Plus bed bugs on Southeastern, an unusually quiet week at the council, and your chance to live in the centre of Chatham

What Steven asked Glyn Griffiths, new chair of the Pride in Place Twydall board.

Two years of licensing drama, another future for Spembly Works, museum visits, and more

Sikh Heritage, Little Storping at the Medway Little Theatre, A Poet in Every Port, Iain Lee, Open Gardens and more

Why this attempt might actually happen, plus five Medway Conservative councillors prepare to call it a day

What Steven asked Anthony Martin, musician and organiser of the 20th anniversary of Antfest

Plus new council homes, facial recognition, the end of KentLive, and a particularly well-served house in Upnor

The leaders of Medway's political groups on Net Zero and climate change, and what, if anything, Medway Council should do about it

What the government’s sudden pause means for Medway, the elections next May, and the millions already committed to reorganisation

What Steven asked Esme Michaela, actor, producer and founder of Evulve Productions

Why Medway Hospital could lose almost one in seven roles, plus Sikh stories, 2,500 EV chargers and a very small brewery

Ben Hopkins surveys a mixed opening month of spectacular goals, frustrating results and an increasingly achy Gillingham squad

What Steven asked Jonathan Ash, the colour-blind artist

Memories of the Medway book trade

What Steven asked Fiona Goggin, debut author of The Silver Bones of Frances Winter

Andrew Lawrence has spent months preparing Medway First. Now he needs candidates, supporters and votes before next May

Medway will now hold normal council elections next year after plans to replace it with a new North Kent authority were withdrawn

Inside Medway’s usually closed buildings, plus a £9.25m tunnel bid, a viral rat and 237 years of baking

Five years of independent reporting on Medway, and why we need your support for the next five

Medway Pride Fringe, Plays, Victorian Gothic fiction, Art on the Delta, and more

Remembering the council’s longest-serving leader, plus Chatham’s almost world champion and a new kind of supermarket for the Pentagon

What Steven asked Dr Roy Smith, Service Manager for Medway Council's Youth Service

Rainham gets a 52-page vision, Medway’s finances wobble again, and Pride returns to Rochester

The leaders of Medway's political groups on the local government reorganisation decision and what it means for Medway.

A speculative tram map looks fanciful until you discover how closely it resembles the public transport network Medway once intended to build

What Steven asked William Burvill, the new deputy leader of the Reform group on Medway Council and newly elected councillor for Cuxton, Halling and Riverside

Medway’s changing population, plus a £43m social care problem and some very expensive tours of the Pentagon

We dig into the latest patient survey to see which Medway GP practices are improving and where patients are still struggling

What Steven asked Rachel Lowrie, songwriter-singer with the Ashen Keys and South Shore

Town loses another arts space, Grain catches fire, expensive parking charges, and the Odeon’s smallest customers return

Gillingham have rebuilt their squad, but concerns over goals, experience and injuries remain as the opening games approach

The annual mystery pong returns, Medway's finances are already under pressure, and the former St John Fisher School is finally coming down

What Steven asked Vince Maple in the second of our two-part interview with the Leader of Medway Council

From eviction attempt to £2.7m investment, plus council meetings, planning applications, property and events

WHOOP!, Libertines, trains, Turkish grills, and more

Gun Wharf is being prepared for a new North Kent authority, even if nobody yet knows who will run it or what exactly North Kent is supposed to be

Our interview with Vince Maple, leader of Medway Council

What the Cuxton, Halling & Riverside result tells us about Medway politics, plus news in brief, planning, events, and more

A strong Green challenge and the arrival of Reform UK could combine to overturn a long-held Conservative seat

Five miles of scaffolding and 126 years of problems stand between Chatham and its theatre

What Steven asked Nikki Price, PhD student, creative tutor and photographer.

What the government’s decision means for Medway, plus a chaotic council meeting, HMS Saxifrage’s departure, planning, events, and more

What Steven asked Marie-Claire Delbrouque, CEO of the MHS Homes Group

Heritage bodies say the case for conversion has not been made, and the final stop for Medway’s missing rail monument

Proposed rule change offers a clue about 2027 elections, plus HMS Saxifrage, planning rows, events, and more

What Steven asked Adrian Bawtree, Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral and the Musical Director of the Rochester Choral Society