The crew of Sheerness lifeboat made a detour to Minster beach to thank a mother-and-daughter team of artists for including the RNLI in a new seaside mural.

Former EastEnders actor Danny Dyer has joied calls for water firms to be re-nationalised at a rally at Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey

A mural of Turner's The Fighting Temeraire is being replaced by a mermaid, octopus and Thames sailing barges at The Leas, Minster, on the Isle of Sheppey.

All three of Sheppey's beaches are now flying Seaside Awards flags. And Sheerness has a Blue Flag.