Podcast: Chatham man who tried to set fire to police station warned staff "it's going to burn"

A would-be arsonist who tried to set fire to a police station by pouring accelerant over a front counter and throwing a lit rag later admitted he had been having "an off day".

He'd had gone to Medway police station armed with a jar filled with flammable fluid.

Also in today's podcast, two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a motorcyclist after police pursued a driver on the M25. 

Kent Police officers chased the vehicle over the Dartford Crossing on Sunday night before it became involved in a crash. 

There are calls for the government to step in and put an end to long drawn out plans for a “Dartford Disneyland” once and for all.

Proposals for the £2.5bn London Resort project were first mooted in 2012 - the town's MP, council leader and local businesses are among those who now say “enough is enough”.

Today is the day when families across Kent and Medway will be finding out which primary school their children will start at come September. 

More than 9 in 10 got their first choice, but the KentOnline Podcast spoke to a family law specialist from Maidstone about what people can do if they're unhappy. 

And, a new rock bar has been granted an alcohol and live music licence despite neighbours’ fears the noise will leave them “prisoners” in their own homes.

The venue in Dover could welcome heavy metal lovers to a unit formerly used as an escape room by mid-summer.