A mum who gave her daughter extra lessons when she struggled with dyslexia is setting up a school to help other youngsters.

This week's Gravesend Messenger includes our Cute Kids competition - don't miss it.

Police are appealing for information after a man was attacked in an alley in Northfleet.

Gravesham has voted in a new mayor.

Look out in Thursday's Gravesend Messenger for the very first Cute Kids competition with £1,000 to be won.

Two people were cut free after a crash near Bluewater last night.

A group of colleges is to make a second round of redundancies in less than two years, it has been announced.

One man is calling for people to take more pride, and stop dumping rubbish in an alleyway in Northfleet.

Ebbsfleet United's owners have agreed to sell to a group of Kuwaiti investors in a move that secures the future of the struggling club.

A man raising money for the Salvation Army by trekking all over the country is due in town this week.

An old empty flat above a Post Office on Old Road West has been brought back into use thanks to a £25,000 cash injection.

Firefighters laid down their hoses to hand over £8,000 worth of specialist equipment to Darent Valley Hospital’s Little Buds Fund.

Two new adventure play area areas have been built at Trosley and Shorne Woods Country Parks.

A key group of MPs has rejected the idea of an international airport in the Thames estuary. Instead Heathrow should be up to two new runways.

The group includes all of the area’s doctors and took over planning for health services for the area’s 249,000 population in April.

The Friends of Beacon Wood have been working hard - but need your help

A film crew has been out and about in Gravesend town centre today.

Neigbhours have spoken of their shock after learning one of New York's most wanted fugitives lived in their neighbourhood.

Find out what's in this week's Gravesend Messenger.

A policeman has been awarded for his work in bringing an evil Northfleet father who trafficked young girls to work as sex slaves to justice.