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

Our stories include the drugs shame of a Falklands hero, among a gang of eight heroin and crack cocaine dealers locked up for more than 30 years.

Parents tell of their anger after the exam papers of children sitting the Medway Test are collected too soon in a mistake by invigilators.

Tributes are paid to a young RAF serviceman from Chatham who has died suddenly and we have the latest on Medway's bid for city status.

Find out what 25-stone Twydall administrator Julie Breaker did when she was refused a gastric band.

And meet the volunteer mercy team members who are often the first on the scene of emergencies - and need your help in raising money to fund vital kit.

See if you can spot your child in our picture special on a pirate day at Chatham's Fort Amherst.

There's a full page of your letters and in The Codgers' Club, Peter Cook imagines what would happen if Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe was paired with the Pope.

What's On brings you the chance to win a trip to Disneyland Paris with Eurotunnel.

We have all the action from the Medway Messenger Youth League and, in Sport, Gillingham defender Josh Gowling has urged supporters to keep faith with the team.

All this and lots more in the Medway Messenger - pop out and pick up a copy today.