Podcast: Anger at paddling pool and wedding reception being banned from communal area of Chatham flats from newton free library events Watch Video

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✓ Published: 07-Jun-2024

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<p>A Medway mum says she'll fight to keep her swimming pool</a> after being ordered to remove it from a communal yard outside flats in Chatham.</p><p>Chelsea Davidson was contacted by management company MHS Homes last week, and told to get rid of the 12-foot paddling pool in Silverweed Road.</p><p>Also in today's podcast, a Gravesend man who set up a funding group after his step-son took his own life says young people don't have enough access to counselling.</p><p>Figures from Childline show more than 500 sessions were delivered across the country every day last year.</p><p>The Elliott Holmes Memorial Fund</a> has offered free counselling to more than 250 teenagers since starting their work in 2020. Hear from founder Peter Scutts.</p><p>Passengers trying to get to France from Dover were facing delays and disruption due to industrial action on the other side of the Channel.</p><p>A number of sailings had been suspended or cancelled.</p><p>Katie Price, Baga Chipz and the Sad Oompa Loompa are just some of the acts taking to the stage at Canterbury Pride</a> this weekend.</p><p>It's the eighth time the event will be held in the City. Hear from one of the organisers.</p><p>Sam Lawrie</a> has a roundup of everything else going on in Kent this weekend.</p><p>And in sport, the Kent captain says the team has a lot to offer heading into their next T20 match against Somerset tonight</a>.</p><p>They've recorded a win and a defeat so far in the competition and this will be their first match of the campaign at Canterbury.</p>