A burglar who cooked food, dumped syringes around a house and even had a bath in his victims' homes has been condemned as 'beyond contempt'.

Thousands of people passed the house where an eccentric lay dead for almost two years... with classical music still playing and the heating on.

A policeman is under investigation after blocking the exit to a petrol station on double yellow lines - so he could buy food at McDonald's.

Concerned parents have contacted the Medway Messenger after dangerous dolls were found on sale on Gillingham.

Motorists have welcomed plans for signs displaying fuel prices which could put an end to huge differences between prices at the pumps.

Medway's three MPs were among 116 Tories who backed an amendment to the Queen's Speech on an EU referendum.

Les Wicks has been dropped in a major shake-up of Medway Council's cabinet.

The firm behind a planned asbestos depot is holding a public meeting tomorrow night.

A businessman who ran a website dealing in pirate DVDs has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

People as far away as Australia and Russia have been snapping up tickets to see Jedward in Chatham.

TV star Griff Rhys Jones starts a four-day tour of Kent today in a bid to give us all a say in the changes that affect us.

A woman who defied a judge to kiss her lover in the dock on Valentine's Day has been cleared of a robbery plot.

Four cars were involved in a crash in the Medway Tunnel just before rush-hour.

Police have released an e-fit image of a man they want to speak to after a pensioner’s treasured possessions were stolen from his home.

A sportswear chain owned by Wigan chairman Dave Whelan is coming to Medway.

The family of a teenage air hostess killed by an illegal immigrant driver have demanded he be deported to his native Pakistan to serve his sentence.

MP Tracey Crouch is writing to the Home Secretary to ask how a wanted criminal ended up living in Chatham.

The Voice contestant Adam Barron has been given a second chance at stardom by veteran crooner Tom Jones.

Neighbours and businesses are urged to have their say on the development of Rochester airport... as a major exhibition opens its doors.

A family in mourning were preyed on by thieves who stole from a woman's house just days before her funeral.