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Train seat blaze causes delays

06 January 2017
Train seat blaze causes delays

Southeastern passengers faced delays after youths set light to a seat on board a train.

Council aims to turn landfill site into BMX track

06 January 2017
Council aims to turn landfill site into BMX track

Plans for a BMX track on a former landfill site are progressing but some are unhappy about the idea.

Rail protests follow price rise

03 January 2017
Rail protests follow price rise

Protests are taking place at rail stations following a rise of 1.8% in ticket prices.

Record amount given to foodbank

26 December 2016
Record amount given to foodbank

Shoppers have donated a record amount of food to help people in need over the festive season.

Brave boy gives back to hospital

24 December 2016
Brave boy gives back to hospital

A little boy who almost died at Christmas three years ago has delivered a carload of gifts to poorly children in hospital.

Teen saves suicidal man

23 December 2016
Teen saves suicidal man

A teenager has been commended for saving the life of a suicidal man who tried to jump off a bridge.

Parents-to-be living in tent next to river

23 December 2016
Parents-to-be living in tent next to river

A homeless expectant mother of twins and her partner will be spending Christmas living in a tent next to the River Medway.

Festive lights switch-ons cost council £4k

20 December 2016
Festive lights switch-ons cost council £4k

Medway Council spent almost £4,000 on children’s characters to switch on this year’s Christmas lights.

Concerns over Corn Exchange plans

20 December 2016
Concerns over Corn Exchange plans

The Mayor of Medway has expressed his concerns over plans to sell or rent Rochester’s Corn Exchange.

Pensioner treated after house fire

19 December 2016
Pensioner treated after house fire

An elderly man had to be treated in hospital after a fire broke out in his home.

Bike ride in aid of Milly’s fund

18 December 2016
Bike ride in aid of Milly’s fund

A family has completed a 100-mile bike ride in just 10 hours in memory of a little girl to mark what would have been her 10th birthday.

'Six-month wait' for school place

16 December 2016
'Six-month wait' for school place

Little Bobby Mackay is smiling once again after being offered a school place six months after moving to Medway.

Historic hospital will be sold

16 December 2016
Historic hospital will be sold

St Bartholomew’s Hospital in Rochester is to be sold for redevelopment after services moved out.

Shoeboxes filled with a little festive cheer

16 December 2016
Shoeboxes filled with a little festive cheer

People have been filling shoeboxes with gifts, food and essentials, to help bring a little festive cheer to those on the streets this Christmas.

Sacked binmen back at work

15 December 2016
Sacked binmen back at work

A team of binmen who were sacked for collecting 'banned rubbish' have been given their jobs back.

Call for more help when it’s freezing

15 December 2016
Call for more help when it’s freezing

Opposition councillors are calling for Medway Council to change its policy to help the homeless this winter.

Candlelit vigil for Ben

15 December 2016
Candlelit vigil for Ben

Friends of missing teenager Ben Savage have held a candlelit vigil and laid flowers at the end of the pier where he was last seen.

Charity's appeal for new tree

15 December 2016
Charity's appeal for new tree

Staff at the NSPCC are appealing for some help to brighten Christmastime for youngsters from across Kent who have been abused.

Video: Touching song played for missing Ben

13 December 2016
Video: Touching song played for missing Ben

A week after Ben Savage went missing, his friends made a poignant show of solidarity at the nightclub where he had been on the night he disappeared.

Blaze at waste plant

13 December 2016
Blaze at waste plant

Firefighters spent more than five hours tackling a blaze at a recycling plant after machinery connected to a 500 litre diesel tank caught alight.

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