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

As the nights start to draw in, you would be forgiven for wanting to jet away on a warm city break. Well, here's your chance - with a competition to win flights to Barcelona with easyJet.

Also in our What's On magazine is a fabulous competition prize of an £800 shopping spree at Bluewater.

Tomorrow is a big day for thousands of nervous youngsters across Medway as they take the all-important 11 Plus. We've got last-minute tips every parent should read.

In news, we reveal why £350,000 of taxpayers' money was spent at two schools... just to remove photocopiers. You can also find out all you need to know about next Friday's World's Biggest Coffee Morning, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support - the Messenger's charity of the year.

We also have a picture special from the Royal Engineers parade through Rochester on Sunday.

In The Way We Were, Peter Cook talks to a Wigmore pensioner about how she was evacuated aged 10 - but had no idea where she was going. And, in The Codgers' Club, he bemoans the whiplash fraudsters pushing up car insurance premiums.

Sport tells how Gills boss Andy Hessenthaler aims to follow the blueprint set by former manager Tony Pulis in a bid to make Priestfield a fortress.

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