We'd like to wish everyone who visits this site a very merry Christmas.

The next edition of the Medway Messenger is out on Bank Holiday Monday with the latest news and sport.

We'll also have the chance to win tickets to see X Factor finalist Olly Murs when he appears at Amadeus, Medway Valley Park, on New Year's Eve. You can also win a book chronicling the Gills' fantastic 2008/9 promotion season or a new board game.

How well do you remember 2009 - check it our with our quiz of the year featuring local, national and international questions.

There are also school nativity pictures and photos of the Gillingham football stars visiting young patients at Medway Maritime Hospital.

Friday's Medway Messenger will be out a day early next week, on Thursday, December 31, for the New Year break.

Our offices on Medway City Estate closed at noon on Christmas Eve but will reopen at 9am on Tuesday, December 29.