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Why restoring the Brook Theatre became a £21.5m detective story
Five miles of scaffolding and 126 years of problems stand between Chatham and its theatre
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Medway’s future is North Kent
What the government’s decision means for Medway, plus a chaotic council meeting, HMS Saxifrage’s departure, planning, events, and more
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Theatres Trust calls Royal Function Rooms plans ‘unserious’
Heritage bodies say the case for conversion has not been made, and the final stop for Medway’s missing rail monument
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Labour wants to scrap the mayoral rules it restored two years ago
Proposed rule change offers a clue about 2027 elections, plus HMS Saxifrage, planning rows, events, and more
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Medway’s university dream becomes a skills strategy
The future of higher education at Chatham Maritime, plus the Hoo Peninsula fire station latest
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Medway’s hidden First World War ship faces uncertain future
The campaign to save HMS Saxifrage, plus care home for Innovation Park site, active travel proposals and a busy events weekend
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Five theories of local politics
A rural by-election becomes a test of old loyalties, new momentum and tactical voting
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Councillors halt consultation on Grain and Cliffe fire station closures
Plus Innovation Park, planning latest, Dickens’ chalet, and IntraFest
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Does Medway exist?
Medway was created after a bitter 1990s battle over whether the towns were one place at all. Nearly 30 years later, that argument is back.
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Rochester and Strood MP takes on assisted dying battle
A Westminster fight with a Medway front line, plus by-election candidates, planning applications, weekend events, and more
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He defected to Reform. Eight months later, he wants out
A prominent local recruit leaves Reform with questions about what the party is becoming
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Medway illustrator finds new stories in Charles Dickens
Plus council diary, Fort Darnet plans, School Street dropped, property, events and our Open Newsroom