Another packed KM is out on Friday and these are the big stories of the week

In Maidstone, a family are in shock after a dad was attacked in the street with a claw hammer.

Security guard Robbie Smith is being hailed a hero after he saved the life of a toddler who had stopped breathing.

We've got the full reaction of the fall out after a damning report was published, revealing some offences have not been recorded by Kent Police, who were desperate to hit targets.

The County Town is seeing a surge in people requesting emergency food rations.

Why Maidstone is popular with overseas visitors and has a strong connection to the USA.

Villagers in Lenham formed a human shield to stop the march of developers' diggers.

We meet the family of Callum Knell, who is doing a star turn in the Big Brother house.

There are two special investigations this week - why Maidstone is carving out a niche selling cannabis seeds - and how many of us are driving illegally without even realising.

What happened when a Tibetan monk visited people in the town

Why the family of tragic teen Charlotte Porter are calling for an acne drug to be banned, following her death.

Plus a picture special on how the Mote Park mini railway is fighting back against callous metal thieves who stole track.

And the lady who is on a diet....but runs a chocolate business.

In our Weald edition, the front page features a plan to cover miles of farmland in the Weald countryside with solar farms.

There's a picture special showing what happened when The Princess Royal dropped by at a garage.

Tributes paid to RAF war hero John Mackinder who has died aged 96 and was well known in Cranbrook.

Not so perfick - there's been lots of objections to a Darling Buds of May-themed tourist attraction.

And how one youngster is learning to live with diabetes.

In Malling, there's been shock in Aylesford at a mass exodus of staff from a primary school.

Going, going, gone..how the Larkfield site of the KM is changing.

Two people have been charged after a pub brawl in West Malling

Keep calm and carry on driving - but could traffic calming measures be coming to West Malling.

And more on the Music on the Hill festival, due to be headlined by Peter Andre.