From this week your great-value Sittingbourne Messenger will hit the shelves a day early, allowing you to start the weekend well-informed and bursting with ideas on what to do, where to go and who to see.

Copies of your independently-owned Sittingbourne Messenger will be available from the same convenient locations, be it the supermarket, newsagent, petrol station or corner shop - just 24-hours earlier.

The Thursday availability is designed to reflect changing trends and habits - and allow our readers to enjoy it at their own pace with an extended weekend reading time.

With a packed product to inform, entertain and engage, the extra day will come in handy to get the most out of your local paper.

It delivers page upon page of news, views, sport, local advertisers, services and entertainment - as it has done for decades.

We're proud of our heritage and history and for providing generations of families with their trusted title.

As you might expect from a family-owned publication, the KM takes enormous pride in the opportunities if offers the local community, be that employment, exposure for community campaigns and projects, a voice for the disaffected and downtrodden, a platform to promote achievements, or a place to share concerns and call for change.

None of this could be achieved without your custom.

We thank you for your continued loyalty and support - and look forward to your company every Thursday!