This week we have an X Factor exclusive - in a deal between the ITV show, Maidstone nightclub Liquid and Envy, and the Kent Messenger, we will be bringing this year's X Factor stars to perform their first UK performance in Maidstone. See full details in this week's paper.

Plus

• Family's anguish as the ashes of a father-of-two are taken from a grave in Maidstone Cemetery
• Four pages of pictures from the Maidstone Mela
• Full coverage of the key public meeting into plans to move maternity services and the debat
• A moving tribute to father-of-two Alan Stevens, who died suddenly aged just 51 while on holiday with his family and friends
• Find out why a bride and groom walked under a canopy of flip-flops when they were married at a Maidstone church at the weekend
• The latest on the Maidstone United takeover bid
• AND take a peek at the school of the future, where children wear slippers, take Mandarin lessons and learn in open-plan plazas

Don't miss this week's Kent Messenger - out now