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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 3h

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 5h

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 1d

Kent’s small businesses can shape the county’s future by redefining its image and unlocking new opportunities beyond the 'Garden of England' | Symon Barkway

How SMEs can cultivate growth beyond the ‘Garden’ tagline

Kent’s small businesses can shape the county’s future by redefining its image and unlocking new opportunities beyond the 'Garden of England'

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 3d

With Kent Oktoberfest in full swing, we look at the history of British hop-picking, and how we might save the industry post-Brexit | Mike Phillips

A Kent legacy in need of saving: the dying culture of hop-picking

With Kent Oktoberfest in full swing, we look at the history of British hop-picking, and how we might save the industry post-Brexit

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 3d

Ed Davey and his Liberal Democrats march on Bournemouth

The Liberal Democrats want to be seen as the main opponents of Reform UK but recent success is presenting wider challenges |Jonathan Calder

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Ed Davey and his Liberal Democrats march on Bournemouth

The Liberal Democrats want to be seen as the main opponents of Reform UK but recent success is presenting wider challenges

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3d

Boris Johnson broke the news model – smirking as he lied on camera, knowing no journalist would dare call him out.

The joke was on us.

Peter Thurlow reports

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 4d

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding.
Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 3d

The Lincolnshire Fens desperately need new flood defences

The iconic landscape of the Fens faces an uncertain future unless funding is urgently secured to protect them
@cliftop.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

The Lincolnshire Fens desperately need new flood defences

The iconic landscape of the Fens faces an uncertain future unless funding is urgently secured to protect them

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 4d

"Persuasion UK presented DeSmog’s findings that the party raised £2.3 million between the 2019 and 2024 elections from climate science deniers and fossil fuel interests – equivalent to 92 percent of its funding over the period."

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

www.desmog.com

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 3d

With Kent Oktoberfest in full swing, we look at the history of British hop-picking, and how we might save the industry post-Brexit | Mike Phillips

A Kent legacy in need of saving: the dying culture of hop-picking

With Kent Oktoberfest in full swing, we look at the history of British hop-picking, and how we might save the industry post-Brexit

kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 3d

Thank you for pointing this out will pull down and repost the correct one.

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 4d

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding.
Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

www.desmog.com

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 4d

The death of truth and accuracy in the mainstream media

Politicians and the media are distorting the truth; how can we avoid being duped?
@garygilligan.bsky.social

The death of truth and accuracy in the mainstream media

Politicians and the media are distorting the truth; how can we avoid being duped?

centralbylines.co.uk

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 5d

The Stockton and Darlington turns 200 as we look at the history of locomotion, waggonway, and the new era of privatisation. | Richard Styles

Still on the rails: 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington turns 200 as we look at the history of locomotion, waggonway, and the new era of privatisation.

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 7d

Misconceptions about vaccinations and their safety have existed for decades but to find the truth, we need to look at the real science | India Capsalis

Vaccines and Cancer: Separating Fact from Fear

Misconceptions about vaccinations and their safety have existed for decades but to find the truth, we need to look at the real science

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 9d

Eurostar’s 30-year monopoly on the cross-channel route is being challenged by four companies. This article examines the pros and cons | Charlotte Mbali

Which cross-channel trains will stop in Kent?

Eurostar’s 30-year monopoly on the cross-channel route is being challenged by four companies. This article examines the pros and cons

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 11d

A mum received a call from a shop security officer: her 17-year-old son had been caught shoplifting. What to do, she asks? | Charlotte Mbali

My teenage son was caught shoplifting

A mum received a call from a shop security officer: her 17-year-old son had been caught shoplifting. What to do, she asks?

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 12d

Baha has previously shared his story of survival in Gaza with us. Now his wife, Samaa, recounts her experience of having a baby in a genocide. | Jennie Kermode

Nowhere to run to: Gaza woman flees for life just days after giving birth

Baha has previously shared his story of survival in Gaza with us. Now his wife, Samaa, recounts her experience of having a baby in a genocide.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16d

Critical choice for Europe: stand strong or succumb to Trump

A new report advises Europe to take a stand for its autonomy against ideological attack from Donald Trump and allies | Martin Banks

Critical choice for Europe: stand strong or succumb to Trump

A new report advises Europe to take a stand for its autonomy against ideological attack from Donald Trump and allies

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 15d

Nationwide protests have erupted across France against President Macron's new economic policies. Here's everything you need to understand why | Paul Swallow

Let’s Block Everything: the new wave of French protests

Nationwide protests have erupted across France against President Macron's new economic policies. Here's everything you need to understand why

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 15d

Congratulations to our sister network @northeastbylines.co.uk
What a team and what an incredible milestone to reach.
We are so proud to work alongside you all 👏🙌🎉❤️

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15d

North East Bylines have just published their 5000th article!! 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations NEB! A very apt way to celebrate too:

Love over hate: Newcastle unites at Grey’s Monument
"We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"

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Love over hate: Newcastle unites at Grey’s Monument

"We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 15d

"Free Speech" but at what cost?

From free speech to censorship: Donald Trump’s hypocritical word ban

After years of Trump and Republicans arguing for supposed ‘free speech’, Trump has now ordered a ban on ‘woke’ language

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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 16d

After years of Trump and Republicans arguing for supposed ‘free speech’, Trump has now ordered a ban on ‘woke’ language | Charlie Graydon

All aboard the Kent local government reorganisation

Kent's 12 existing councils and Medway are considering reorganising into either three or four geographically-based unitary authorities

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20d

Today, Central Bylines turns five years old; to celebrate, Simon Ferrigino, Judy Copage, Mark Cunliffe and Julian Greenbank take a retrospective look at the variety of articles published since our launch, where the publication currently stands, and what the future holds

5 Years On: Central Bylines

Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 09/25/2025 · 35m

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21d

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