Brigitte Hawley, of Halden Lane, Benenden, designed and knitted "deluxe chux-tux" jumpers to warm featherless former battery chickens. Picture: John Westhrop

Heavy rain and overflowing rivers led to flooding in Maidstone town centre and in surrounding villages, including Yalding, Staplehurst, East Farleigh, Marden and Headcorn. Picture: John Wardley

Louise McGoochan, of Station Road, Ditton, donated a kidney to her father, Jim, 69, to give him a new lease of life. Picture: Grant Falvey

Scout Stephen Young, 16, a member of the Quintain Explorer Unit, Borough Green, celebrated sleeping in his own bed after camping out in his garden in Wrotham Road, Borough Green, every night in 2007 to raise money for Demelza House children's hospice. Stephen, a pupil at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, won a place in the final of Britain's Most Inspiring Fundraiser. Picture: Grant Falvey