Three editions of the Kent Messenger are out on Friday and this is a preview of what's inside.

The front page of Maidstone shows the drama that unfolded when a house went up in flames and two people had to be rescued from the roof.

Its the moment mums have been waiting for - we announce the winner of the Cute Kids competition.

A five-year-old who needs a taxi to get to school was left traumatised when he was abandoned in the firm's office.

The widow of an American airmen killed when he fell onto tracks at Maidstone East gives birth.

The County Town is running out of burial space with only a few more years left.

A burglar who trashed a home and escaped with £32,000 in jewellery is locked up.

March of the false widow spiders....or is it? Sightings of creepy crawlies flood into the KM but are they the real deal?

A pupil at St Simon Stock school will become a mentor to stop others getting bullied.

The moving dementia diaries written by the grandsons of a man battling the condition.

Latest on Earl Street as the road's shops undergo their transformation into new eateries.

A suspected shoplifter plunges off The Mall's multi-storey car park.

In Weald, we reveal that UKIP is on the march and targeting borough council seats.

Village shops stage a fight-back against the superstores with a Shop Local scheme.

And how Staplehurst sees itself developing over the next 20 years as it launches a neighbourhood plan.

In Malling our front page is how development at Kings Hill has sparked the re-introduction of train services to the City of London.

How the Kings Hill community of mums have come together to help a little girl after a serious meningitis scare.

A rapist who launched a violent attack on another man in prison is sentenced.

And how night-time drink crime is on the rise in West Malling as overall crime is going down.

Plus don't miss What's On, packed with ideas for days and nights out in Kent.