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Developer makes promises to get planning permission, immediately changes mind
Plus swimming instructors insist they are being made redundant, Christmas light funding, St Mary Hoo Parish Council stays weird, news in brief, and more
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor of Local Authority and the Kent Current.
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What happened to the Great Lines music festival?
Plans were afoot for a 25,000 capacity dance festival in Gillingham, and then they weren't
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Gillingham Street Angels accuse Medway Council of making their work harder
Plus big development plan for Wainscott, another far-right political party campaigns in Medway, news in brief, and more
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Is a Kent and Medway mayor on the way?
We talk to Medway Council Leader Vince Maple about the future of Medway
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What’s going on with Medway’s swimming instructors?
Is Medway Council making redundancies? Plus Medway's stations get busier, a councillor saves their job, St Mary Hoo parish drama, news in brief, and more
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More School Streets confirmed
Nine new areas face camera restrictions, Medway's 'London-style' bus network, some good data visualisation, news in brief, and more
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How bad is Medway's financial situation?
Leader Vince Maple calls reports authority is facing bankruptcy as 'scaremongering'. What's the reality?
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Sport England objects to housing to save inaccessible playing field
Plus Hoo and Chattenden say yes, Medway Council by-election watch, news in brief, and more
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The future of Medway
Council budget funding changes, local government reforms, and the possibility that Medway won't even exist in a few years
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Landmark dockyard building to become digital creative hub
Plus Medway writer no longer on call for Doctors, Lyrici Arts masterclasses, we review Bird Box, our weekly events guide, news in brief, and more
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Government accepts Chatham Docks redevelopment
Plus heckling the Planning Committee, Buses get 50% more expensive, 510 homes and supermarket proposed near the Strand, news in brief, and more
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Spembley continues to loom large on Chatham skyline
How can a building be allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair?