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Table tennis titles - 62 years apart!

Table tennis titles - 62 years apart!

Gravesend pensioner wins table tennis crown - more than 60 years since she first won singles title

Dad’s scare as wife and girls taken ill

Dad’s scare as wife and girls taken ill

A father's nightmare came true when he had three family members in three hospital wards... one battling a killer bug.

Kitchen fire after oven clean

Kitchen fire after oven clean

A Gravesend woman set her kitchen on fire after cleaning her oven this morning.

Labour hold Gravesham ward

Labour hold Gravesham ward

Labour has managed to hold on to the Coldharbour ward in Gravesend with a slim majority.

Cute Kids: Vote for your favourite

Cute Kids: Vote for your favourite

A few of our Cute Kids entrants contained errors, we are reprinting them here ahead of votes closing on June 2.

New deals for Fleet quartet

New deals for Fleet quartet

Ebbsfleet United have made their first four signings of the close-season.

Residents angry for being left in the dark

Residents angry for being left in the dark

People living in two Gravesend streets say there has been a dramatic increase in crime in their neighbourhood since street lights were switched off.

School aces pick up prizes

School aces pick up prizes

It was a victory for teaching standards in Gravesend with three teachers getting top prizes at the Kent Teacher of the Year awards.

Ted gets his girl... 40 years after fling

Ted gets his girl... 40 years after fling

Two pensioners have shown love really can conquer all by getting married – in their care home years after splitting up following a fling.

Brown's contract complications

Brown's contract complications

Assembling a squad which will train three mornings a week next season is proving more difficult than Ebbsfleet boss Steve Brown first expected.

Double disappointment for Sankofa

Double disappointment for Sankofa

Osei Sankofa knew his days at Ebbsfleet United were numbered when he was dropped in the middle of their play-off campaign.

Bottle it up for greenhouse

Bottle it up for greenhouse

Children at Thamesview School are in a race against time to collect 1,500 bottles to build an eight-foot eco greenhouse.

Knife-wielding thug leaves pensioner traumatised

Knife-wielding thug leaves pensioner traumatised

A thug who left a pensioner 'absolutely traumatised' and living in fear after jabbing at him with a knife in a terrifying raid has been jailed.

Man hospitalised after fall from scaffolding

Man hospitalised after fall from scaffolding

Air ambulance crew members helped out when a man was injured after falling from scaffolding.

Chippy is one of the best

Chippy is one of the best

A chippy in Northfleet is the plaice to be after winning an award which puts them in the UK’s top three per cent.

Eat local, at your local

Eat local, at your local

Now you can eat local at your local as the Three Daws pub has introduced a new menu featuring locally sourced produce.

Voters warned: Don't take selfies in poll booths

Voters warned: Don't take selfies in poll booths

People voting in tomorrow's elections are being warned not to take selfies in the voting booths.

'I feel like council don't care about people buried here'

'I feel like council don't care about people buried here'

Grave concerns have been raised after grass in Gravesend cemetery has grown wildly out of control.

Fire crews finally leave massive blaze at builders merchants

Fire crews finally leave massive blaze at builders merchants

Firefighters tackling a huge blaze on an industrial estate that left a large building collapsed have finally left the scene after more than 24 hours.

Three people trapped in lift for three hours

Three people trapped in lift for three hours

Firefighters were called to a housing estate in Northfleet last night after three people got stuck in a lift.

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