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Farage football shirt offered as essay prize in Medway school
Plus Medway MP gets promoted and hears from the worst people, news in brief, and more
Sep 16
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Ed Jennings
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“They need to put the work in with the humans”
What Steven asked Lisa Riley, nurse and Executive Vice President of a health tech company VitalHub UK
Sep 14
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Steven Keevil
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From page to stage
Plus Theatre Royal at Three Sheets, we review Boba Tigers, our weekly events guide, news in brief, and more
Sep 12
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Steven Keevil
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Autumn arrives early
How to adapt our gardens to climate change, Medway's lack of allotments, a perfect Medway park for autumn, and more
Sep 10
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Stuart Bourne
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The fight over Medway’s HMOs
Plus two Kent maps left standing, MP supports flag erections, news in brief, and more
Sep 9
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Ed Jennings
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“It became really evident how important it is to be connected to the community”
What Steven asked Natalie Tegg, Deputy CEO of The French Hospital in Rochester
Sep 7
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Steven Keevil
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Top of the league
Plus a parish council by-election special, our weekly events guide, news in brief, and more
Sep 5
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Steven Keevil
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Ben Hopkins
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Councillor found to have bullied nursery boss insists ‘all is not as it seems’
Plus democracy on a rota, flag wars keep going, news in brief, and more
Sep 2
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Ed Jennings
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“The times I've been accused of being drunk is unbelievable”
What Steven asked Phil Bungay and Martin Nagler of the Medway Neurological Network
Aug 31
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Steven Keevil
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Playtime for grown-ups
Plus helping students into engineering, our weekly events guide, news in brief, and more
Aug 29
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Steven Keevil
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Voice of the MP - Gillingham and Rainham
Naushabah Khan MP on flags, the challenges facing the constituency, and work to regenerate town centres
Aug 28
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Flags, apparently
Plus Medway debt surges 36% in a year, Council staff happy with pay but other problems linger, news in brief, and more
Aug 27
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Ed Jennings
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“We live rent free in their heads, they can’t get rid of us”
What we asked John Vye, Reform councillor for Rochester East and Warren Wood
Aug 24
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Steven Keevil
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Teenagers won’t fix Medway’s turnout problem
But other new measures might make a more meaningful impact, argues former Civil servant and new Local Authority writer Bob Collins
Aug 22
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When exceptional support is no longer exceptional
Plus Medway offers own proposal for future council map that annoys everyone, news in brief, and more
Aug 19
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Ed Jennings
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“We are humans at the end of the day”
What Steven asked Jacob Granger, the new community editor of journalism.co.uk
Aug 17
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Steven Keevil
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Activity book is Medway’s newest export
Plus Sun Pier House lifts off, we review Pam Exotic Jerk, our weekly events guide, and more
Aug 15
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Steven Keevil
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