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Picture gallery: Rochester filled with Dickensian characters

Picture gallery: Rochester filled with Dickensian characters

60,000 people flocked to Rochester for the 35th Dickens Festival this weekend.

Major drugs find at derelict club

Major drugs find at derelict club

Villagers have been left stunned after cannabis with a street value of half a million pounds was found at a derelict social club.

Inside your Monday Medway Messenger

Inside your Monday Medway Messenger

Start your week with the Medway Messenger with the latest news, sport and plenty more.

Drunk war hero soldier beats friend in row over ex-lover

Drunk war hero soldier beats friend in row over ex-lover

A soldier who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan has been spared jail for badly beating an old friend at a party.

Joe gets through on TV's The Voice

Joe gets through on TV's The Voice

Two Medway singers went head to head in front of millions of viewers on hit talent show The Voice on Saturday night.

Caretaker locking up row costs school £18k

Caretaker locking up row costs school £18k

A private school has paid out £18,000 to a caretaker after a tribunal ruled he was unfairly sacked for not checking in a building when he locked up.

Councillor resigns over traveller comments

Councillor resigns over traveller comments

The man in charge of allocating Medway's traveller sites has today resigned from the cabinet after saying travellers "screw everything up".

Bev's sparkler after losing nine stones

Bev's sparkler after losing nine stones

The husband of a super-slimmer has bought her a ring studded with nine diamonds... one for every stone she has lost!

Two Medway singers will fight for a place in the final of The Voice this weekend

Two Medway singers will fight for a place in the final of The Voice this weekend

Two talented singers from Medway will go head to head at the weekend as they try to make it through to the next round of The Voice.

Raising funds in memory of murdered soldier

Raising funds in memory of murdered soldier

A boot fair and raffle this Sunday will be raising cash for Help for Heroes, in memory of soldier Lee Rigby.

Girl crushed by vandalised railing

Girl crushed by vandalised railing

A five-year-old girl suffered horrific injuries - including a leg broken in two places - after a vandalised metal fence collapsed on top of her.

Strip club opens tonight

Strip club opens tonight

A major strip club opens tonight in Rochester more than a year after it was approved.

Mechanic molests woman outside bar

Mechanic molests woman outside bar

A Romanian national who groped a woman and exposed himself outside a bar soon after arriving in Britain has been jailed.

Festival still thriving

Festival still thriving

The Dickens Festival returns to Rochester this weekend for the 35th year and there is one man who has been at the centre of it all since it began.

Inside the Medway Messenger

Inside the Medway Messenger

Your Medway Messenger is in the shops now with all the news, sport and plenty more.

Chats to play on

Chats to play on

Chatham Town have decided to tackle Ryman League, Division 1 North next season.

Coyd gets his chance after World Cup nod

Coyd gets his chance after World Cup nod

Teenager Joe Coyd has been selected to represent England in the Wheelchair Rugby World Cup.

Giles back at Dynamos

Giles back at Dynamos

Blueliner Ryan Giles is back with the Invicta Dynamos and is hoping to help return the club to their former glories.

Premier League football star shines on the cricket pitch

Premier League football star shines on the cricket pitch

A seven-wicket haul from Newcastle United’s Premier League goalkeeper Rob Elliot helped Frindsbury to a 128-run win over Hollingbourne.

Whitehead aims to impress in front of the cameras

Whitehead aims to impress in front of the cameras

Gillingham amateur Conan Whitehead takes to the stage during the opening night of the UK Darts Open on Thursday.

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