Freedom of Medway to be conferred upon the Royal Engineers
Posted by Alan Collins on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 12:13

Medway Council voted unanimously to confer the “honorary freedom of the borough” on the Royal Engineers, at a special meeting last Thursday.

The freedom of the borough is the highest honour a Council can give and all but two of the 55 Medway Councillors were present and voted for the motion, which read:

In pursuance of the power vested in it by virtue of section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Council confers the honorary freedom of the borough on the Corps of Royal Engineers in perpetuity, in the interests of cementing and fostering the close and longstanding bonds of friendship and mutual respect existing between the Corps of Royal Engineers, Medway Council and its predecessor authorities.

In a rare act during the discussion, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Medway also spoke on the topic, which was dear to the hearts of many of the Councillors assembled.

I for one welcome the move, as a great recognition of the tremendous work that the Royal Engineers do and marking the first ten years of the Medway Unitary Authority.

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Cllr O’Brien congratulates Medway’s exam winners
Posted by Alan Collins on Friday, January 18th, 2008 at 00:16

Medway Councillor Mike O’Brien has paid tribute to the hard work students put into their GCSE and post-16 studies.

Cllr O’Brien, who was elected to Rainham Central Ward in May 2007, told the full meeting of the Council last night that “a lot has been said about the ‘dumbing down’ of exams” that simply is not true.

“The fact is that exams are getting harder and harder, and students work really, really hard. Let us congratulate them for getting these fantastic results.”

Cllr O’Brien, who teaches Key Skills to 16-19 year-old students at Canterbury College, made his remarks following a statement in the debate by Cllr Juby, who also praised the results.

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