Plans to build a controversial new railway station have taken a step forward.

The county council's decided to contribute almost £18m of funding towards the Thanet Parkway project, which would allow people to get between Cliffsend and London in around an hour.

Also in today's episode: we hear from a Kent MEP who's losing his job at the end of the week when Britain leaves the EU, and we speak to the owner of a pub which has been named the second best gastropub in the UK.

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