More than 17,000 chain store shop closed last year
Figures reflect the rise of online shopping and the pandemic, but the rate of closures is slowing.
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Energy bills: ‘It’s really extraordinarily grim’
Mary Paterson is one of thousands facing energy price rises of 200% because of no price cap protection.
Post Office scandal: I considered ending my life
A former post-mistress tells an inquiry how the Post Office threatened to take her home home away.