East Kent bids for City of Culture status
April 22, 2013 by Gareth
East Kent is hoping to be awarded with the accolade of UK City of Culture in 2017 and is being backed by a renowned designer among other leading cultural figures.
Wayne Hemingway, a well-known [Read more]
Disruptions to trains over Easter
March 27, 2013 by Michael
Residents of Strood and the Medway area have been advised to check before they travel on trains over the Easter weekend as there are several alterations to local rail services.
Planned engineering works are set to cause disruption to several regular train services over Easter. Anyone hoping to travel on Southeastern trains over the Easter weekend has been asked to ensure that they pay attention to communications that are being released about the changes to timetables.
Strood residents are advised to check with stations or the Southeastern website before they travel. A spokesperson commented on the disruptions to Southeastern train services, saying:
“Network Rail is conducting major engineering work over the Easter period which will have an impact on our services.”
She continued:
“We advise any passengers travelling over this period to plan ahead, allow additional time to travel and check our website or the National Rail Enquiries website for a full list of service alterations.”
Commenting on the situation on behalf of Network Rail, the company that will be carrying out the works over Easter weekend, a spokesperson said:
“We work closely with Southeastern to carry out improvement works at times which will disrupt the least number of passengers… We apologise to passengers affected by the improvement work taking place over Easter.”
More information about the disruptions can be found on both the Southeastern and Network Rail websites, and public transport users should perhaps keep an eye out for any flyer printing or short notice visits to
print shops by transport officials to spread news of changes.
Hollywood comes to Medway with new films
February 23, 2013 by Gareth
Hollywood has taken more than a passing interest in the Kent region recently after the region was chosen to be the backdrop of two [Read more]
Strood business owners benefit from networking event
January 31, 2013 by Gareth
A networking event was recently held for local businesses in Strood and the wider Medway region, encouraging people to [Read more]
Young Strood motorists get safety wakeup call
December 30, 2012 by Gareth
Young drivers in Strood were given a reality check recently as local firefighting crews emphasised the dangers of [Read more]
New supermarket for Strood
November 28, 2012 by Lyndon
Strood residents now have more choice than ever of where they do their weekly shop thanks to the opening of a [Read more]
Medway residents receive kitchen fire warnings
October 24, 2012 by Lyndon
Local residents in the Medway region have received advice on how to avoid kitchen fires following two separate incidents that occurred in the area.
Local fire and [Read more]
A multichannel welcome from the University of Kent
September 30, 2012 by Gareth
The University of Kent is welcoming new students onto campus in every way possible, combining a number of online and print initiatives to help [Read more]
Strood Academy ready for the new term
August 26, 2012 by Lyndon
A new school in Strood is finally ready to open its doors when the new term starts in September.
Strood Academy is set to raise the bar for [Read more]
British Land buy Daily Mail print site
July 2, 2012 by Lyndon
Commercial property development firm British Land has recently announced its plans to buy the printing site formerly used to produce the Daily Mail newspaper.
Plans to purchase the former Daily Mail printing site in [Read more]
