A petition with thousands of signatures has been sent to bank bosses after they annonced the closure of a town centre branch. Almost 5,000 people have signed the petition in the hope of keeping the TSB branch in Sheerness High Street open. The closure – expected to happen in September – will leave only Nationwide on the Island, which has a population of more than 40,000. TSB’s decision left Islanders stunned as it follows HSBC, Barclays, Halifax and NatWest which all quit the town in recent years. The company says it has not taken the decision to close the branch “lightly” but points to a 43% …