The Kent Messenger is out again today, packed with lots of stories, guide to summer fun and days out and some great competitions.

Our front page in Maidstone features the 8-strong Flisher family and how they are having to survive in a one-bedroom flat.

Last Class pictures this edition are: Archbishop Courtenay, Boughton Monchelsea and Brunswick House primary schools.

Congratulations go to Vera Pigott who has turned 108.

Police evacuate cafe in Bearsted after a bomb was dug up in a car park.

How more cutbacks are going to bite, as KCC looks to privatise more services.

Shoppers are urged to stop killing beggars with kindness in the form of donations. Instead, council bosses are urging people to donate to charity instead.

Heard the one about...the vicar who had them laughing in the aisles? One man is featuring on TV with his brand of humour

How one man turned his life around from mugging and drugs to serving God.

The Royal Star Arcade in Maidstone High Street is up for a sale and a mystery buyer has come forward.

How elderly patients have been left in the lurch after the new patient transport service became overwhelmed with a high volume of calls.

A 2,000-signature petition is presented to Maidstone council calling for it to reverse a decision that could see Bluebell Wood concreted over with homes.

Plus picture specials on panto auditions (yes -you read that right - in July!) and the Race for Life.

In Weald, one headteacher had something of a meltdown when he smashed an electric organ when it refused to work in assembley.

Last class pictures feature Staplehurst and Yalding primaries

Another headteacher - in Tenterden- has issued a warning against parents who become abusive towards her staff.

And tragically a man was found shot in Paddock Wood.

In Malling, there's sadness as the West Malling Women's Institute calls it a day after 96 years.

Last Class pictures show pupils at Hadlow, Plaxtol and Ightham primary schools.

Concerns have been raised that part of a West Malling pub's beer garden is slowly slipping into the railway line below.

How a school is vowing to continue in the face of a sudden departure of its headteacher and several staff

And a financial advisor has been jailed for a complex insurance fraud which saw him submit false claims.