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Sittingbourne in Bloom received more than 700 entries from creative school children in Sittingbourne this year for their annual competition to design a flowerbed.

Children of all ages will be able to enjoy the refurbished play area at Newington Recreation Ground later this year thanks to a £20,000 grant from Swale Borough Council.

MP Gordon Henderson who has been waging war with Swale Borough Council in recent weeks has now set his sights on the councils environmental credentials.

In a bold move Swale Borough Council has rejected government funding to improvement transport links because it is predicated on building thousands of additional houses without any direct funding for other key supporting infrastructure such as health and education.

A Litter Angel has had her winning poster design put up in local McDonald’s car parks, following last year’s anti-litter poster competition in primary schools across Sittingbourne and Sheppey.

MS Swale declared Helen Caston as their Hero of the Year for overcoming her fear of heights to complete the KM Charity Abseil raising funds for the group.

ople are invited to sing, dance and drink at Sittingbourne’s Wassail celebration this Saturday (1 Feb) at Lakeview Village Hall.

PERi-PERi fans will no doubt be excited that Nando’s have officially announced that they will be opening in May, although an exact date has yet to be set.

Swale Borough Council’s deputy leader Mike Baldock has been appointed Swale’s Heritage Champion

Gordon Henderson MP has accused independent councillors on Swale Borough Council of reneging on a financial commitment that could in his opinion scupper the proposed Junction 5 upgrade, but is this part of an orchestrated campaign of fake news to distract the public from the cost cutting measures instigated by his own government?