Six years and £35 million later, Medway Council has decided to rip up its housing strategy and start again.

MP Rehman Chishti has presented two new Bills in Parliament which would bring in tougher penalties for motorists who drive while disqualified.

A grandmother missing for more than a month after boarding a flight to Mexico is now being treated as a missing person after appeals by her family.

The Medway Messenger has teamed up with a crisis charity to help families in need this Christmas.

Hundreds of people have signed a petition opposing plans for coffee giant Costa to open in Rochester.

Get into the festive spirit at the annual Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival, taking place this weekend

A team of firefighters wearing breathing apparatus put out a blaze in a food shop in Gillingham town centre.

A young woman who suffers from recurring infections says she’s lucky to be alive after her illness took a turn for the worse.

The chairman of Swale council's planning committee has questioned why some travellers don't follow rules and guidelines.

Just one week after historic paddle steamer the Medway Queen returned home triumphant after a refit its staff have been given notice.

The former assistant director of music at Rochester Cathedral has been arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a child.

A former Gillingham striker is believed to be among those arrested in the wake of an investigation into match fixers targeting games across Britain.

People are being urged not to use medicine stolen from the back of an ambulance as crews treated a man with chest pains.

Chatham's Historic Dockyard has received a £4.53m Heritage Lottery Fund grant for its Command of the Oceans project and work is now set to start.

Firefighters are warning about the dangers of leaving candles unattended after a dog knocked over a tealight.

Get your Christmas shopping done and park for free in Medway this weekend.

The Medway Messenger has clinched one of the top awards at a prestigious ceremony... which also saw our graphic designer take home a trophy.

The health regulator has told one of Kent's biggest hospitals to make urgent improvements or risk changes being imposed on its leadership.

The chief executive of Gatwick says a government report should rule out a £40bn so-called Boris Island airport.

Medway hospital has been told it should remove its £8,000 smoking shelters and introduce an outright ban on cigarettes.