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Big increase in applications by KCC to take children into care

John and Clare with the latest news, travel, and weather, plus stories from around Kent.

There has been a big increase in the number of applications made by Kent County Council to take children into care.

In 2008 it made 89 applications. That rose to 320 last year - the highest number in the country (06:07, 07:07 and 08:07).

A woman with rabies who was reportedly turned away twice from a Kent hospital's A&E department has died. The woman was bitten by a dog while on holiday in India and was currently being treated at University College Hospital in London (06:12).

Would you know what to do if somebody collapsed in the street in front of you? Have you any idea how to use a defibrillator? The Red Cross has launched a campaign to get one in every public building, including schools.

Currently, it is up to headteachers to decide if they want one, and to pay for it.

The charity is also lobbying politicians to make first aid part of the national curriculum.

We speak to Reece Cutler from the Red Cross, who has brought a defibrillator with him and Alison Spalding from Cuxton who has been fundraising to get defibrillators installed in Kent schools since the death of her 8 year-old son Charlie, who collapsed during a PE lesson (06:54 and 08:48).

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  • Tue 29 May 2012 06:00