Podcast: Landlord Fergus Wilson left with £60,000 repair bill after three properties turned into cannabis factories

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A landlord's been left with a £60,000 repair bill after three of his properties were turned into cannabis factories.

Drugs were found being grown at homes owned by Fergus Wilson in Ashford, Aylesford and Boughton Monchelsea near Maidstone. Reporter James Pallant has been covering the story and joins the podcast.

Also on today's episode, a former Kent MP hasn't ruled out trying to win back his seat - but for a different party.

Adam Holloway has confirmed he's left the Conservatives and joined Reform. He represented Gravesham for 19 years but lost his seat to Labour at the last election.

A Medway mum has raised concerns about changes which will increase the time between cervical screening tests.

At the moment, women are invited in every three years after the age of 25 to check for potentially dangerous HPV cells. That is set to be increased to five years which is a worry to Abby Squires who has had abnormal results in the past.

A teacher who was once a pupil at the school she went on to work at is retiring after nearly 40 years.

Karen Brown attended Milstead and Frinsted CofE Primary School in the 1960s and has been speaking to reporter Cara Simmonds.

Former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne has been chatting to our sister radio station kmfm about the freedoms of going solo.

She's promoting her new single Been A Minute, which is her first as an independent artist.

And in sport, the Women's Open golf is going to be played in Kent for the first time.

It'll be staged at Royal St George's in Sandwich in 2027.