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As darkness descends, The Historic Dockyard takes on an eerie atmosphere, providing the perfect backdrop for tales of history, mystery, murder and intrigue – mixed with a little adventure and romance. This year’s ghost walks and spooky tales take visitors around the darkened cobbled streets of the Ropery buildings and into the dimly lit Ropery itself – an eerie experience in the darkened ¼ mile rope walk.
Commencing at 8pm and lasting approximately 1½ hours these eerie evenings cost £12 per person and run on the following dates:
Friday 25th October
Friday 1st & 15th November
Friday 13th December
Places are limited! To avoid disappointment, pre-booking is essential. Call 01634 823845 / 823852 or email ghostwalks@chdt.org.uk
Minimum age is 16 years if accompanied by a full paying adult over the age of 21.
Jessie Brennan portrait © Chris Dorley-Brown
The exhibition also includes one of the artist’s most famous works The Cut which won Second Prize in the Jerwood Drawing Prize, 2011, more recently this piece won Contemporary Talents 2012 (Drawing Category), François Schneider Foundation, France. Read More
World Mental Health Day on October 10 will be marked in Medway with special information stands to provide people with help and guidance. Read More
A full report into the recruitment of the “Youth” Police Commissioner has been published today. If you would like to read the full report follow this link. Report in full
Commissioner Ann Barnes
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, Ann Barnes, today published an Independent Review into the recruitment and selection processes used to appoint Paris Brown in early 2013. Read More
Cllr Mike O,Brien
In total, 2,430 children registered to sit the test, with 2,357 children actually sitting it.
Of those children that sat the test, 1,842 are Medway residents and 515 are from out of area.
Nine hundred and eight two children have been assessed as suitable for admission to a Medway Grammar School as a direct result of the test itself.
Six hundred and eighty seven Medway resident children achieved the minimum score. This represents 23 per cent of the total Medway cohort for this year group of 2,962. Read More
Medway’s flagship school sport programme – the Mini Youth Games – celebrates the start of its 15th anniversary season next week.
The tag rugby competition at Medway Rugby Club on Tuesday, 8 October will involve 360 pupils from 36 schools. It is the first of 12 inter-primary school competitions being staged during the academic year. Read More
Dear All.
Sorry to have a been a bit quiet recently…but I haven’t been that well…again!
On that note I thought I would talk a bit about some of the after effects from Meningitis that affect me…I will do a couple at a time. There are several ways in which I am affected…and these vary vastly between different people…so not all of these will affect everyone…and there will be many other things that affect others. Read More
Copyright Kennard Phillipps
IWM holds an unrivalled collection of twentieth and twenty-first century British art. Now, IWM North, part of Imperial War Museums, in Manchester is presenting the first major exhibition of IWM’s collection of contemporary art produced since the First Gulf War – placing more than 20 years of work by over 40 artists in this national collection on public display together for the first time. Read More
A community hub is set to be built in Twydall and Chatham’s central Contact Point at Riverside One will gain a new home making it easier for local people to gain benefits and housing advice.
The move is being funded by surplus money provided from the council’s Housing Revenue Account (HRA). Read More
Press release from the TUC
Nearly one in four council housing tenants affected by the bedroom tax in areas across the South East have fallen behind on their rent since its introduction earlier this year, according to new figures released today (Thursday) by False Economy.
Figures provided by 19 local authorities across the South East in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests by False Economy show that since the bedroom tax was introduced this April, more than 2,000 council housing tenants – 23 per cent of all tenants affected by the tax in these areas – have been pushed into arrears. Read More
Medway Council Trading Standards are warning the public to think carefully before signing up to green deals being sold door-to-door in Medway.
Officers advise that potential customers should always read carefully what is on offer before buying anything on the doorstep. This is because some systems may not return the expected energy savings that salesmen offer when they knock local doors – or at least not in the time frame expressed. Read More
