Your Medway Messenger is in the shops now, packed with the latest news, pictures and sport.

Find out how to grab a share of £3,000 in our Dockside Christmas giveaway and how to get hold a free Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakwel, watch.

Free leisure guide What's On has interviews with Kent panto stars, a round-up of Christmas concerts and a guide to what's on the box over the next seven days.

Also free inside is Homes & Motors with hundreds of houses, flats and cars for sale.

Our pictures capture some of the magic of the season with specials on the popular Dickensian festival in Rochester and the switch-on of Gillingham's Christmas lights.

We've got more cute First Class pictures with the spotlight this week on Oaklands in Chatham, Elaine in Strood and Warren Wood, Rochester

There are also three pages of letters, views and comment, including The Codgers Club, this week with Peter Cook.

So many reasons to pick up a copy of the Medway Messenger - in the shops now.