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Calls are being made for the Business Secretary, Vince Cable to rethink the closure of a bankruptcy service in Medway, at a time when the area has some of the highest levels of debt in the country.

The Insolvency Centre in Chatham could be closed by 2014 with its operations moved to Kent's only other offices in Whitstable.

The proposal is part of cost-saving measures, but local politicians have united in condemning the move saying it could not have come at a worse time (06:07, 07:07 and 08:07).

Who's running Kent's schools?

This is the question we are asking this morning, with nearly 70% of Kent's secondaries either converted to academies, or in the process of converting.

However, education experts, and even some heads of academies in Kent, have told 麻豆约拍 Radio Kent they are concerned about just how accountable some of the bodies running them are (06:25, 07:22 and 08:22).

Kent commuters, arriving in London this morning, will find themselves part of an Olympic experiment.

Transport chiefs want to find out how the stations will cope with the massive influx of spectators expected during the Games, alongside the thousands of workers who head into the capital every day. London Bridge station is expected to be particularly busy - that is the main interchange for spectators heading to and from Olympic events at Greenwich Park.

Our reporter will be putting the system to the test this morning (06:39, 07:39 and 08:39).

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