Medway News
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Council Updates What’s Really Happening to Kent’s Rivers, Beaches and Water Bills
Almost every monitored river in the Medway and the Stour now fails the legal environmental tests. Eleven Kent sewage treatment works are…
7 May 2026 -
Council Updates Broken Down Lorry Causes Traffic Disruption on Berwick Way Roundabout in Strood
Medway Council alerts drivers to exercise caution following vehicle breakdown on slip road at busy Strood junction. A broken-down lorry has…
6 May 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections: your complete voter’s guide
From the Liberal Democrat administration that took the council outright in 2024, to Reform UK’s full-slate insurgent push, from the…
6 May 2026 -
Council Updates Tributes paid as long-serving Medway councillor Phil Filmer dies aged 74
Cllr Phil Filmer, who represented Cuxton, Halling & Riverside on Medway Council and served the borough for more than three decades, has…
6 May 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police Confirm 78-Year-Old Woman Missing from Gillingham Found Safe
Kent Police Confirm 78-Year-Old Woman Missing from Gillingham Found Safe A 78-year-old woman reported missing from Gillingham earlier today…
6 May 2026 -
Local News What’s On in Kent This May: Festivals, Food, Bluebells and a Royal Jousting Anniversary to Look Forward To
From the Tenterden Food & Drink Festival’s 10th anniversary to Lovebox’s seaside debut at Dreamland Margate, plus Kent’s late-blooming…
5 May 2026 -
Kent Football Preview: Gillingham vs Shrewsbury — League Two, Regular Season – 46
Gillingham host Shrewsbury on Saturday 2 May. Form, H2H, prediction.
5 May 2026 -
Health Medical Experts Call for Broader Approach to Dementia Prevention Beyond Individual Lifestyle Changes
A new editorial in The BMJ argues that population-wide strategies to tackle dementia risk factors receive far less attention than…
4 May 2026 -
Investigations The Cost of Crisis: How Kent’s Water and Sewage Networks Are Failing
Ninety-seven per cent of monitored water bodies in the Medway basin, and one hundred per cent of those in the Stour, now fail the legal…
4 May 2026 -
Fire & Rescue House Fire Extinguished on Moyle Close in Gillingham
House Fire Extinguished on Moyle Close in Gillingham Kent Fire and Rescue Service crews successfully tackled a house fire in Gillingham…
30 April 2026 -
Kent Football Chatham Town 3-2 Billericay Town: Non League Premier – Isthmian match report
Chatham Town lost 3-2 away to Billericay Town in the Non League Premier – Isthmian.
29 April 2026 -
Health New Guidelines Aim to Improve Children’s Medical Research Standards
New Guidelines Aim to Improve Children’s Medical Research Standards SPIRIT-C and CONSORT-C extensions provide standardised reporting…
29 April 2026