It is less than a week to go until the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and people in Medway are ready to paint the Towns red, white and blue.

Don’t miss our guide to what’s happening over the bank holiday weekend in today’s Medway Messenger.

Also in today’s paper, we’ve got some great pictures of people enjoying the sun over the last few days and details of how a sailing trip led to a major mud rescue when a group of people ended up stuck in the estuary on Saturday.

In our regular page 2 feature, children’s TV presenter Phil Gallagher, best known as CBeebies’ Mister Maker, who grew up in Gillingham, tells us about his favourite places in Medway.

We’ve also got our weekly entertainment guide in Going Out and TV highlights in Box Clever.

In sport, reporter Luke Cawdell looks back on the high and lows of Gillingham FC’s season.