A council-led scheme offering drivers free parking one day a week has been scrapped amid financial troubles.

Building work to convert long-deserted office space into flats is expected to go out to tender by the end of this year.

The council is keeping tightlipped about the progress of ambitious plans to turn part of a shopping mall into a healthy living centre.

A litter-picking group that has collected more than 5,000 bags of rubbish will stop running after “totally unacceptable” rule changes by the council.

A council’s planning policy is being questioned after a new house was allowed to go ahead despite it clearly breaching the rules.

The council is being urged to get tough with boy racers by introducing new punishments - including £1,000 fines.

A council is being warned of bankruptcy in a financial report which says it could face budget shortfalls of almost £40 million within two years.

Medway’s Local Plan opens for consultation today, giving residents a chance to have their say about the future of the area.

Just £178,000 of a £1.6 million grant have been claimed by eligible people in need.

A challenge has been mounted to a controversial red-route traffic management scheme.

Four years after it was found to be inadequate, a key council department has been graded as good.

Council chiefs have admitted it’s going to be difficult to meet huge housing targets set by the government as they look for sites to build houses.

To mark Labour’s first 100 days running Medway, we sat down with council leader Vince Maple to find out what it’s like to be finally in charge.

Motorists will face hefty fines in new no-stopping zones despite a consultation showing more than 60% opposed to the “money-making” plans.

A controversial decision to move another medical service out of the Towns only came to light because of a chance conversation.

Nearly half of surveyed workers at a health trust don’t believe their bosses would address concerns they raise.

It has been revealed plans to introduce fines for motorists stopping in “red-route” areas were designed solely to boost council finances.

The dates of three events where the public can have a look at the proposed plan for a 43 hectare site have been revealed.

The public is being warned that unpopular decisions will have to be made as a council manages the fallout of a decision to strip it of £170 million.

It has been confirmed £170m of funding is to be withdrawn from a council after the government lost faith in its ability to deliver a major project.