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As plans to downgrade maternity services at Maidstone hospital get the go-ahead, we'll get reaction from a Kent mother and the town's MP Helen Grant.

The number of grandparents on the Isle of Sheppey caring for their grandchildren full-time has doubled in the last six months.

The charity which supports families in the area will be telling us why. We've been playing you their Christmas messages, but we'll be finding out what it's like for the forces families here in Kent - whose loved ones are spending the festive season in Afghanistan.