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Record label @spinoutnuggets.bsky.social have released some of the best Medway music of the last decade. Steven met owner and DJ Lee Grimshaw to discuss why he set up the label, how he came to release the latest 5.6.7.8’s single, and what counts as success in the modern music business.
"Success is doing it in the first place"
What Steven asked Lee Grimshaw, owner of record label Spinout Nuggets
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November 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Record label @spinoutnuggets.bsky.social have released some of the best Medway music of the last decade. Steven met owner and DJ Lee Grimshaw to discuss why he set up the label, how he came to release the latest 5.6.7.8’s single, and what counts as success in the modern music business.
🛍️ Gillingham Street Angels has closed. What comes next?
🗳️ Politics latest
⛪ St. John's Church reopens
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗳️ Politics latest
⛪ St. John's Church reopens
🗞️ News in brief, and more
GSA has closed. What comes next?
Plus politics latest, St. John's Church reopens, news in brief, and more
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🛍️ Gillingham Street Angels has closed. What comes next?
🗳️ Politics latest
⛪ St. John's Church reopens
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗳️ Politics latest
⛪ St. John's Church reopens
🗞️ News in brief, and more
📮 We've launched something different: A pen pal scheme between Medway and a tiny village called Port Medway in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Learn more about the project and how to get involved here 👇
Learn more about the project and how to get involved here 👇
Connecting two Medways
A new pen pal project linking Medway and Port Medway, one handwritten letter at a time
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📮 We've launched something different: A pen pal scheme between Medway and a tiny village called Port Medway in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Learn more about the project and how to get involved here 👇
Learn more about the project and how to get involved here 👇
In our latest column by Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott, he talks about his Annual Policing Survey, the Police Property Fund, and the Safer Streets initiative.
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Voice of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Matthew Scott on his Annual Policing Survey, the Police Property Fund, and the Safer Streets initiative
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November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In our latest column by Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott, he talks about his Annual Policing Survey, the Police Property Fund, and the Safer Streets initiative.
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🤏 Medway shrinks its democracy
📍 4D for the future
👨⚕️ Medway to build care home
🗣️ Spalding censured
🗞️ News in brief, and more
📍 4D for the future
👨⚕️ Medway to build care home
🗣️ Spalding censured
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Medway shrinks its democracy
Plus 4D to the future, Medway to build a care home, Spalding censured, news in brief, and more
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November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🤏 Medway shrinks its democracy
📍 4D for the future
👨⚕️ Medway to build care home
🗣️ Spalding censured
🗞️ News in brief, and more
📍 4D for the future
👨⚕️ Medway to build care home
🗣️ Spalding censured
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Tonight's full Medway Council meeting is underway. @edjennings.bsky.social is covering it live.
Good evening from tonight’s full Medway Council meeting.
A big meeting tonight where the council will set out their local government reorganisation position, and we also have the remaining business from last month’s abandoned meeting.
Full agenda here: democracy.medway.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
A big meeting tonight where the council will set out their local government reorganisation position, and we also have the remaining business from last month’s abandoned meeting.
Full agenda here: democracy.medway.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tonight's full Medway Council meeting is underway. @edjennings.bsky.social is covering it live.
🏴 Flags down
💷 Medway still struggling to balance the books
📚 Strood Library finally gets a new lift
🗞️ News in brief, and more
💷 Medway still struggling to balance the books
📚 Strood Library finally gets a new lift
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Flags down
Plus Medway still struggling to balance the books, Strood Library finally getting a new lift, news in brief, and more
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November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🏴 Flags down
💷 Medway still struggling to balance the books
📚 Strood Library finally gets a new lift
🗞️ News in brief, and more
💷 Medway still struggling to balance the books
📚 Strood Library finally gets a new lift
🗞️ News in brief, and more
⛺ Medway Streets Angels are not closing
⚽ Gills latest
✉️ The Silent Postman
🎸 adults at Poco Loco
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
⚽ Gills latest
✉️ The Silent Postman
🎸 adults at Poco Loco
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Medway Street Angels are not closing
Plus Gills latest, the Silent Postman, adults at Poco Loco, our weekly events guide, news in brief, and more
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November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
⛺ Medway Streets Angels are not closing
⚽ Gills latest
✉️ The Silent Postman
🎸 adults at Poco Loco
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
⚽ Gills latest
✉️ The Silent Postman
🎸 adults at Poco Loco
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🔐 Gillingham Street Angels suddenly announces closure
🔵 Conservative defects from Conservatives to Conservatives
🏴 The latest flag-off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🔵 Conservative defects from Conservatives to Conservatives
🏴 The latest flag-off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Gillingham Street Angels suddenly announces closure
Plus Conservative defects from Conservatives to Conservatives, the latest flag stand-off, news in brief, and more
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November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🔐 Gillingham Street Angels suddenly announces closure
🔵 Conservative defects from Conservatives to Conservatives
🏴 The latest flag-off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🔵 Conservative defects from Conservatives to Conservatives
🏴 The latest flag-off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
📚 Medway River Lit returns
🧑🎨 Requiem for a hoodie
🪕 New Singing Loins album
🎨 Give art a second chance
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
🧑🎨 Requiem for a hoodie
🪕 New Singing Loins album
🎨 Give art a second chance
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
Medway River Lit returns
Plus requiem for a hoodie, new Singing Loins album, give art a second chance, our weekly events guide, and more
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November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📚 Medway River Lit returns
🧑🎨 Requiem for a hoodie
🪕 New Singing Loins album
🎨 Give art a second chance
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
🧑🎨 Requiem for a hoodie
🪕 New Singing Loins album
🎨 Give art a second chance
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
From Militant to TUSC and now Your Party, Chas Berry, who has long been at the forefront of leftist politics in Medway. We talk to him about his journey, leaving Labour, his hopes for the new party, and lots more.
