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KentOnline Podcast: death of baby Harry Richford at Margate's QEQM 'wholly avoidable'

16:47, 24 January 2020

updated: 16:47, 24 January 2020

A coroner has said a baby boy who died at the QEQM in Margate was 'failed by the hospital' and his death was 'wholly avoidable'.

An inquest has been looking into what happened to Harry Richford who died at seven days old following a traumatic birth at the hospital in 2017.

Also in today's episode: with a week to go, there's still confusion over cross-Channel travel after Brexit - how martial arts is being used to tackle knife crime and we look ahead to Gillingham's next game in league one.

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