Your big value Medway Messenger is in the shops now. We have all the latest news, sport and pictures and lots more.

We're celebrating the hugely successful Armed Forces Day with three pages of reports and an eight-page souvenir picture special. It's a great memento of a remarkable day.

The watiing is over for the mums and dads who entered their children for Kids Galore. Today we reveal the 12 finalists. Now it's up to the judges to decide the group winners and the overall champion.

Do you know a local hero? If the answer is yes, you could put them forward for a Pride in Medway award. The nomination form and details on how to enter are inside.

Focus magazine is free with the Messenger and this month it includes a special report on shopping at the Dockside Outlet Centre at Chatham Maritime and your chance to win a holiday in France. Also free inside is your What's On leisure guide and Homes and Motors.

In sport, you can keep up to date with transfer and contract developments from the Gills as the players prepare for pre-season training as well as the latest cricket news.

It's all in your Medway Messenger - out today.