In your Kent Messenger this week:

A postmaster is recovering after being attacked by a man with a machete

The mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan receives the Elizabeth Cross

Sir Roger Bannister opens an athletics track

A Royal guest opens a new-look hospice

KM readers raise cash for sick children in Leeds Castle run

there's £2,500 to be won in our Cute Kids competition

Ideas to make the most of the last of the summer sun in our What's On leisure guide

All this plus the latest sports action.

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