Schools cannot flush out the portfolio holder
There were some surprised looks on faces - not least among cabinet members - at the full Medway Council meeting.Protestors were out in strength to protest about the toilets - or lack of them - in...
View ArticleWho's a star, then?
Children from the Foundation and Year 1 classes at Minster Primary School, Minster, performing their Nativity play in front of parents, by ANDY PAYTON
View ArticleIt's Snow Joke!!
As you are all aware, the last two weeks in Kent have been somewhat horrendous. Unless you are between the ages of 5-17 of course! What with school closures, sledding, snowball fights, it’s far from a...
View ArticleCareer Breaks, Fire Extinguishers & Driving Tests
Again the cold, winter freeze has made its way across the county causing more chaos but I have still managed to track down one of you lovely Kentish folk for an interview. This is Katie Smith, 31 from...
View ArticleThere was life before EMA and will be after it's gone.
As a once humble student I claimed EMA, whilst studying at Canterbury college. My working class background enabled me to be entitled for financial assistance to make education more accessible to me....
View ArticlePity Chitty gang clang
There was no sign of contrition on the part of Cllr Jane Chitty when she was told she had been rude and aggressive to a council member of staff last night.Mrs Chitty spoke for 40 minutes justifying the...
View ArticleYesterday's concerns
It seems yesterday's comments hit a nerve at the council. John Staples insisted its press release was crystal clear: the webpage would "publish the full press statements it has given to the media on...
View ArticleMy Boyfriend Thinks I'm Fat...
I should eat more healthily, I should exercise; he’ll even buy me running shoes. Shocking, right?I’m kidding really, I mean he does want to buy me running shoes but he doesn’t think I’m fat… just lazy....
View ArticleInterviewing Jay from The Find
I really do get the best interviews: it’s true. Today’s was conducted in a lovely quaint village pub beer garden in glorious sunshine! Now, I wasn’t really there for the atmosphere: I was there to meet...
View ArticleUni? Do I HAVE to?
I am seventeen years old. I've just begun the second and final year of my A levels, and all I hear day in day out, are the words, "personal statement", "degree" and most irratating of all "UCAS". At...
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