“I still support the idea of revolutionary change”
What Steven asked Chas Berry, socialist and coordinator for Your Party Medway
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November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
From Militant to TUSC and now Your Party, Chas Berry, who has long been at the forefront of leftist politics in Medway. We talk to him about his journey, leaving Labour, his hopes for the new party, and lots more.
🗣️ Kent and Medway's relationship seems increasingly strained
🏴 Anti-immigration march for this weekend is off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🏴 Anti-immigration march for this weekend is off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Kent and Medway's relationship seems increasingly strained
How a plan to save Kent’s tourism voice became another casualty of Reform’s chaos. Plus
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October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🗣️ Kent and Medway's relationship seems increasingly strained
🏴 Anti-immigration march for this weekend is off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🏴 Anti-immigration march for this weekend is off
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🇺🇳 Medway marks 80 years of the UN
🪕 Music supergroup South Shore launches crowdfunder
🎭 Play by Medway creatives reaches the London stage
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
🪕 Music supergroup South Shore launches crowdfunder
🎭 Play by Medway creatives reaches the London stage
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
Medway marks 80 years of the UN
Plus crowdfunder launched for Medway supergroup, we review the Flowers of Srebrenica on stage, our weekly events guide, and more
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October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🇺🇳 Medway marks 80 years of the UN
🪕 Music supergroup South Shore launches crowdfunder
🎭 Play by Medway creatives reaches the London stage
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
🪕 Music supergroup South Shore launches crowdfunder
🎭 Play by Medway creatives reaches the London stage
🎟️ Our weekly events guide, and more
We've shared lots more photos from Saturday's UKIP march and counter-protest in Rochester over on our Instagram:
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October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We've shared lots more photos from Saturday's UKIP march and counter-protest in Rochester over on our Instagram:
📣 UKIP's march on Rochester fails to find an audience
🗣️ Medway Council meeting comes to an abrupt end
📸 The return of Rehman
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗣️ Medway Council meeting comes to an abrupt end
📸 The return of Rehman
🗞️ News in brief, and more
A protest in search of a crowd
Plus Medway Council meeting comes to an abrupt end, the return of Rehman, news in brief, and more
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October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📣 UKIP's march on Rochester fails to find an audience
🗣️ Medway Council meeting comes to an abrupt end
📸 The return of Rehman
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗣️ Medway Council meeting comes to an abrupt end
📸 The return of Rehman
🗞️ News in brief, and more
For our weekend interview, we sat down with David Cramer Smith, the author of Medway: A Novel. They discuss growing up in Medway and moving away, a possible sequel, mushrooms, and lots more.
"Don’t take advice from me. Don’t do it my way."
What Steven asked David Cramer Smith, the author of Medway: A Novel
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October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
For our weekend interview, we sat down with David Cramer Smith, the author of Medway: A Novel. They discuss growing up in Medway and moving away, a possible sequel, mushrooms, and lots more.
🕌 Faith, safety and human connection in Medway
🗼 New EP links Tokyo and Chatham
🍲 We review the Royal Crown
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗼 New EP links Tokyo and Chatham
🍲 We review the Royal Crown
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Faith, safety and human connection
Plus new EP links Tokyo and Chatham, we review the Royal Crown, events this week, and more
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October 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🕌 Faith, safety and human connection in Medway
🗼 New EP links Tokyo and Chatham
🍲 We review the Royal Crown
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗼 New EP links Tokyo and Chatham
🍲 We review the Royal Crown
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🧱 Labour office vandalised amid rising tensions
🗣️ A stacked full council agenda
📣 The latest Medway Matters Live
🪧 UKIP return to Rochester
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗣️ A stacked full council agenda
📣 The latest Medway Matters Live
🪧 UKIP return to Rochester
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Labour office vandalised amid rising tensions
Plus it's full council o'clock, the latest Medway Matters Live, and UKIP return to Rochester
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October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🧱 Labour office vandalised amid rising tensions
🗣️ A stacked full council agenda
📣 The latest Medway Matters Live
🪧 UKIP return to Rochester
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗣️ A stacked full council agenda
📣 The latest Medway Matters Live
🪧 UKIP return to Rochester
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Can Medway make you happy? It's an idea we're keen to explore with our new live event concept.
