Deputy and community editor of Kent’s Medway Messenger, David Jones, left on 9 August after officially retiring last month.

Jones spent 37 years with KM Group and was previously editor of the now defunct Kent Evening Post. He will still contribute to a weekly column.

No replacement has been announced. Sarah Clarke, senior news editor, oversees the Medway news desk.

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