Today's Medway Messenger is another action-packed edition.

We have the full story about the incident at Rochester Airport that nearly turned into a disaster.

A row of trees is thought to be all that stood between the light aircraft ending up in the middle of traffic on the busy Maidstone Road.

Friends and family of teenager Sonny Pataria, whose body was found in the River Medway earlier this month, held a moving lantern-lit ceremony in his memory. Our reporter Keyan Milanian was there.

Equally moving were the funerals for taxi driver Ashley Adams, with a convoy of cabbies paying their respects, and long-serving officer Jan Pattenden, which was carried out with full police honours.

Jan's coffin was bright yellow - fitting for someone known by her family as "our sunshine girl".

On a lighter note, there's a kidnap mystery at a Medway pub. Just what has happened to that lifesize cut-out of rugby ace Lawrence Dallaglio?

You can warm up with a free cappucino or latte thanks to our McDonald's coffee offer.

There are also tickets to be won for a comedy night - and we could all do with a bit of cheering up during the recession.

Add to this all the latest sport, including Gills back on the promotion trail, and you have a fantastic paper to start your week.