Medway journalists land Tour de France scoop

Medway Messenger reporter Alan Watkins and assistant news editor Lee Winter have landed a great scoop. Helped by a freedom of information request, they discovered that the local council - having originally announced that the cost of hosting the Tour de France would be £25,000 - spent £500,000 on the event, which amounted to a few minutes of excitement as the racing cyclists sped through the Kent towns of Gillingham, Chatham and Rochester. (Via holdthefrontpage)