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Plan to use farmland for future burials

Plan to use farmland for future burials

Village churchyard is running out of space for new graves

Horlock quits Chats

Horlock quits Chats

Chatham are searching for a new manager after Kevin Horlock left the club.

Piggott eyes silverware

Piggott eyes silverware

Hollands & Blair take on Erith & Belvedere in the final of the Macron Challenge Trophy on Monday.

Rochester swept up in soot

Rochester swept up in soot

Thousands of visitors to Rochester are being treated to dancing, music and other Victorian fun in celebration of this year's Sweeps Festival.

Gills boss fury at goal

Gills boss fury at goal

The way Gillingham lost Saturday’s game at Burton was “totally unacceptable” to boss Justin Edinburgh.

Gills' promotion hopes in the balance

Gills' promotion hopes in the balance

A stoppage-time goal looked to have killed any chances of Gillingham making the League 1 play-offs, however a later one elsewhere kept them alive.

Football match updates

Football match updates

Relive the action from a crucial Saturday as Margate miraculously escape the drop, dismay for Faversham while Gills play-off hopes remain alive, just.

Dad’s bridge perfect setting for big day

Dad’s bridge perfect setting for big day

Bride Jenny Benham will say 'I do' in the middle of the ornamental bridge built by her late father more than 20 years ago.

Sporty quest to raise cash

Sporty quest to raise cash

A Medway dad is going to great lengths to thank hospital staff who saved his daughter's life.

Loft may make squad for Burton

Loft may make squad for Burton

Gills skipper Doug Loft could be involved against Burton if he comes through a week of training unscathed.

Thugs leave victim in 'excruciating pain' in boiling water attack

Thugs leave victim in 'excruciating pain' in boiling water attack

Two sadistic attackers are behind bars after a "gratuitous torturing" which involved pouring boiling water over their screaming victim.

£5m car park opens

£5m car park opens

A new multi-storey car park opens today, in time for thousands of visitors for this year's Sweeps Festival.

A place for grieving parents

A place for grieving parents

Parents Jo and David Ward are starting work on a bereavement suite on the anniversary of the day their daughter was stillborn.

Charity walk moves after council charge

Charity walk moves after council charge

A toddlers’ charity walk was forced to find a new venue after council officers insisted on charging £271 to use a park.

Inquest verdict: Dying mum in constant pain

Inquest verdict: Dying mum in constant pain

A mother of three who was admitted to hospital 50 times before her death died from natural causes, an inquest has found.

Sixpence from prince for a short back and sides

Sixpence from prince for a short back and sides

When HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh heard Terence Holmes was a dab hand with a pair of scissors, he popped in for a short back and sides.

Gills not throwing in the towel

Gills not throwing in the towel

Justin Edinburgh launched a passionate rebuke to those suggesting his Gills team are finished.

“It’s a lump of concrete. What’s premium about it?”

“It’s a lump of concrete. What’s premium about it?”

Commuters have accused Medway council of railroading them into paying "disgusting and indefensible” charges at Rochester's new multi-storey car park

Nelson: Burton under more pressure

Nelson: Burton under more pressure

Gills keeper Stuart Nelson believes opponents Burton will be under the greater pressure this weekend.

Bank shutting village branch

Bank shutting village branch

High street bank HSBC has announced it is closing another one of its branches in Medway.

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