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  • MEP says no to Estuary Airport

    Jan 26, 2012 16:49

    MEP says no to Estuary Airport

    South East MEP Nirj Deva has added his support to the campaign against an airport in the Thames Estuary. The Conservative European Parliament member, who recently came second in the election for the Parliament’s President, added his name to a growing list of opponents to the scheme. Deva, who has [...]

     
  • Medway: the fight is on!

    Jan 18, 2012 8:04

    Medway: the fight is on!

    Prime Minister David Cameron has, for the first time, opened the possibility of an airport in the Thames Estuary, according to The Daily Telegraph. The national paper last night revealed that Mr Cameron is expected to launch a consultation on a new airport within weeks, with the expectation that the [...]

     
  • Council unites against Estuary Airport

    Jan 13, 2012 22:03

    Council unites against Estuary Airport

    Medway Council last night stood with one voice in opposing all three current “visions” for an airport on the Thames Estuary. Members of all groups rallied around a report (which will be available here shortly) submitted to council which examined the proposals and the damaging short- and long-term effects they [...]

     
  • MP pays tribute to charity walkers

    Jan 13, 2012 20:30

    MP pays tribute to charity walkers

    @MarkReckless, MP for Rochester and Strood, has paid tribute to all of the volunteers who took part in the recent Walk to End Homelessness campaign which has raised over £5,000 for the charity Crisis. Forty walkers completed the 60 mile journey from Canterbury Cathedral which finished three days later at [...]

     
  • “Keep @BRMB as it is”

    Jan 11, 2012 0:09

    “Keep @BRMB as it is”

    A campaign has been launched on Facebook against plans to rename one of Birmingham’s best-loved local radio stations. BRMB, which is broadcast from the heart of Birmingham and which is owned by Orion Media, will be called “Free Radio” from April under plans to operate all it’s local stations in [...]

     
  • 2011 on <em>Birmingham and Beyond</em>

    Jan 10, 2012 2:55

    2011 on Birmingham and Beyond

    I am a little late with my end-of-year review this year given that I am presently in the process of moving from Birmingham back to Medway. However, better late then never, here it (finally!) is… 2011 has, of course, been a year of huge changes – from my turning 21 [...]

     
 
 
 
 
 
  • Health and Safety at work

    Health and Safety at work

    Jan 22, 2012 14:30

    It was already one of the safest working environments in the world, with regular medical check-ups and exemplary hygiene standards, but a new...

     
 
  • Somebody please think of the children

    Somebody please think of the children

    Jan 23, 2012 9:27

    It was one of the biggest scandals in 2011 – when the administration of the Medway Test (the 11-plus to old’uns like me) fell apart...

     
 
  • “Keep @BRMB as it is”

    “Keep @BRMB as it is”

    Jan 11, 2012 0:09

    A campaign has been launched on Facebook against plans to rename one of Birmingham’s best-loved local radio stations. BRMB, which is broadcast...

     
 
  • Mama, do the hump

    Mama, do the hump

    Jan 21, 2012 20:52

    Most people who know me know that I like most music: from country and western to modern-day pop. Indeed, just about the only music I do not like...

     
 
  • MEP says no to Estuary Airport

    MEP says no to Estuary Airport

    Jan 26, 2012 16:49

    South East MEP Nirj Deva has added his support to the campaign against an airport in the Thames Estuary. The Conservative European Parliament...

     
 
  • 2011 on Birmingham and Beyond

    2011 on <em>Birmingham and Beyond</em>

    Jan 10, 2012 2:55

    I am a little late with my end-of-year review this year given that I am presently in the process of moving from Birmingham back to Medway. However,...

     
 
 

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  • Quote of the Day: 27 January 2012

    Quote of the Day: 27 January 2012

    Jan 27, 2012 17:57

    The @MedwayMessenger Comment1 is less than impressed with the Medway Liberal Democrats’ “cynical” move...

     
  • MEP says no to Estuary Airport

    MEP says no to Estuary Airport

    Jan 26, 2012 16:49

    South East MEP Nirj Deva has added his support to the campaign against an airport in the Thames Estuary. The Conservative...

     
  • Somebody please think of the children

    Somebody please think of the children

    Jan 23, 2012 9:27

    It was one of the biggest scandals in 2011 – when the administration of the Medway Test (the 11-plus to old’uns...

     
  • Do as I say (not as I do)

    Do as I say (not as I do)

    Jan 23, 2012 7:50

    Labour have faced claims of hypocrisy after a change in it’s employee pension scheme. Ed Miliband has criticised the...

     
  • Health and Safety at work

    Health and Safety at work

    Jan 22, 2012 14:30

    It was already one of the safest working environments in the world, with regular medical check-ups and exemplary hygiene...