Interview
“There is nothing like face-to-face storytelling in the world”
What Steven asked Kate Mechedou, co-director of Medway Play Lab and new PhD student.
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News
Medway has 'bounced back.' So why doesn’t it feel like it?
Plus a coming budget meeting, this week’s HMO applications, Pride in Medway nominations, a property with river views, and lots more
Opinion
Voice of the MP - Gillingham and Rainham
Gillingham and Rainham MP Naushabah Khan MP on new restrictions on HMOs
News
From marches to meetups, the playbook is shifting
How hard-right organisers are testing Medway, plus asset sales, hunting communists, and very good dogs
Interview
“We are breaking down barriers that keep people socially isolated”
What Steven asked Nic Lamont, in the first of a two-part interview about Medway Playlab CIC
News
The 'emergency' cycle
Plus new HMO applications, an Upnor property, events, and sport, and news in brief
Sport
Catching up with Gillingham FC
Last month’s Gillingham column was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, so there’s a lot to catch up on with fan, writer, and professional miserablist Ben Hopkins... A holiday horrorshow At the start of December, all I wanted was for Gills to improve on a mediocre November. What
News
Let’s talk about the bus again
Why Medway’s bus network still feels fragile, plus hospital merger wobbles, and pothole politics
Interview
“I think the time is right for Medway to elect its first Green councillor”
What Steven asked Grace Duffy, Chair of the Medway Green Party
News
Brook car park heads for demolition
Plus next week’s council decisions, a wave of new HMO applications, a Cliffe house with orchard views for now, and the weekend’s events
News
Medway’s budget holds the line for another year
What a balanced budget does - and doesn’t - say about Medway’s finances
Interview
“We're here to forget about the real world for a little bit”
What Steven asked Adam Ashford-Smith, karaoke host extraordinaire