Crescent Moon and Venus light up the night sky
On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close together. With the clearest skies in the south-east of the UK on Saturday, ...
Lucky kmfm listener from Rainham wins £1k on Thousand Pound Friday
One kmfm listener has ended January and started their weekend £1,000 better off. The radio station’s 'Thousand Pound Friday' ...
Bakerloop route revealed as Sadiq Khan pledges express bus will be 'precursor' to £10bn Bakerloo line Tube extension
The Bakerloop bus – which is expected to be branded BL1, in case the buses have to be used on other Superloop routes – will ...
LocalGov2d
Medway bids for city status
The leader of Medway Council has called on the Government to grant Medway city status to prevent reorganisation leading to a ...
Mierscourt Road in Rainham blocked after car hits pedestrian near Bayswater Drive
A busy route is blocked in both directions after a pedestrian was hit by a car. Police and paramedics are on scene at Mierscourt Road, Rainham, after an accident near Bayswater Drive. Motorists are ...
Medway Council makes fifth bid for city status
Medway should be given city status as part of the devolution deal, the leader of the council has argued. Vince Maple said ...
All the banks that have closed in Kent in past three years mapped with more set to vanish
Nearly 40 banks have closed in Kent in the last three years with more set to vanish from the high street in 2025 - see the ...
Medway applies for city status for a fourth time as council looks set to be abolished
Medway Council leader Vince Maple announced at a full council meeting last night (January 23) he had written to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to bid for city status. In his ...