“I trust a 16-year-old to make a good decision as much as I trust a 30-year-old”

What Steven asked Dr Roy Smith, Service Manager for Medway Council's Youth Service

The August Culture Review

Medway Pride Fringe, Plays, Victorian Gothic fiction, Art on the Delta, and more

Lost bookshops of Medway

Memories of the Medway book trade

“I see them as my superpowers”

What Steven asked Jonathan Ash, the colour-blind artist

Medway Council cannot say what Rainham regeneration plan will deliver by March

Rainham gets a 52-page vision, Medway’s finances wobble again, and Pride returns to Rochester

Voice of the Leaders

The leaders of Medway's political groups on the local government reorganisation decision and what it means for Medway.

From Medway Metro to TBC

A speculative tram map looks fanciful until you discover how closely it resembles the public transport network Medway once intended to build

“What you hear about Reform, I shouldn't fit the brief”

What Steven asked William Burvill, the new deputy leader of the Reform group on Medway Council and newly elected councillor for Cuxton, Halling and Riverside

Government misplaces nearly 1,000 Medway residents

Medway’s changing population, plus a £43m social care problem and some very expensive tours of the Pentagon

Medway’s GP services are improving. Depending on where you live

We dig into the latest patient survey to see which Medway GP practices are improving and where patients are still struggling

“I will talk to the river”

What Steven asked Rachel Lowrie, songwriter-singer with the Ashen Keys and South Shore

Nucleus building to be sold following Rochester fire

Town loses another arts space, Grain catches fire, expensive parking charges, and the Odeon’s smallest customers return