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Extra cash to fill in potholes

27 February 2014
Extra cash to fill in potholes

More money will be invested in fixing Medway’s crumbling roads but is it enough?

Gills back bid for £50m lottery fund

27 February 2014
Gills back bid for £50m lottery fund

The Gills have joined forces with political groups to back a campaign to win millions of pounds of lottery cash to help children in Medway.

Phone stolen from disabled man

26 February 2014
Phone stolen from disabled man

Police are appealing for information after a man with cerebral palsy reportedly had his mobile phone stolen in Chatham.

Trouble-hit hospital has worst A&E waits in the country

21 February 2014
Trouble-hit hospital has worst A&E waits in the country

Almost one in four patients waited more than four hours to be seen at Medway's A&E department at the beginning of February.

Dementia patients to get tailor-made care

20 February 2014
Dementia patients to get tailor-made care

A dedicated dementia ward at Medway hospital will be named after a widower who fought for better services.

Rochester parents of Delce Junior School pupil Rhianna Rawding seek A&E change after she was sent home by University Hospital in Lewisham

18 February 2014
Rochester parents of Delce Junior School pupil Rhianna Rawding seek A&E change after she was sent home by University Hospital in Lewisham

The parents of a girl who died hours after being sent home from hospital by a junior doctor are calling for all children to be seen by a senior medic.

Yarny's Army heading for our ski slopes

18 February 2014
Yarny's Army heading for our ski slopes

A Kent ski slope has seen a huge surge in interest as Lizzy Yarnold and other Olympics stars inspire us to dust off the snowboards.

Parents bid to clear coma son's name

14 February 2014
Parents bid to clear coma son's name

A devastated family are trying to piece together how a man arrested on suspicion of burglary ended up unconscious and still in a coma nine weeks on.

Burglary suspect in coma after arrest

11 February 2014
Burglary suspect in coma after arrest

A burglary suspect is still in a serious condition in hospital - nearly two months after being arrested.

Lottery team focus on £50m bid to give families a helping hand

11 February 2014
Lottery team focus on £50m bid to give families a helping hand

Councillors will today discuss a bid for millions of pounds of Lottery funding to help children in some of the poorest parts of Medway.

Disney dream inspiring fightback for brave Oakley

11 February 2014
Disney dream inspiring fightback for brave Oakley

Family, friends and even strangers are raising funds to help send a little boy to Disney World after he battled a life-threatening illness.

Turn up with your best smiles

11 February 2014
Turn up with your best smiles

It’s time to enter your little ones into this year’s Medway Messenger Cute Kids competition, with a chance of winning a share of £2,000.

Hospital boss set to earn £700 a day

10 February 2014
Hospital boss set to earn £700 a day

Nigel Beverley, the new stand-in boss at Medway Maritime, is expected to earn more than £700 a day as he takes over the troubled NHS trust this week.

Living in Chatham takes its toll – five years on average

31 January 2014
 Living in Chatham takes its toll – five years on average

People living in Rainham will live five years longer than people who live just a few miles away in the centre of Chatham, according to new data.

Hospital bosses in double departure

30 January 2014
Hospital bosses in double departure

The chairman and chief executive of Kent's biggest hospital - placed in special measures last year - are both to leave, it has been announced.

Smart app by clever Medway pupils

30 January 2014
Smart app by clever Medway pupils

Pupils are developing their own smart phone app after Dragon’s Den star Theo Paphitis invested £1,000 in their idea.

A sleep over with a message

30 January 2014
 A sleep over with a message

Sleepers braves biting winds to raise almost £7,000 for two good causes at Medway's annual sleep-out.

£5m revamp of emergency department

29 January 2014
£5m revamp of emergency department

A hospital's A&E department is to undergo a major overhaul - after it was branded "totally unsuitable" last year in an NHS report.

Messenger readers donate a mountain of food for needy

24 January 2014
 Messenger readers donate a mountain of food for needy

Medway Foodbank received almost four tonnes of food as a result of the Medway Messenger’s Christmas appeal.

Mum's heartache at losing stillborn baby

19 January 2014
Mum's heartache at losing stillborn baby

A mother is taking legal action against a hospital after her daughter was born stillborn.

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