The latest edition of the Medway Messenger is in the shops now - packed full of all the latest news, pictures and sport.

We have some great competitions - including your chance to win a £1,200 Christmas shopping spree and tickets to see Happy Feet 2 at Cineworld.

With the big day approaching we have pictures from fairs aroung the Towns as well as two pages of nativity pictures from schools including Featherby Infants, St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary and St Nicholas Infants. See if you can spot your child.

In news, we speak to the woman who lit up the sky at vigils for a gravely ill baby and reveal how more than 3,500 homes are standing empty in Medway.

The Medway Messenger is at the heart of your community - we have the latest on our Christmas campaign in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and the Embo Coast to Coast Appeal.

Sport has nine pages of action, including all the Gills news ahead of Saturday's tie with Macclesfield.

All this and lots more in the latest edition of the Medway Messenger - pop out and pick up your copy today!