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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
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor of Local Authority and the Kent Current.
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Medway Council will stay as government withdraws reorganisation plans
Medway will now hold normal council elections next year after plans to replace it with a new North Kent authority were withdrawn
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Medway briefly opens its doors
Inside Medway’s usually closed buildings, plus a £9.25m tunnel bid, a viral rat and 237 years of baking
Five years of Local Authority
Five years of independent reporting on Medway, and why we need your support for the next five
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The man who ran Medway
Remembering the council’s longest-serving leader, plus Chatham’s almost world champion and a new kind of supermarket for the Pentagon
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Medway Council cannot say what Rainham regeneration plan will deliver by March
Rainham gets a 52-page vision, Medway’s finances wobble again, and Pride returns to Rochester
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From Medway Metro to TBC
A speculative tram map looks fanciful until you discover how closely it resembles the public transport network Medway once intended to build
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Government misplaces nearly 1,000 Medway residents
Medway’s changing population, plus a £43m social care problem and some very expensive tours of the Pentagon
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Medway’s GP services are improving. Depending on where you live
We dig into the latest patient survey to see which Medway GP practices are improving and where patients are still struggling
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Nucleus building to be sold following Rochester fire
Town loses another arts space, Grain catches fire, expensive parking charges, and the Odeon’s smallest customers return
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Why does Medway smell like crap?
The annual mystery pong returns, Medway's finances are already under pressure, and the former St John Fisher School is finally coming down
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Medway tried to evict Wigmore travellers. Now it wants to make their site permanent
From eviction attempt to £2.7m investment, plus council meetings, planning applications, property and events