News
Why a former Medway Conservative is building a party of his own
Andrew Lawrence has spent months preparing Medway First. Now he needs candidates, supporters and votes before next May
News
Medway will now hold normal council elections next year after plans to replace it with a new North Kent authority were withdrawn
Interview
What Steven asked Fiona Goggin, debut author of The Silver Bones of Frances Winter
News
Inside Medway’s usually closed buildings, plus a £9.25m tunnel bid, a viral rat and 237 years of baking
Five years of independent reporting on Medway, and why we need your support for the next five
News
Remembering the council’s longest-serving leader, plus Chatham’s almost world champion and a new kind of supermarket for the Pentagon
Interview
What Steven asked Dr Roy Smith, Service Manager for Medway Council's Youth Service
Culture
Medway Pride Fringe, Plays, Victorian Gothic fiction, Art on the Delta, and more
Culture
Memories of the Medway book trade
Interview
What Steven asked Jonathan Ash, the colour-blind artist
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Rainham gets a 52-page vision, Medway’s finances wobble again, and Pride returns to Rochester
The leaders of Medway's political groups on the local government reorganisation decision and what it means for Medway.
A speculative tram map looks fanciful until you discover how closely it resembles the public transport network Medway once intended to build
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
Medway’s changing population, plus a £43m social care problem and some very expensive tours of the Pentagon
We dig into the latest patient survey to see which Medway GP practices are improving and where patients are still struggling
What Steven asked Rachel Lowrie, songwriter-singer with the Ashen Keys and South Shore
Town loses another arts space, Grain catches fire, expensive parking charges, and the Odeon’s smallest customers return
Gillingham have rebuilt their squad, but concerns over goals, experience and injuries remain as the opening games approach
The annual mystery pong returns, Medway's finances are already under pressure, and the former St John Fisher School is finally coming down
What Steven asked Vince Maple in the second of our two-part interview with the Leader of Medway Council
From eviction attempt to £2.7m investment, plus council meetings, planning applications, property and events