Start the week with your Monday Medway Messenger, with all the latest news, sport and entertainment.

In news, a man who was rescued from a mud bank on the river Medway speaks about his ordeal for the first time and Cherie Blair visits a Rainham school.

Find out how you can follow the Olympic flame when it comes to the Towns next month and we’ve got lots of pictures of the Medway Secondary School Games softball and rounders tournaments.

If you are planning a day out in the capital, read our guide to the top five things to do in London, and closer to home, we’ve got stage, comedy, music and more in our two-page Going Out guide for Medway.

In sport, could former Southend boss Steve Tilson be the next Gills manager and don’t miss the Medway Messenger Sunday League picture special.