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Swale Borough Council (SBC) have announced that they "will be providing housing for in-need families while regenerating Sittingbourne’s Town Centre, thanks to funding from Homes England". 

The council will be creating 51 new high-quality affordable homes on a former car park in Cockleshell Walk, Sittingbourne for local people.

All homes will be classed as Social Rented homes meaning the rent will be around half of the cost of similar privately rented apartments in the area.  

Bus operator Stagecoach have announved that bus route 3 (Canterbury > Faversham Bysing Wood) will no longer operate from  this coming Sunday (12th January).

The route currently makes up part of the service frequency between Faversham and Canterbury (alongside the X3). Stagecoach confirmed "unfortunately daytime bus use on this corridor hasn't recovered to pre-pandemic levels and it's no longer possible to sustain the half hourly daytime frequency. That said it's really important to emphasise that peak-time services, in particular school-time buses, won't be affected".

Pizza chain Papa John's has today (Tuesday 26th March) announced ‘strategic closures to improve [it's] profitability and free up money'.

The company has announced that it plans to close 43 stores across the UK, in areas that are ‘underperforming’ after launching a review at the start of this year, and the Sittingbourne branch in West Street is among the list.

Papa John’s International announced all the affected stores will close by mid-May and it has not yet been confirmed how many staff will be impacted by the planned closures.