Thousands of people flocked to Rochester this weekend to join the 34 annual Dickens Festival.

The high street was filled was Victorian ladies, pickpockets, convicts, street entertainers and music. We’ve got a two-page picture special in today’s Medway Messenger.

Also in today’s paper, an army wife from Gillingham has reached number 1 in the UK singles chart after singing on the Diamond Jubilee track, and police launch a crackdown on nuisance drinkers in Chatham.

We’ve got a look ahead to this year’s Fuse Festival, which starts on Friday, and plenty more ideas for things to do in Going Out.

In sport, we have a report and pictures from the Medway Messenger Sunday League awards evening and Gills players model the new kit.