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Dec 21, 20192 min read
WHATELY WATCH
Before we brought out our election special, Helen Whately asked us to pull the issue as we had described her new seven bedroom house,...
Dec 21, 20191 min read
Incoming Mail from Issue 7
Dear Editor, Perhaps the eagerly anticipated Tory rival to the ‘Eye’ should be called ‘Blue Vein’ - Faversham’s upstanding organ. Yours...
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Junior Reporters and Cherry Tree Update
Following our recent advert for a junior reporter, the Faversham Eye has taken on two young trainees, Ruby and Lily, to report on local...
Dec 11, 20198 min read
Faversham Poverty Story
By Richard Fleury With additional reporting by Nancy Brand It is worth remembering, as we sit down to watch A Christmas Carol or Oliver!...
Dec 6, 20192 min read
ELECTION SPECIAL
Welcome to our Faversham Eye Election Special. We are preparing a full Christmas issue to come out on Saturday, December 21 but when the...
Dec 6, 20191 min read
Gary Butler - Independent
Faversham and Mid Kent’s only other candidate in this election is far-right no hoper Gary Butler from Maidstone. Although running as an...
Dec 6, 20192 min read
Tactical Voting - Who Gets the Eye's Vote
For Faversham people wanting to vote tactically to change their MP, the choice boils down to Labour or Lib Dem. But which vote is most...
Dec 6, 20194 min read
On The Campaign Trail
We know this election has been astoundingly dirty and dishonest nationally but how have candidates conducted themselves on the Faversham...
Dec 6, 20191 min read
Faversham Eye - Xmas Appeal
The Faversham Eye Christmas Special issue is out on Saturday, December 21 and we’ll be handing out copies in the Market Place as usual....
Dec 6, 20191 min read
Is this the Eye's Most Senior Reader?
Pictured perusing the back page of Issue Six (without glasses!) is 102-year-old May Wellard. “I like to keep up with events in...
Dec 6, 20191 min read
History Corner - The Referendum to Leave
In 1960, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd held a referendum with the objective of taking back control from the British Monarchy and...
Dec 4, 20191 min read
Election Special - Candidate Guide
We asked the Faversham and Mid Kent parliamentary candidates from all four main parties for interviews in the run up to next week's...
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Hannah Temple - Green Party
Hannah, 33, has lived in Faversham with her husband for three years. An active member of the community, she is an Abbey Physic Community...
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Hannah Perkin - Liberal Democrats
Lib Dem candidate Hannah lives in Faversham and is married with a young family. She runs a vegan catering company and also works in...
Dec 4, 20194 min read
Helen Whately - Conservatives
Helen Whately succeeded Hugh Robertson as MP for Faversham and Mid Kent in 2015. The one thing you can say is that she is loyal to her...
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Jenny Reeves - Labour
Chair of the Faversham Labour branch for the last three years and a popular and active campaigner on local issues Jenny Reeves has lived...
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Who We Are and What We Stand For
The Faversham Eye is independent of any political party or cause. We have one bias and it is a bias we are proud of and which we will...
Oct 19, 20192 min read
Faversham Youth Strike for Climate
Words by Martin Collins Photos: Swale Friends of the Earth It was a lovely blue-skied late summer morning in the park as the marchers...
Oct 19, 20196 min read
Letters from Issue 6
To the Editor, Faversham Eye Feeling a trifle under the weather and – as a septuagenarian – somewhat concerned, I hastened to my local...
Oct 19, 20191 min read
What did the Tories ever do for Faversham
By John Wellard Well, err, Gave us all houses. Lots and lots of ‘em that most locals can’t afford and with no increased infrastructure to...
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