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The price of petrol and diesel will be debated in Parliament today after a campaign that started here in Kent.

Fair Fuel UK, which was founded in Folkestone by former haulier Peter Carroll, has secured the debate after getting 100,000 signatures on one of the government's own e-petitions. Today MPs will urge the government to scrap planned rises in fuel duty.

A 拢1m scheme to give council tenants in Ashford solar panels has been dropped after the government reduced the cash incentive. Ashford Borough Council had hoped its 拢1.2m investment in solar energy would recoup almost three times that through guaranteed tariffs paid for selling spare electricity to the National Grid for the next 25 years. However, a proposal to cut the value of the incentive by more than half, and bring it forward three months, has forced a rethink.

We are just nine months now from the London Olympics, some are definitely in the GB team, others are still trying to get to reach qualifying standards. One of those is the Maidstone decathlete Martin Brockman who is about to fly off to Australia. Before he goes John Warnett caught up with Martin and his coach Chris Bowman to see if he could keep up with one of his daily training sessions.