Podcast: Shopping centre a \ from ash by ans a Watch Video

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✓ Published: 31-May-2024

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<p>Traders and residents fear rising rents and anti-social behaviour is putting off customers</a> from visiting an out-of-town shopping centre.</p><p>Shop owners in New Ash Green say a volatile group of youths who intimidate customers in the car park and hurl verbal abuse at them in the street are deterring visits.</p><p>Also in today’s podcast, five men have faced court after a meeting arranged on Facebook exploded into a street brawl</a> in Folkestone. </p><p>One person was stabbed and another suffered serious head injuries in the fight, which included wooden poles, a crowbar and chains. </p><p>Just as the weather starts to warm up in Kent, an outdoor swimming pool used by thousands every summer has been forced to suddenly close</a>.</p><p>The attraction in Medway only opened for the season at the weekend and it’s not yet known when it will be able to reopen. </p><p>Villagers are boycotting a new convenience store in a former pub</a> amid claims the owner “misled” residents, the parish council and planning department.</p><p>But the owners say the business is “a work in progress” and not the final result.</p><p>And in sport you can hear from the Kent cricket captain </a>who says Spitfires can qualify for the knockout stages of the T20 Blast competition.</p><p>Their campaign gets underway against Middlesex tonight. </p>