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August 2025

“The times I've been accused of being drunk is unbelievable”
What Steven asked Phil Bungay and Martin Nagler of the Medway Neurological Network
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Steven Keevil
1
Playtime for grown-ups
Plus helping students into engineering, our weekly events guide, news in brief, and more
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Steven Keevil
Voice of the MP - Gillingham and Rainham
Naushabah Khan MP on flags, the challenges facing the constituency, and work to regenerate town centres
5
Flags, apparently
Plus Medway debt surges 36% in a year, Council staff happy with pay but other problems linger, news in brief, and more
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Ed Jennings
3
“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
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Steven Keevil
22
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
3
When exceptional support is no longer exceptional
Plus Medway offers own proposal for future council map that annoys everyone, news in brief, and more
 • 
Ed Jennings
“We are humans at the end of the day”
What Steven asked Jacob Granger, the new community editor of journalism.co.uk
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Steven Keevil
Activity book is Medway’s newest export
Plus Sun Pier House lifts off, we review Pam Exotic Jerk, our weekly events guide, and more
 • 
Steven Keevil
Four years in
Where we're at and where we're going
 • 
Ed Jennings
4
Infighting, resignations, and a ‘coup’ rock the Medway... Greens?
Plus new proposals to restrict traffic in Rochester High Street, street ambassadors off to a strong start, news in brief, and more
 • 
Ed Jennings
6
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