The Kent Messenger is out on Friday and is packed with news, views, comment and opinion.

Our front page is the incredible story of Edward Solly who suffered a nasty injury to his testicles during a match, but his treatement revealed he was suffering from testicular cancer.

We've all had some full-on Christmas parties, but one got so out of hand, some of the party-goers have appeared in court, charged with assault.

Germany is well known for bringing us powerful cars, Frankfurthers and Angela Merkel - now it turns out the county is supplying wheelie bins to the good burghers of Maidstone.

The woman who egged Simon Cowell on live TV is a former Maidstone school girl.

Why police commisioner Ann Barnes is happy to spend another £70,000 on employing twadvisors for six months.

The face of shopping is changing in Maidstone as a huge new Next homeware store gets planning permission at Eclipse Park.

It's the good life for a bunch of newts, who are being moved from their home near a motorway to Allington Castle!

We've got a picture special on the pink posse - ladies who took part in the Pink Ribbonwalk to battle breast cancer.

An idea to use the Gallagher football stadium as a venue for concerts is gaining ground.

And we went along to have a chat with Ann Widdecombe at her book signing - and she's revealed a few regrets about her time in Maidstone.

In the Weald edition our front page story is about an horrific attack on the family running The Hawkenbury pub.

A gang armed with catapults are driving round towns and villages and launching attacks on cars.

And there's good news for the Assembly Halls in Tunbridge Wells, which is getting a makeover.

In Malling, meet the heroic man who stopped his car, left his family inside to rescue a man asleep in his burning flat.

Thousands of new homes are planned for Kings Hill - plus a longed-for primary school to ease pressure there.

A mum and daughter are shaving off their waist-length hair to raise money to fund wigs for patients who have lost their hair.

A pub in West Malling will have to get used to restrictions on its licence, after a brawl left two off-duty policemen injured.

Its the end of an era for a strip club which has been forced to close

And a mum tells of her shock as she had to jump out of the way of a car which crashed into a van.

Plus What's On magazine features a guide to days out to mark Father's Day - and you could also win £500 to put towards a summer wardrobe.