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A decade of life can depend on which bit of Medway you live in
A Marmot report puts a number on Medway’s health divide, plus the week ahead, news in brief, and lots more
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor of Local Authority and the Kent Current.
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Medway’s Local Plan is starting to wobble
First response from inspectors suggests Medway’s examination will be anything but straightforward
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When the dock stops working, who owns the plumbing?
A closed waterfront route exposes a responsibility gap, plus next week’s council agenda, news in brief, and a £4m property
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Medway eyes £46m housing buy from mystery provider
Plus Gun Wharf gets a glow-up, and Hoo developments go to the Planning Inspectorate
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Age UK Kent Rivers heads for insolvency
Major local support service shuts abruptly, plus planning applications, NHS leadership change, political battles, and lots more
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The maps behind the £60m
Morning traffic chaos, awkward Pride in Place boundaries, and Reform’s AI slop problem
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£60m Pride in Place funding for three Medway areas
Long-term funding awarded by the government for community projects, plus council meetings, planning updates, news in brief, and lots more
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Medway backs School Streets as Rochester opposition grows
Plus Medway watches Kent meningitis outbreak and a sign that needed another draft
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Two approvals show Medway’s growth dilemma
Big developments in High Halstow and Gillingham get the green light, plus the Hoo by-election result, news in brief, and lots more
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450 homes proposed on former Chattenden Barracks site
Brownfield vs a sensitive habitat, plus Reform’s imaginary communists, the week ahead, news in brief, and lots more
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'School wars' vs reality
Red vs blue meme hits Medway, but police say no incidents reported, plus Gillingham footbridge to reopen, and aliens visit the peninsula
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A night of big numbers and small obsessions
Medway passes its budget after a night of amendments, plus Wayfield’s Ofsted, Station Road closures, planning, and lots more