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Medway Council discovers the problem with Medway Council's rules
Plus an opening date for Chatham’s new Aldi, a major Rochester development site goes up for sale, and more elaborate estate agent prose
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor of Local Authority and the Kent Current.
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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
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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
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Live: Medway Council October meeting
MCG investigation, a councillor in trouble, finances, and lots more on the agenda
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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
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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
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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
Court overturns Rochester Tesco refusal
Two years of licensing drama, another future for Spembly Works, museum visits, and more
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Another promoter wants to turn the Great Lines into a major music venue
Why this attempt might actually happen, plus five Medway Conservative councillors prepare to call it a day
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How Medway’s £8m budget gap became £66m in four months
Plus new council homes, facial recognition, the end of KentLive, and a particularly well-served house in Upnor
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Medway Council is staying. Nobody knows for how long
What the government’s sudden pause means for Medway, the elections next May, and the millions already committed to reorganisation
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Medway Hospital could lose almost 15% of its workforce under NHS plan
Why Medway Hospital could lose almost one in seven roles, plus Sikh stories, 2,500 EV chargers and a very small brewery