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Local News Medway Council launches 2025–2028 Climate Change Action Plan with net zero target
Medway Council has published its Climate Change Action Plan for 2025 to 2028, setting out how the unitary authority intends to reach net…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates Ramsgate port applies to store 50 containers and install temporary hangar on harbour land
Thanet District Council’s own port and harbour service asked for permission to store 50 containers and install a temporary hangar on…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates Listed building consent sought to transform Margate’s Winter Gardens into mixed-use venue
Officers recommended approval of listed building consent to convert Margate’s Grade II listed Winter Gardens, closed since August 2022…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates System-wide review of Kent and Medway maternity services launched after three of four hospital trusts placed under enhanced oversight
NHS Kent and Medway ICB has begun a first-ever system-wide review of maternity, neonatal and women’s health services across the region…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates NHS halts routine autism and ADHD assessments in Kent and Medway until at least April 2027
The NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board has capped assessment activity for autism and ADHD services, meaning patients assessed as…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates What to do if your child with an EHCP has no school place as term starts
Kent schools return on Tuesday 1 September. What the law requires if your child’s EHCP names no setting, the appeal deadlines that matter…
25 August 2026 -
Local News Maidstone’s September events: Autumn Festival, hop harvest and Heritage Open Days all lined up
Maidstone Borough Council has published its September events bulletin, covering a free Autumn Festival at Mote Park, the Hops ‘n’ Harvest…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police appeal to find wanted woman with links to Chatham, Margate and Broadstairs
Leanne Sweeney is wanted for failing to appear in court, and police are asking anyone who sees her to call 999 immediately. Kent Police…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Man in serious condition after two-car crash on High Road, Dartford
A man in his 50s was taken to a London hospital in a serious condition after a collision between a white Volkswagen Polo and a white…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police appeal for missing 15-year-old Edward Sule-Ejeh from Ebbsfleet
Edward Sule-Ejeh, 15, was last seen in the Ebbsfleet area at about 9pm on 18 August 2026 and it is believed he caught a train to Essex…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Teenage girl killed on M20 near Aylesford after being struck by vehicles
Kent Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a teenage girl was fatally struck by vehicles on the M20 coastbound…
23 August 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council moves to block automatic office-to-flat conversions in town centre
Maidstone Borough Council has begun the formal process to require full planning permission for office-to-residential conversions at named…
22 August 2026