15/04/2013 - Woman fined for dropping litter in Medway
A woman’s decision to throw a cigarette butt on the ground has cost her almost £400...read more
12/04/2013 - Gillingham architect in second planning permission prosecution
An architect from Gillingham has been left more than seven thousand pounds out of pocket after continually ignoring a council notice concerning substantial changes to his property...read more
08/04/2013 - Man fined for failing to assist in flytipping investigation
A Chatham man must part with almost £1,900 after he ignored council correspondence relating to flytipping containing suspected marijuana...read more
27/03/2013 - Bogus benefits claim leaves Strood man out of pocket
A Strood man is hundreds of pounds out of pocket after admitting making a bogus claim for council tax and housing support for a home he claimed to rent not own...read more
04/03/2013 - Two litterbugs fined
Two people will have to part with three hundred pounds each as a result of their decision to drop litter in Medway...read more
07/02/2013 - Medway woman admits £15000 benefit fraud
A Medway woman has been given a jail sentence,suspended for a year, after admitting two counts of benefit fraud...read more
06/02/2013 - Litter costs two Medway women nearly £800
Dropping litter last summer has cost two Medway women nearly eight hundred pounds...read more
08/01/2013 - Fine for DIY enthusiast for fly-tipping building works waste
A DIY enthusiast carrying out home improvements has been handed a £500 fine, and £1,210 in costs, after he allowed the waste from his building works to be fly-tipped...read more
19/12/2012 - McDonalds Litter Lout
A litterbug who flung her empty McDonalds bag onto the ground has seen her fine for discarding rubbish rocket to more than £300...read more
11/12/2012 - Fine for failing to produce waste licence
A Chatham man has been fined £1,000 for failing to supply the correct paperwork for transporting waste...read more
10/12/2012 - Job Centre worker convicted for benefits fraud
A job centre worker has been convicted of fraudulently claiming more than £20,000 in benefits...read more
05/12/2012 - Team awarded for its 'resourceful' approach to project
Medway Council’s Environmental Protection Team has won a national award for its work...read more
27/11/2012 - Illegal skips removed in crackdown operation
A week-long operation focusing on illegal skips has resulted in 11 being removed from Medway’s streets...read more
22/11/2012 - £1,000 fine for driver in fly tipping crack down
A 55 year old man from Chatham has been fined £1,000 by Medway Magistrates after being caught in a joint police and council operation to crack down on fly tipping...read more
13/11/2012 - Litterbugs fined for dropping cigarette butts
Two litterbugs have been fined by magistrates after discarding cigarette butts in Gillingham High Street, in two separate incidents...read more
18/10/2012 - Salon shop owner loses appeal against trade waste conviction
A salon owner found guilty of not having a contract in place for disposing her trade waste has lost an appeal against her conviction...read more
17/09/2012 - Noisy neighbour's stereo seized
A noisy neighbour's stereo has been confiscated after he cranked up the volume and boomed out tracks by Robbie Williams, Chris de Burgh and Celine Dion...read more
17/08/2012 - Litterbugs fined in court
Two litterbugs have been ordered to pay £430 between them after discarding cigarettes in Medway streets during two separate incidents...read more
10/08/2012 - Businesswoman fined for taking waste home and dumping it in the bin
Businesses are being urged to dispose of waste properly after a court ordered a beautician to pay more than £1,600 for taking rubbish home and putting it in her household bin...read more
03/08/2012 - Litterbug fined
A magistrate ordered a litterbug to pay more than £400 after she failed to pay a fine for dropping a cigarette butt on the pavement in a busy town centre...read more
25/04/2012 - Man prosecuted for dumping asbestos on a road
A roofer has been electronically tagged after driving with broken up asbestos on the back of an open lorry and dumping it on a highway...read more
22/02/2012 - Benefit cheat ordered to carry out community order
A judge ordered a benefit cheat to carry out community service after listening to her defence and declaring: “I do believe you have lied to me today...read more
17/01/2012 - Litterbugs fined in court
A litterbug who threw a cigarette end on to the pavement before doing a spot of shopping in a 99p store has been ordered by a court to pay more than £400...read more