It is 70 years since the "Miracle of Dunkirk" when little boats set sail from Ramsgate to rescue 338,000 soldiers stranded in France. In this week's Kent Messenger the events of May and June 1940 are remembered in a special supplement.
Also this week:
Family's nightmare as they discover a man moving in next door is a convicted paedophile
The doctor who left £1 million to animal charities in her will
Fresh hope in the fight to save maternity services at Maidstone
Picture specials: Custard Pie World Championships and Maidstone's Civic and Freedom Parade
PLUS Meet the Maidstone man hoping to sing England to World Cup glory