Inside your Kent Messenger newspapers
00:00, 19 July 2013
updated: 11:42, 19 July 2013
Three packed editions of the Kent Messenger are out again. In addition to all the news stories we have a special supplement marking the county show and find out which schools are pictured in our series of Last Class pictures.
Our Maidstone front page story features the tragic case of Rebecca Ben-Nejma who was misdiagnosed with a stomach bug. She in fact had an ectopic pregnancy and died shortly after being turned away from Maidstone Hospital.
We reveal the discussions going on at Kent County Council over whether mileage expense rates should go up.
Two pages on the reaction to the government's first big test of planning rules to protect ancient woodland and why the diggers are rolling into Oaken Wood.
Pupils at Oakwood Park Grammar School have raised a staggering £7,000 in memory of a teacher.
Why for one couple Leeds Castle is the perfect place for an intimate wedding.
Driver speaks out after being pelted with rocks near Jade's Crossing.
As flats at Park Wood are due to be demolished, we look back at the history of the housing estate.
Fun in the sun - a picture special on the Leeds Castle classical concert.
And how a prisoner was found hanged in his cell after a dispute about food.
Last Class pictures this week are Hollingbourne, Hunton, Holy Family and Greenfields primary schools.
In Weald, firefighters had to tackle a blaze at Angley Woods.
Paddock Wood primary school says goodbye to long-serving head Michael Olley.
A financial consultant who gambled away £10,000 from trust funds has been jailed.
One family strikes it rich in the Million Pound Drop.
And a page of pictures celebrating the popular Paddock Wood carnival.
Last Class pictures of school leavers are Marden and Sandhurst Primary schools
In Malling the temperatures are soaring in the heatwave, as emergency services are called to deal with hay blazes and people jumping into a quarry to swim.
An officer found dead in a hotel room was not a Kent Police whistleblower, an inquest hears.
A family is appealing for information on asbestos after their dad died of an asbestos-related disease just six days after being diagnosed.
There's joy at two primary schools as Ofsted gives them positive grades.
And a Larkfield graffiti artist is gearing up to create a mural of Kate and the Royal baby.
Ditton, Trottiscliffe and More Park feature in our pictures of Year six leavers.
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