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Plastic Bottles: 10 Million a day in the UK!
I don’t know why I first notice them. But when I did, I realised that they were everywhere. In a half-hour walk, I see three or four discarded water bottles.
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Punjab United v Sutton Athletic
It was a bitterly cold day for Punjab United’s first home game of 2025. Punjab starts the year fifth in the Southern Counties League Premier Division, 18 points behind leaders Faversham Town.
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Gravesham General Election 2024 Round-up
I presumed that Rishi Sunak had fired the starting gun on one of Gravesham’s most closely fought elections in recent history. We have a new MP, but it wasn’t the battle I expected.
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Print Edition Three: 2024 Election
Our third print edition tells the story of the 2024 General Election. It was consequential for Gravesham and the country large. But you wouldn’t have thought that from events on the ground.
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Edward Moore House Protest
A small group of Gravesend residents gather outside the Civic Centre in Gravesend, home of the Gravesham Borough Council. They object to the proposed opening in the town of a home for unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS)…
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Labour Win in Gravesham
In the early hours of Friday, 5th July, Lauren Sullivan was elected as the Member of Parliament for Gravesham.
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Gravesham Election Hustings 2024
On Thursday evening, the City Praise Centre in Gravesend hosted the only hustings in Gravesham for the 2024 general election.
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Gravesham: A Day in the Life
On Saturday, 1st June, anyone with a camera was invited to take part in Gravesham’s first Day in the Life shoot, part of the Gravesham Fringe Festival. The aim is to make it an annual…
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Print Edition Two: The Lost Pubs
In 2000, there were 67 pubs in Gravesend. Today, just 31 are still trading. The latest to close is The Peacock, which opened in 1833 and sadly served its last pint on 1st January.
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The Compass Points to a Possible Future
The Compass Alehouse became Gravesend’s first micro-pub in 2014. John and Rachael run the pub with the help of a group of volunteers, which tells you about its place in the community.
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The Last Ferry to Tilbury
The Jacob Marley leaves Gravesend for the last time and the sun sets on a ferry service that has carried passengers between Tilbury and Gravesend for over 700 years. The ferry’s cancellation is another symptom…
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Gravesend Civic Centre & Woodville Theatre
I know I’m likely in the minority, but I need to be honest: I love the Civic Centre and the Woodville. Brutalism, the architectural style, is a love-it-or-hate-it thing. I love it and maybe you…