The latest edition of the Medway Messenger is in the shops now with all the latest news, pictures and sport.

Our stories include the Strood station supervisor whose sudden death at the age of 38 has saved five lives and the radio presenter who had a lucky escape when yobs threw a rock at his car.

We tell of an MP's fears over a maternity service shake-up and the woman who was kept on hold by a phone company for 12 hours.

Business leaders and education bosses join the Medway Messenger in backing the bid for Medway to become a city in 2012.

We also bring you Goal! - an exclusive four-page special on the Medway Messenger Youth League, which kicked off at the weekend.

Our readers reveal the answer to the creepy mystery lurking at the bottom of our gardens - an elephant hawk moth caterpillar up to seven inches long.

And see if your child features in our two pages of pictures from the Medway Police station open day.

There's a full page of your letters and in The Codgers' Club, David Jones takes the taxman to task.

What's On brings you the chance to bag a free Battle of Britain souvenir CD and an interview with Kent-based celebrity Paul O'Grady.

Sport tells how Gills' manager Andy Hessenthaler is urging his squad to kick on with their new-found confidence this weekend.

All this and lots more in the Medway Messenger - pop out and pick up a copy today.