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Dominic King: Pembury Hospital, Pfizer in Sandwich and a beached whale in Thanet

Pembury Hospital, Pfizer in Sandwich and a beached whale in Thanet

BBC Radio Kent - Dominic King, Pembury Hospital, Pfizer in Sandwich and a beached whale in Thanet

Bosses at the new Pembury Hospital say it is being overwhelmed by expectant mothers.

Bosses at the new Pembury Hospital say it is being overwhelmed by women wanting to give birth there. A 45-foot-long sperm whale has died after becoming stranded at Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate in Kent.

Bosses at the new Pembury Hospital, which serves West Kent and parts of East Sussex, say it is being overwhelmed by women wanting to give birth there. 

As Sandwich adjusts to a future without Pfizer, business correspondent Mark Norman reports on what Kent can learn from Michigan which lost a similar-sized Pfizer plant four years ago. Dominic King talks to Thanet South MP Laura Sandys.

A 45-foot-long sperm whale has died after becoming stranded at Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate in Kent. Dom talks to Andy Ottoway from Campaign Whale about what can cause a whale to become stranded in shallow waters.

The latest files to be released by the National Archives reveal in 1967 a UFO hoax by students at Farnborough Technical College in Hampshire drew the attention of four police forces, a bomb disposal unit, the Army and the Ministry of Defence's intelligence branch. Dom talks to Donald Simpson who was studying at Farnborough Technical College at the time and remembers the incident.

Dom chats to Chris Bates from Surrey, runner-up in the last Apprentice series, about tackling a military-style assault course for Comic Relief.

Drivetime across the South East is a six-month pilot from BBC Radio Kent, BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey. 

For Listen Live on the iPlayer, you will hear the programme with local bulletins for each county. If you listen on the iPlayer on Listen Again, you will hear the whole programme but with Kent news bulletins only. This pilot is being assessed by the BBC Trust and the BBC will be carrying out audience research to decide whether the pilot continues. Any permanent change would require full Trust approval.

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