Find out how to get involved 👇
Find out how to get involved 👇
Can Medway make you happy?
A new live forum for real conversation and real action on Medway’s future
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October 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Can Medway make you happy? It's an idea we're keen to explore with our new live event concept.
Find out how to get involved 👇
Find out how to get involved 👇
➡️ Princes Park councillor defects to Reform
🕍 Faith and fear in Medway's Jewish community
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🕍 Faith and fear in Medway's Jewish community
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Princes Park councillor defects to Reform
Plus faith and fear in Medway’s Jewish community, news in brief, and more
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October 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
➡️ Princes Park councillor defects to Reform
🕍 Faith and fear in Medway's Jewish community
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🕍 Faith and fear in Medway's Jewish community
🗞️ News in brief, and more
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Multiple Conservative councillors in Kent are defecting to Reform today.
Cllr Robbie Lammas in Medway, a former staffer to Richard Holden, has jumped.
Cllr Gary Harding, Cllr David Beattie, Cllr Emma Elliott, and Cllr Aaron Elliott in Gravesham defected en masse this morning in Gravesham.
Cllr Robbie Lammas in Medway, a former staffer to Richard Holden, has jumped.
Cllr Gary Harding, Cllr David Beattie, Cllr Emma Elliott, and Cllr Aaron Elliott in Gravesham defected en masse this morning in Gravesham.
October 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Multiple Conservative councillors in Kent are defecting to Reform today.
Cllr Robbie Lammas in Medway, a former staffer to Richard Holden, has jumped.
Cllr Gary Harding, Cllr David Beattie, Cllr Emma Elliott, and Cllr Aaron Elliott in Gravesham defected en masse this morning in Gravesham.
Cllr Robbie Lammas in Medway, a former staffer to Richard Holden, has jumped.
Cllr Gary Harding, Cllr David Beattie, Cllr Emma Elliott, and Cllr Aaron Elliott in Gravesham defected en masse this morning in Gravesham.
🏴 As the far-right plots two protests for Medway, just how seriously should we be taking them?
📍 Medway's lonely reorganisation
🗞️ News in brief, and more.
📍 Medway's lonely reorganisation
🗞️ News in brief, and more.
Marching orders
The far-right plot two protests for Medway. Plus Medway's lonely reorganisation to be examined, news in brief, and more
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October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🏴 As the far-right plots two protests for Medway, just how seriously should we be taking them?
📍 Medway's lonely reorganisation
🗞️ News in brief, and more.
📍 Medway's lonely reorganisation
🗞️ News in brief, and more.
🎖️ Medway's overlooked treasure trove of military history
🗣️ Glassbox lecture casts a spell
🥓 We review Piggyz
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗣️ Glassbox lecture casts a spell
🥓 We review Piggyz
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Medway’s overlooked treasure trove of military history
Plus Glassbox lecture casts a spell, we review Piggyz, our weekly events guide, and more
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September 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎖️ Medway's overlooked treasure trove of military history
🗣️ Glassbox lecture casts a spell
🥓 We review Piggyz
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🗣️ Glassbox lecture casts a spell
🥓 We review Piggyz
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more
As ministers demand fewer, bigger councils, Kent’s authorities struggle to agree on who goes where. Bob Collins digs into what's going on and where Medway might end up.
North Kent or nowhere?
As ministers demand fewer, bigger councils, Kent’s authorities struggle to agree on who goes where
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September 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
As ministers demand fewer, bigger councils, Kent’s authorities struggle to agree on who goes where. Bob Collins digs into what's going on and where Medway might end up.
🏴 Council pledges to remove Medway's lamppost flags
🧑💻 Medway integrates more AI into services
🏗️ Brownfield scheme gets funding boost
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🧑💻 Medway integrates more AI into services
🏗️ Brownfield scheme gets funding boost
🗞️ News in brief, and more
Council pledges to remove Medway’s lamppost flags
Plus AI to the rescue, brownfield scheme gets funding boost, news in brief, and more
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September 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🏴 Council pledges to remove Medway's lamppost flags
🧑💻 Medway integrates more AI into services
🏗️ Brownfield scheme gets funding boost
🗞️ News in brief, and more
🧑💻 Medway integrates more AI into services
🏗️ Brownfield scheme gets funding boost
🗞️ News in brief, and more