Medway council have spent £45,000 putting up posters in empty shop windows to make it look like a real business.
The council hired London-based firm Smart City Dressing to put up the ‘retail window dressing’ to make the shopping areas look more attractive to shoppers.

Britain should not contribute to a bailout of Portugal, according to Rochester and Strood MP Mark Reckless. Any financial aid would be strongly opposed by Conservative MPs, he told the Centre for Journalism.

Students and staff at the University of Kent are planning to protest over government spending cuts tomorrow in London.

Every time a train whistle pierces the quiet air of Whitstable, residents close to one railway crossing feel an instant chill. If the train stops they know there has been another accident, another death.

Rail users in Kent are expressing dissatisfaction at the service offered by Southeastern Trains. Passengers at Chatham Station in Medway were asked whether staff were offering an adequate rail enquiries service. They were also asked whether they were getting the best fares available and experiencing a generally good service.

The disgraced former Conservative councillor Nick Brice, who was expelled from his party last month for kerb crawling, has decided to become an independent after declining calls to resign. Mr Brice was dismissed from his party after he was arrested for trying to pick up a prostitute in Rochester in November last year. We asked [...]