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Campaign for free parking trial in Medway in bid to save high streets (opens the original)
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A campaign has been launched to provide an hour of free parking in town centres in an area of Kent. Medway Council is to be asked to consider a year-long trial of the measure in at least one car park in each of the five Towns. The authority has increased the tariffs across its car parks for the past three years, meaning the price of an hour has gone from £1.20 in 2023 to £2.90 in 2026. But in February it decided to reduce the cost of half an hourâs parking from £1.90 to £1. This was done,
Relocated off-licenceâs booze bid granted next to Medway primary school (opens the original)
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A primary school will have a relocated off-licence on its doorstep after an application to serve alcohol was approved. Medway Superstore in Richmond Road, Gillingham, submitted a bid to sell booze from 6am to 11pm, seven days a week. The shop, formerly Atlantic Cod, is directly next door to Burnt Oak Primary School, which has around 420 pupils. The application has been made by Cemal Uzum who runs Medway Supermarket, also in Richmond Road, less than 50 yards away and which has an existing license
Car wash hit with £135k fine after Home Office raid uncovers several illegal workers (opens the original)
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Three businesses have been hit with fines totalling £222,000 for employing illegal workers. It follows a fresh wave of Home Office raids at Ocean Hand Car Wash in Strood, Fireaway Pizza in Peters Village Centre, Wouldham, and Taal Indian Kitchen in Walderslade. In total, eight people were arrested across the Medway Towns following the action between March and October 2025. The largest find was at the car wash in Knight Road where two Romanian men, one Romanian woman, a Slovakian man and woman,
Japanese ambassador visits Kent to mark anniversary of historical figure (opens the original)
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The Japanese ambassador to the UK visited the home of one of Kentâs most significant figures on the 462nd anniversary of his baptism. Ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki visited Gillingham to mark the anniversary of William Adamsâ birth, the first Englishman to reach Japan in 1600. Representatives from Medway businesses with Japanese links, as well as the Medway-Japan Friendship Association, which continues the exchange programme for students of each country which has been going for 40 years, met with
Skatepark to get £115k upgrade (opens the original)
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Plans have been submitted to create a £115,000 extension to a popular skatepark. Medway Council is seeking approval to grow and improve the facility at Cozenton Park in Rainham using money from nearby developments. The skatepark and BMX track were first constructed in 2011, but its expansion was considered following the demolition and rebuilding of Splashes Leisure Centre, which was renamed the Cozenton Park Sports Centre. It opened in July 2024, and now the authority intends to expand the spac
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