Parents have criticised a soft place facility - branding it 'filthy' and 'disgusting'.
Pictures of the venue at Ashford's Stour Centre were posted online and attracted dozens of comments.
Bosses who run the site say it was due to staff sickness over the weekend - hear their statement in full.
Also in today's podcast, more details have emerged about how a boy died at a funfair in Dover.
14-year-old Mackenzie Croxford-Cook was discovered at the site within Pencester Gardens last August.
There's due to be significant disruption tomorrow as teachers across Kent go on strike.
Members of the National Education Union are walking out in a dispute over pay. We've been speaking to one teacher on the impact wages are having.
Meantime, firefighters in Kent could announce strike dates as early as next week.
They voted yesterday to walk out. The amount they are paid is also the issue. We've been speaking to Joe Weir who is from the Fire Brigades Union in the south east.
There are calls for a 20mph speed limit along a busy road in Margate where one resident has had three cars written off.
The most recent crash on Dane Valley Road left two men in a serious condition.
A Kent theatre is at risk of closure after seeing audience numbers fall by around 60% compared to before Covid.
Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells needs to raise £100,000 - hear from the executive director.
And in sport, Maidstone Lioness Alessia Russo could soon become the most expensive female footballer in the world.
It's understood Arsenal are thinking of putting in another record bid for the 23 year-old to move from Manchester United.
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Podcast: Top floor of Park Mall car park in Ashford blocked off to stop anti-social behaviour
Podcast: Schools in Kent close as teachers strike for a second time in a dispute over pay
Podcast: Anger at plan to build footbridge over A249 as part of £92m work at M2 junction
Podcast: Work starts on controversial 725-home housing estate in Kennington, Ashford
Podcast: Police called to Homewood School, Tenterden as TikTok trend sparks pupil protest
Podcast: Real Housewives of Toronto star Ann Kaplan Mulholland buys Lympne Castle near Hythe
Podcast: An East Malling family say they are lucky to be alive after an explosion at their flat on Catlyn Close
Podcast: ’Do not swim’ warning put in place at St Mary’s Bay, Romney Marsh for a year
Podcast: Hobbycraft bring in security at Maidstone store after young people terrorise staff and customers
Podcast: Three people taken to hospital after explosion at flat in Catlyn Close, East Malling
Podcast: Gillingham mum ’held hostage’ at Esso petrol station
Podcast: Ashford venue could bring West End shows and English National Opera to town
Podcast: Mum and daughter found dead in burger van in Whitstable
Podcast: Dozens of couples devastated as weddings at Lympne Castle, Hythe, suddenly cancelled
Podcast: Gravesend teenager took his own life after running in front of lorry on A2
Podcast: Why it’s feared someone could be hit by a car in Sandwich after a bus stop was moved
Podcast: Canterbury’s historic high street ’resembles second-class Las Vegas’
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Podcast: Huge Saga headquarters in Kent to close
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