Medway news

• Investigation launched after car crashed into shop

  29-01-2026 17:49 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Police officers are seeking witnesses and dashcam footage after a car reversed into the front of a shop.
  
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• Major wetland project to protect threatened bird species created on Kent marshes

  29-01-2026 17:47 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A massive wetland restoration project aimed at improving habitats for threatened bird species has been completed on Kent marshes.
  
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• Dated and ‘damaged’ council housing block to get £2.5m makeover

  29-01-2026 17:19 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  ‘Outdated’ council blocks of flats are getting a new lease of life in a £2.5m spring makeover
  
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• Teen, 16, safely located

  29-01-2026 16:27 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Police have confirmed a teenage reported missing earlier this week has now been safely located.
  
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• ‘The help for pubs is great, but the industry needs even more’

  29-01-2026 14:58 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  MP Lauren Edwards shares her views on the government’s latest plans to try and help pubs.
  
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• FOUND: Urgent 'call 999' appeal over missing Medway boy not seen for 3 days - Kent Live

  29-01-2026 14:01 via news.google.com
  FOUND: Urgent 'call 999' appeal over missing Medway boy not seen for 3 days  Kent Live
  
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• Plans for £4m ‘pods’ for homeless families on former car park approved

  29-01-2026 13:32 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Proposals for 12 self-contained units for homeless families on the site of a former commuter car park have been given the green light.
  
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• Cash-strapped council sells shopping centre for £1.5m in ‘rollercoaster deal’ - Kent Online

  29-01-2026 13:13 via news.google.com
  Cash-strapped council sells shopping centre for £1.5m in ‘rollercoaster deal’  Kent Online
  
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• Cash-strapped council sells shopping centre for £1.5m in ‘rollercoaster deal’

  29-01-2026 13:13 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A local authority has offloaded a shopping centre from its books in a deal worth more than £1.5million.
  
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• Search for teen, 16, missing for three days

  29-01-2026 12:59 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Concerns are growing for the welfare of a missing teenager as police appeal for information as to his whereabouts.
  
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• Traffic stopped on busy A-road due to crash

  29-01-2026 11:14 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Motorists are facing delays and long queues after a collision halted traffic on a busy route.
  
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• The Apprentice contestant Rajan Gill hopes to make Medway proud - BBC

  29-01-2026 07:01 via news.google.com
  The Apprentice contestant Rajan Gill hopes to make Medway proud  BBC
  
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• Parents paid £5k per year to drive children to special schools

  29-01-2026 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Parents are being paid up to £5,000 a year to take their children to special educational needs schools rather than fork out for costly taxis.
  
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• ‘Our forgotten community should have got every penny of that money - I’m furious’ - Kent Online

  29-01-2026 06:00 via news.google.com
  ‘Our forgotten community should have got every penny of that money - I’m furious’  Kent Online
  
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• ‘Our forgotten community should have got every penny of that money - I’m furious’

  29-01-2026 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  More than £250,000 of funding earmarked for an overlooked rural community has had to be returned after delays in spending it.
  
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• Huge whale installation to highlight climate crisis inside historic cathedral

  29-01-2026 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  The exhibition includes three life-size sperm whales and a series of marine-themed workshops and live events.
  
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