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This month (October 2025) is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance (KMCA) have announced that it’s working with Menopause and Cancer, a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping cancer patients navigate the often-overlooked challenges of treatment-induced menopause.

Many individuals undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, or endocrine therapy experience difficult menopausal symptoms, ranging from hot flushes and fatigue to emotional distress and cognitive changes. Yet, support for these symptoms can be hard to find.

As the new fast coronavirus testing station opened at Kemsley Community Centre on Ridham Avenue in Kemsley (ME10 2SF), to help bring down the infection rates in the Sittingbourne area the Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the third National Lockdown.

Today's figures were announced at 4pm today (Tuesday 5th January) and appear above.

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Swale Borough Council are asking for volunteers to help support vulnerable people during the coronavirus outbreak.

The council has been asked by the government to coordinate how to get support out to the most vulnerable people in the community.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced in Parliament today that the Medway NHS Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures following "fundamental breaches of care".