Podcast: Rat infestation in Hawkinge house “destroys everything” and forces family to sleep in the living room

A Kent mum and her two young sons have to sleep in their living room because rats have infested the upstairs bedrooms and loft.

Ebonie Evans has told the KentOnline Podcast how the vermin have “destroyed everything” at the house near Folkestone, including her £200 trainers.

Also in today’s podcast, drivers say they’re facing "absolute mayhem" at a controversial new junction as traffic lights have failed four times in as many months.

Contractors spent more than a year ripping out a roundabout in Ashford and replacing it – but angry motorists say it is “lucky nobody has been killed”.

An amphibian and reptile club has hit back at claims made by a welfare charity that it does not look after its animals correctly at its exhibitions.

The Amphibian and Reptile Club, which holds meet-ups in venues across Kent, is refuting allegations including animals are kept and sold in plastic takeaway tubs and refused water.

It’s been called the “end of an era” – a family-run Kent company has closed after almost 50 years.

The bus business has been transporting residents and pupils across the county since it was founded in the mid-1970s.

And you can hear from the Gillingham manager ahead of their Carabao Cup clash later.

Swansea away in the first round wasn’t a draw many fans will have welcomed but Mark Bonner says he’s picked a team to give it their best shot.