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Family and friends reach £100,000 mark for Embo

26 December 2014
Family and friends reach £100,000 mark for Embo

Matt and Caroline Loughrey have raised £100,000 in memory of their daughter Emily Rose who passed away aged 22 after battling cancer

"Our little miracles"

25 December 2014
"Our little miracles"

Twins who almost died when they were born 13 weeks early are celebrating their first Christmas today and mum has thanked hospital staff

Dear Santa, please help me walk

24 December 2014
Dear Santa, please help me walk

Most children put the latest games console, a Barbie or a bike on their Christmas list. But Paige Stewart has written to Santa to ask if she can walk.

£13m Christmas gift to revive our hospital

24 December 2014
£13m Christmas gift to revive our hospital

Troubled Medway hospital has been given £13.4 million to tackle its overcrowded and under-performing emergency department by the Department of Health.

Family want doctor struck off for good after death blunder

19 December 2014
Family want doctor struck off for good after death blunder

A doctor who casually said “yeah, she’s dead” about a woman without examining her should be permanently struck off, her angry family have said.

Football fan banned for racial abuse

17 December 2014
Football fan banned for racial abuse

A Gillingham fan has been banned from all games for three years after hurling racist abuse at a young player during a game.

Man wanted after 30-tonne flytip

17 December 2014
Man wanted after 30-tonne flytip

A flytipper is wanted for his involvement in the dumping and burning of 30 tonnes of rubbish on private land - leading to complaints about the smell.

Suicide pact couple found dead in garage

16 December 2014
Suicide pact couple found dead in garage

A man and woman found dead in a car inside a locked garage had taken a cocktail of drugs before killing themselves, an inquest heard.

There’s room at the inn for all of them – even the arthritic pig

12 December 2014
There’s room at the inn for all of them – even the arthritic pig

Talking parrots, marmoset monkeys, an owl called Noodle and a pig with arthritis are all moving into a pub garden, as a couple create their own zoo.

A&E rated among worst

12 December 2014
A&E rated among worst

Medway’s A&E was rated the second worst in the country by patients, as part of a national survey.

What's in a name? Top picks for newborns revealed

09 December 2014
What's in a name? Top picks for newborns revealed

A council has released a list of the most popular baby names in 2014 - is your child's name in the top 10?

Doctor suspended after failing to examine body

08 December 2014
Doctor suspended after failing to examine body

A doctor who failed to examine a body at a nursing home and later falsified the death certificate has been suspended for six months.

Attacks on hospital staff almost double

07 December 2014
Attacks on hospital staff almost double

Assaults on workers at one trouble-hit hospital have nearly doubled in just 12 months.

Crews tackle house fire

04 December 2014
Crews tackle house fire

Around 25 firefighters have been tackling a fire in the roof of a semi-detached house.

Needle left inside patient for months

03 December 2014
Needle left inside patient for months

Questions are being asked after the tip of a needle was found months after someone had undergone surgery.

Gambling addicts given help

02 December 2014
Gambling addicts given help

Gamblers can exclude themselves from betting shops under a new scheme to tackle addiction launched today.

Driver ‘unfit and unsafe’

01 December 2014
Driver ‘unfit and unsafe’

A lorry driver who worked after being declared medically unfit has been banned from operating HGVs for two years.

Jobs chance after pub makeover

01 December 2014
Jobs chance after pub makeover

A popular pub is creating five new jobs after a £180,000 refurbishment which starts today.

School's isolation policy referred to government

28 November 2014
School's isolation policy referred to government

A government department has been alerted after primary school children were kept in an isolation room.

Patients waiting up to 35 hours in A&E

26 November 2014
Patients waiting up to 35 hours in A&E

Urgent conditions have been imposed on a troubled hospital after a damning inspection found patients were not getting safe care in A&E.

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