Rochester East Neighbourhood Panel, led by local Labour councillors Teresa Murray and Nick Bowler, is holding the first ever meeting of its newly formed Volunteer Warden Group, who will be taking part in a Community Clean Up event.

Volunteers are invited to convene at 6.30pm in the car park of the Delce Healthy Living Centre on Wednesday 23rd May. The group will then take part in a walk and litter pick around the ward.

The effort is kindly supported by Simon Harwood, one of Medway’s Community Officers, who has helped facilitate this great community effort. All equipment such as refuse sacks and gloves will be provided on the day.

Read more: Rochester East Community Clean-Up 23rd May

In September 2012, Caroline Lucas MP, formerly Green Party Member of the European Parliament for the South East, will reach the end of her second term as national Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and it has been announced that she will not be seeking re-election for another two-year term, in order to broaden opportunities for the range of talent in the Party and to raise the profiles of others aspiring to election.

Caroline Lucas said:

"I'm hugely honoured to have served as the first Leader of the Green Party and I'm proud that during the four years of my term, we've moved Green politics forward to a higher level, with the Party by far the most influential it has ever been. We've seen significant breakthroughs in winning our first seat at Westminster and gaining our first ever local council in Brighton and Hove. These were followed by further breakthroughs onto new Councils in the recent local elections, which were among the most successful we've ever had, as well as establishing ourselves as the third party, ahead of the LibDems, in the elections for London Mayor. I look forward to continuing to do all I can in my very demanding role as the MP for Brighton Pavilion."

Read more: Caroline Lucas Opens Door to New Green Party Leaders

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Read more: Manifesting what you want, kundalini yoga workshop at Hythe Imperial Spa, 20 May

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Medway Labour joined campaigners outside the London Assembly AGM at City Hall today to oppose Boris Johnson’s plans for an airport in the Thames Estuary.

Campaigners were represented from all parties, including Green mayoral candidate Jenny Jones, Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the Assembly, and Labour’s Murad Qureshi.

Read more: Labour say - No Boris Island!

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Medway Labour colleagues have elected Vince Maple unanimously as the new Group Leader at their Annual General Meeting. He takes over from Paul Godwin who has chosen to step down after 13 years in the role.

Vince, who at 34 is the youngest Labour Group Leader in the South East, said,

“It is a great honour to have been elected by my colleagues to the post of Group Leader. It will be a difficult act to follow Paul’s leadership for the last 13 years. 

“I will continue to hold the administration to account and stand up for all residents of Medway. Politics has got a bad reputation in recent years, so I want to rebuild people’s trust over time. I want to make sure people feel their voice is being heard, because I know not listening is a complaint I hear repeatedly about the current Tory administration. The Labour team want to work with people across Medway to make it an even better place to work, learn and live.”

Prior to focusing on local government service, Vince was a trade union officer for the GMB union, previously working as a civil servant in the Department of Work & Pensions and the Home Office. He has served as Labour spokesperson on the Council’s Children’s Services and Finance committees and has been Deputy Leader of the Group for the last year. Vince was former Labour MP Jonathan Shaw’s election agent in the 2005 and 2010 general elections and was recently elected to the South East Region Board of the Labour Party.

Read more: Medway Labour Group unanimously elects Cllr Vince Maple as new Group Leader

X Factor Finalists, Street Dancers, Jazz Bands and Opera Singers were all part of the action over the bank holiday weekend's Medway Love Music Hate Racism at the Riverside in Chatham.

The annual event, which was taking place for the 6th year, welcomed a enthusiastic crowd who supported the event despite the mixed weather.

Andy Abraham X Factor Finalist and Eurovision performer, who took time out from his History of Big Bands tour, headlined the Saturday with support coming from up and coming trio Rough Copy and Matthew Crane.

The Saturday saw the Youth Stage taking place, giving lots of Medway acts their first opportunity to perform to a festival audience.

Sunday Love DJ's stormed the event, with a special presentation to Mikey Ragga celebrating 25 years of performing.

On the Monday a number of great local acts including Blissful Mop, Broken Banjo, Juice and Delayed Experience took to the main stage.  Monday also saw the Bob Wade Stage taking place with great acoustic acts like Simon Weller, Alex Collins, Glenn Barnes and the Flowing entertaining the crowd.  The Bob Wade Stage is named after one of the founding members of the Medway Love Music team who died in Feb 2011.

Ian Compton, Drummer from Juice said "It was great to be able to support Medway Love Music Hate Racism once again, the message is important and one the whole band really supports."

Read more: Medway Love Music Hate Racism Round-Up