More than 1,000 items have gone missing from Medway’s libraries in the past financial year.

Start the week with the Monday Medway Messenger – with all the latest news and all the sporting action from the weekend.

Six Medway police officers will complete a marathon bike ride for Demelza Children's Hospice today (Sunday).

A bumper crop of fruit spells good news for wildlife in Medway – as well as for foragers and jam makers.

Staff at Medway Hospital cancelled their holidays so they could help those injured in one of Britain’s biggest ever road accidents.

A man has been arrested after two members of staff at a pub were assaulted on Thursday evening.

Three students have been subjected to a vile racist attack by thugs who threatened to kill them as they walked home.

Homeless twin brothers have been locked up after beating a dog to death while high on drink and drugs. WARNING: Contains distressing image.

A man has admitted stealing his own grandfather’s war medals and a bank card from the family home.

Staff at a Kent young offenders' jail will not enter a cell alone at night even to save an inmate’s life, an inspection has revealed.

People in Halling have been enduring power cuts for nine weeks after a cable that leads to their homes was cut.

The Tory candidate in the race to become police commissioner spent £10,000 more than the role's salary in his unsuccessful campaign.

Around 3,000 people used the tourism bus during its pilot – and the council plans to run it again next year.

A former policeman accused of having inappropriate relationships with two girls has told jurors how the youngsters became “infatuated” with him.

Police have appealed for help to find a pensioner who failed to return home after a visit to the doctor.

Businesses will have to employ apprentices from the nearby area when awarded big-money jobs under new rules adopted by one authority.

Both carriageways of the Sheppey Crossing have now reopened after one of Kent's worst ever accidents saw more than 30 people taken to hospital.

Temple Mill Primary School, which had more than £200,000 stolen by a former bursar Sandra Ross, could only receive a fraction of the money back.

Floral tributes have today been left at the scene of an accident in which a cyclist was hit and killed by a lorry.

Almost three quarters of part-time business owners juggle their ventures with a full-time job.