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

Thousands of people across the Towns put their best foot forward for the Medway Mile - we have two pages of pictures in today's paper.

We have another picture special with shots from leavers' proms at schools including Strood Academy and Brompton Academy.

You might not recognise his name, but if you grew up watching Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet or Joe 90, you will have seen the work of Chatham-born Keith Wilson. We look back on the life of a "local lad done good" in pictures.

Readers have the chance to win a week in a holiday cottage - worth £350 - as well as a round-up of the county's top 10 seaside attractions in What's On.

Meanwhile, Fun Club members have the chance to win tickets to see the new Smurfs 3D film in Cineworld, Medway Park, and tickets for children's activity centre Monkey Bizz.

In news, we speak to a strongman from Grain about his role in the new Harry Potter film and look at what the future might hold for Chatham's St Mary's Amateur Boxing Club, whose building has been sold at auction.

In The Way We Were, Peter Cook looks at the history of the paddle steamers that once plied their trade along the River Medway and, in the Codgers' Club, David Jones bemoans the price of beer - and considers travelling overseas for a cheaper tipple.

Sport has Medway Messenger Gills writer Luke Cawdell's predictions for the season ahead.

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