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Catching up with Gillingham FC

Last month’s Gillingham column was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, so there’s a lot to catch up on with fan, writer, and professional miserablist Ben Hopkins... A holiday horrorshow At the start of December, all I wanted was for Gills to improve on a mediocre November. What

Let’s talk about the bus again

Why Medway’s bus network still feels fragile, plus hospital merger wobbles, and pothole politics

“I think the time is right for Medway to elect its first Green councillor”

What Steven asked Grace Duffy, Chair of the Medway Green Party

Brook car park heads for demolition

Plus next week’s council decisions, a wave of new HMO applications, a Cliffe house with orchard views for now, and the weekend’s events

Medway’s budget holds the line for another year

What a balanced budget does - and doesn’t - say about Medway’s finances

“We're here to forget about the real world for a little bit”

What Steven asked Adam Ashford-Smith, karaoke host extraordinaire

Temporary housing approved on Medway’s doorstep

Plus new planning applications, council meetings, a house overlooking Horsted Valley, and the weekend’s sport

The January Culture Review

Live music, new Billy Childish, theatrical chaos and a Medway farewell

When the only road closes

A village cut off, a tree felled in Hoo, and new rail usage figures for Medway

“It was essential for the transformation of Chatham”

What Steven asked Luke Bacon, Minister at St Johns Church in Chatham

Power and procedure at Medway Council

Plus a surge in new HMO applications, a £1.4m Rainham house, next week's council business, what’s on locally and the weekend’s sport

Forthcoming attractions

Stephen Morris examines what 2026 looks like for Medway music