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Nicola Jordan

Nicola Jordan joined the KM Group as a senior reporter in 2012. She was previously news editor of the Medway News.

‘We must support each other’: Teacher who ‘fixed’ struggling college parachuted in to troubled trust

07 July 2025
‘We must support each other’: Teacher who ‘fixed’ struggling college parachuted in to troubled trust

An experienced teacher and Ofsted inspector has been drafted in to steady the ship at several schools following months of noise over their future.

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‘We need to keep on top’: Evolving shopping centre’s bid to bring back ‘lazy shoppers’

03 July 2025
‘We need to keep on top’: Evolving shopping centre’s bid to bring back ‘lazy shoppers’

A shopping centre marking its 50th anniversary hopes to see footfall rise to pre-pandemic levels once a multi-million pound health facility opens.

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No ‘areas for improvement’ at ‘impressive’ infant school

01 July 2025
No ‘areas for improvement’ at ‘impressive’ infant school

Pupils and staff at a “continually improving” infants’ school are celebrating another glowing Ofsted report.

Tributes to one of county’s longest-serving journalists with a passion for Kent

25 June 2025
Tributes to one of county’s longest-serving journalists with a passion for Kent

A “kind” and “thoughtful” journalist who spent decades reporting on local politics has died.

Police raid vape shop and seize £45k worth of goods

24 June 2025
Police raid vape shop and seize £45k worth of goods

Police working with trading standards officers to clampdown on the sale of illegal vapes in a town centre have seized a number of items from a store.

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Widow with dementia on way home from France after family’s appeal

23 June 2025
Widow with dementia on way home from France after family’s appeal

Kind-hearted company bosses have stepped in to help repatriate a dementia sufferer stranded in a French care home - 1,000 miles from relatives.

Primary school is rated ‘good’ by Ofsted

20 June 2025
Primary school is rated ‘good’ by Ofsted

Former troubled primary school is rated ‘good’ by Ofsted after undergoing new leadership and an updated curriculum.

Family’s bid to raise £8,000 to get sick widow back from care home in France

20 June 2025
Family’s bid to raise £8,000 to get sick widow back from care home in France

The family of an elderly sick widow have launched a campaign to raise £8k for an ambulance and medics to bring her home from France.

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Lottery grant helps tell town’s untold aviation history

19 June 2025
Lottery grant helps tell town’s untold aviation history

A largely untold story of a town’s pioneering aviation history is to be revealed in an exhibition, thanks to a lottery grant

Jobs at risk at private hospital as hundreds of cuts planned

18 June 2025
Jobs at risk at private hospital as hundreds of cuts planned

Staff at a private hospital are facing redundancy as part of a healthcare company’s nationwide restructuring exercise.

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‘People are really scared’: ‘Mass’ job losses looming for hospital staff

17 June 2025
‘People are really scared’: ‘Mass’ job losses looming for hospital staff

Staff at an NHS trust which runs two hospitals in Kent could lose their jobs as it looks to save money and “improve efficiencies”.

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Former High Sheriff speaks out after husband’s multi-million pound fraud revealed

16 June 2025
Former High Sheriff speaks out after husband’s multi-million pound fraud revealed

A former Kent High Sheriff and national care agency boss says people should look past her husband’s multi-million pound fraud and judge her on merit.

Disgust as vandals lamp lido lighting just weeks after £250k revamp

11 June 2025
Disgust as vandals lamp lido lighting just weeks after £250k revamp

Yobs have struck at one of the county’s most popular summer attractions just weeks after it celebrated a quarter of a million pound facelift.

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‘They promised me a starlift two years ago - now I have to use neighbour’s loo’

11 June 2025
‘They promised me a starlift two years ago - now I have to use neighbour’s loo’

A disabled gran is having to use a neighbour’s downstairs toilet because she’s still waiting for a stairlift two years after it was promised.

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New chapter for iconic art college as £20m luxury housing scheme approved

06 June 2025
New chapter for iconic art college as £20m luxury housing scheme approved

Ambitious plans to transform an empty art college which has been branded as an “ugly” blot on the landscape have been given the green light.

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‘I was left for dead — but no one will be brought to justice’

06 June 2025
‘I was left for dead — but no one will be brought to justice’

A woman mowed down by a car in a suspected hit-and-run while enjoying a night out with friends is devastated nobody has been charged — 15 months on.

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Controversial school merger collapses after sudden resignation

05 June 2025
Controversial school merger collapses after sudden resignation

The plug has been pulled on a controversial merger between two education trusts operating in separate parts of the county following a parent backlash.

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Luxury £20m housing plan for art college which trained ‘fashion icons’ edges forward

31 May 2025
Luxury £20m housing plan for art college which trained ‘fashion icons’ edges forward

A plan to transform an empty, dilapidated art college where well-known names learned their craft into luxury housing has edged a step closer.

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Special needs school praised by watchdog after ‘urgent’ safeguarding probe

29 May 2025
Special needs school praised by watchdog after ‘urgent’ safeguarding probe

A special needs secondary school has retained its “good” grading by Ofsted after undergoing an inspection prompted by safeguarding concerns.

‘Pull it down before it gets burnt down’: Feral youths run riot at fire-hit school

29 May 2025
‘Pull it down before it gets burnt down’: Feral youths run riot at fire-hit school

Youths have been caught on camera running riot at a derelict secondary school, as locals call for it to be replaced with housing as soon as possible.

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