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Podcast: Families flee beach as shark spotted

In today's podcast, people have fled the water in Folkestone after a shark was reportedly spotted.

Swimmers saw a fin cutting through the waves, close to where children and families were playing.

Find out what experts make of it.

Also today, Eurostar's decision to not stop in Kent for another two or three years has been described as a huge blow to businesses.

Services at Ebbsfleet and Ashford International stations have been suspended since the first Covid lockdown.

The company now says they won't review it until 2024.

Elsewhere, Eurotunnel has apologised to passengers who were left trapped underground for almost five hours.

It's after a service between France and Folkestone broke down.

A protest has been held in Medway against the Government's plans to shut down railway ticket offices.

Nearly 1,000 are set to close across the country in October.

It means customers will have to use ticket machines or buy online instead.

And, Gillingham fans have been celebrating after they got through to the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Hear from manager Neil Harris.

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