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BBC Radio Kent Breakfast

News, weather, travel and sport plus stories from around Kent.

BBC Radio Kent Breakfast: 23/08/2012

23/08/2012

BBC Radio Kent - BBC Radio Kent Breakfast, 23/08/2012

Matt Davison sits in alongside Clare with the latest news, travel, and weather for Kent.

Julia George

Call 0800 756 1111, email julia@bbc.co.uk or text 81333 (start your message with KENT).

Join Julia George on BBC Radio Kent for challenging, topical conversation on the stories that you are talking about. 

The Big Phone-in starts at nine and continues throughout the morning, call 0800 756 1111, email julia@bbc.co.uk, text 81333 start your message with KENT.

Julia George: Is it selfish to be an older parent?

Is it selfish to be an older parent?

BBC Radio Kent - Julia George, Is it selfish to be an older parent?

Emma B sits in with topical chat and your calls. Call 08459 811111.

Dads over 40 are riskier to a baby's health than older mums according to a new study.

In the first study to look at the consequences of older men becoming fathers, it found that the sperm of older men has more DNA faults likely to cause miscarriage, Down's syndrome, autism and mental illness than those in an older mother's egg.

Is it selfish to be an older parent? Do older mums and dads put their future children at risk? What are the advantages of having kids when you are older compared to younger couples?

If you are an older parent, do you find it hard to keep up with your kids? Has it been less of a financial strain waiting to have children? If you have older parents, how did this affect you?

We hear your stories and opinions.

Also on the show, we all have our own little kitchen secrets, whether it's a special ingredient in a famous recipe, or how flexible we are with the five-second rule. 

There is one task in particular that varies from cook to cook, and Emma asks you to spill the beans. 

Do you wash your fruit and veg?

Over half of people's fruit and vegetable are not washed before putting it in their lunchbox. 

Professor John Oxford, Chairman of the Global Hygiene Council has just released a study that will make a lot of parents cringe. 90% of surfaces touched when making a simple meal, like a school lunchbox, can be contaminated with bacteria.

He runs Emma B through his findings and recommendations for staying clean in the kitchen (10.20).

And only 15% of statues in the UK represent females. A study also found that Kent's Olympic double gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes was the public's top choice to become the subject of a new statue.

In fact a life size statue of Dame Kelly has been made and is to be donated it to the village of Pembury where she was born.

Janet Street Porter is backing a campaign to celebrate the achievements of strong British women and talks to Emma B about its importance (11.18).

Steve Ladner

Steve Ladner: 23/08/2012

BBC Radio Kent - Steve Ladner, 23/08/2012

Join Steve for great music for Kent's lunchtime.

Pat Marsh on BBC Radio Kent

Pat Marsh on BBC Radio Kent: 23/08/2012

BBC Radio Kent - Pat Marsh on BBC Radio Kent, 23/08/2012

Pat presents a special mix of music, fun, showbiz and entertainment.

Dominic King

Dominic King: 23/08/2012

BBC Radio Kent - Dominic King, 23/08/2012

Dominic brings you a round-up of local, national and international news.

Roger Day

Roger Day: 23/08/2012

BBC Radio Kent - Roger Day, 23/08/2012

Sounds of your life and talking to those who made them, plus big band and swing from 9pm.

Paul Miller

Lively late-night chat and stories, all fuelled by your calls, texts, emails and tweets.

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