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

In today’s paper, we have a lovely story about war veteran George Codling who can finally show off his long-lost medals after surprise 90 birthday celebrations.

With the London marathon less than a week away, some of the Medway runners share their reasons for signing up for the 26.2-mile challenge.

There are details of this year’s English festival, taking place at Riverside Country Park on Saturday, and we have two pages of entertainment news in Going Out plus a guide to what’s on TV this week.

We have a picture special of Medway’s young Duke of Edinburgh Award winners, plus a look back at some of the stars who have appeared at the Rochester Castle Concerts in our new feature ‘Snapshot of the Past’.

In sport, Gills boss Andy Hessenthaler has refused to concede defeat in the battle for promotion, plus all the local football results.

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