undergone treatment for the condition - but is unsure just how much time he has left.A study by the University of Kent and World Health Organisation has found underage girls are smoking, drinking and vaping more than boys. Lucy Hickmott joins the episode with the details.A dad whose young son died in a suspected hit and run has revealed he's opening a dessert parlour in Folkestone in his memory.Seven-year-old William Brown had been going to retrieve a football when it happened in December. William Brown Senior has been telling us about his project.And in sport, Maidstone United are through to the National League South play-off semi-finals. We've got reaction from manager George Elokobi.
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