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Month-old baby hospitalised with serious injuries

Two vigils have been held in Gravesend over the weekend after a baby boy was admitted to hospital in a serious condition.

Two vigils have been held in Gravesend over the weekend after a baby boy was admitted to hospital in a serious condition.

Police have appealed for calm amongst the community while they continue their investigations.

A 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman both from Gravesend have been arrested in connection with the incident and released on bail until Thursday.

Also on the programme, a crackdown on staff sickness by managers at Kent County Council has seen the number of employees taking sick days fall sharply, but unions claim more are suffering from stress as a result.

We chat to David Lloyd, the Unison branch secretary at County Hall, and Roger Gough, the cabinet member for Business Strategy, Performance and Health ReformWe also speak to Professor Cary Cooper from Lancaster University and employment lawyer Pam Loch.

And one of the most controversial planning applications in recent years will go before Kent County Council this week.

The authority will consider tomorrow whether to allow prospectors to explore for onshore gas in east Kent.

Coastal Oil and Gas Limited wants permission from Kent County Council to drill a borehole more than one-and-a-half kilometres deep near Sandwich to extract gas, in a process known as 'fracking'.

We speak to Andrew Aplin, Professor of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at the University of Newcastle and Rosemary Rechter, co-ordinator of Deal With It, who will be protesting on Tuesday.

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  • Mon 5 Dec 2011 06:00