Don't miss the bumper package of news and sport in today’s Medway Messenger (Monday) including the first of this term’s First Class pictures.
Our photographer was at Cliffe Woods Primary School to capture the moment youngsters started school.
There were mixed emotions as Medway Council announced its intention to close Ridge Meadow and St John’s Infant Schools and keep St Peter’s Infant School open.
Reporter Hayley Robinson was at the council’s cabinet meeting when the decision was announced and we bring you a two-page report with reaction.

World Cup fever is already brewing after England's stylish qualification for the finland and and today you can get a free poster of the team that thrashed Croatia earlier this month - just postage required.

Diana Vickers, who found fame on the X Factor last year, it about to make her West End debut in the Rise and Fall of Little Voice and you could win tickets to see her alongside top British actors Lesley Sharp and Marc Warren.

Star Trek's George Takei is coming to Medway in December to appear in Aladdin at The Central Theatre, Chatham. In Out on the Towns this week, he tells us how his I'm a Celebrity co-star and 2008 panto star Joe Swash persuaded him to tread the boards in Chatham.

We are also first with the weekend sport, eight pages of reports, pictures and reaction including how the Gills intend to bounce back after their defeat at Leeds.

And you can take a short break from today's chores by tackling our trivia page which has quiz questions, crossword, Sudoku and the chance to catch up on what's going on at kmfm with Oli Kemp's column.