Promising, yet flawed

This month, Ben Hopkins concludes that Gills are promising yet flawed. This is at least a step up from last season’s status of being underwhelming and flawed.

Medway makes another attempt to seize abandoned Rochester property

Why Medway Council is revisiting a five-year-old decision, plus new plans for two historic buildings and proposed new street drinking restrictions

“I had no idea that it had its heart ripped out”

What Steven asked Phil Gomm, former lecturer at Kent Institute of Art & Design

Everything is fine at Medway Council, apart from almost everything

Plus Rochester loses a museum, a burglar makes himself a sandwich, and an estate agent discovers creative writing

Live: Medway Council October meeting

MCG investigation, a councillor in trouble, finances, and lots more on the agenda

Seven years later, Medway's fraud investigation has ended with no answers

Plus Medway's first Young Mayor, another Chatham fire, a very unfortunate florist typo and a grand old Rochester house

Gillingham’s conservation areas are anything but conserved

Why two protected parts of Gillingham are officially in ‘very bad’ condition, plus Chatham’s new supermarket where anyone can buy discounted food

"I’ve always been a massive nature geek"

What Steven asked Tim Harrison, artistic director of We Live Here

Medway untangles its rather strange urgent care system

Plus bed bugs on Southeastern, an unusually quiet week at the council, and your chance to live in the centre of Chatham

Eight Green Flags for Medway’s parks… again

The same eight parks in Medway have been awarded a Green Flag, but what about the other 140?

“We’ve got to try and give an agenda of hope”

What Steven asked Glyn Griffiths, new chair of the Pride in Place Twydall board.

Court overturns Rochester Tesco refusal

Two years of licensing drama, another future for Spembly Works, museum visits, and more