A young man from Maidstone has bravely spoken about his experience of bullying as part of a new project to help more children.

Real Lives, Real Stories is being run by Kidscape.

Ben White, who's now 24, was invited to take part and is also hoping to go into schools to urge those who might be going through the same thing, to speak out.

Also in today's podcast - as Stoptober gets under way, we're told more people have been quitting smoking during lockdown.

And the boss of a music venue in Thanet speaks about their first socially distanced gig, but warns it can't become the new normal.

Read more: All the latest news for Kent