Podcast: Greenhithe homeowner kicks out ‘overcharging’ managing agent FirstPort - and wants to help others do the same

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A determined flat owner who managed to oust her building’s “overcharging” managing agent and halve her service charge is now on a crusade to help other residents.

She took action after the problems and poor service started almost immediately after she moved into the property in Unicorn Walk in Greenhithe three-years ago.

Also in today’s podcast, people are calling for a well-used route to become a dual carriageway before more than 1,000 homes could be built nearby.

The A2500 Lower Road on Sheppey regularly gets high volumes of traffic at peak times – you can hear from one resident who says it can be gridlocked for miles.

A nursery in Tunbridge Wells has had its licence suspended while safeguarding concerns are investigated by the police and local council.

Ofsted sent parents of children attending Green Cave Nursery a letter informing them of the suspension last month.

A housing development so unpopular it sparked a street party when it was thrown out has now been given the go-ahead after the decision was overturned on appeal.

Developers have won the fight to build 250 homes on the edge of Faversham – almost a year to the day after Swale Borough Council rejected the plans.

And there have been tributes to a “kind and funny” grandmother who died after suffering a cardiac arrest at a cinema screening.

The Gillingham woman died in hospital following the medical emergency at Cineworld in Rochester.