All news on the topic: Shopping centres

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Last surviving market trader refuses to quit despite 200 stall holders closing
Les Brannan, 57, has worked at LJB Rutherfords in Northampton town centre for 42 years but is now the market's sole trader. Many have quit due to rising costs and lower footfall
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Two teen girls 'sexually assaulted' at shop as boys aged 11, 13 and 14 arrested
During the incident, which police have said “will cause concern” among the community, the girls were approached in the Atria shopping centre in Watford on Saturday by a group
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UK's 'saddest shopping centre' with just one store still open gets major update
Once a bustling shopping district, St Catherine's Place in Bedminster, south Bristol, has slowly lost every retailer over the past 20 years with only a solitary Farm Foods shop still open
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Crowds flock to multi-storey car park to see stunning starling murmurations
Tens of thousands of the birds have been returning every night to the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch, Worcestershire, to perform their breathtaking aerial acrobatics
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Sickening moment two police officers wrestle boy, 13, to ground for using a vape
The 13-year-old was standing with his mother and another boy outside a shopping centre in Deniliquin, New South Wales when they were approached by two police officers asking to take the teen's vape
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American's mindblown by one word Brits 'use the most' when in shops
A British man who visited the US has shared one of the key differences he found when he was abroad - leaving Americans shocked at how shopkeepers are addressed in the UK
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Man accused of killing baby in Beaumont Leys 'prioritised Playstation over son'
Michael Davis and Kayleigh Driver are on trial at Leicester crown court, accused of causing the death of one-month-old Ollie David who was found with 37 injuries
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Inside barren UK shopping centre which was once Europe's largest indoor mall
The huge complex, built in the 70s, was once Europe's biggest indoor shopping mall, but now Runcorn's Shopping City is practically abandonded and locals say should just be knocked down
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Shopping centre closed after man stabbed in the back - as knifeman on the run
A knifeman is at large after a man was reportedly stabbed in the back inside The Brewery - a large shopping centre and cinema complex in the centre of Romford, London
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Child airlifted to hospital after falling out of upstairs window at Caffe Nero
The youngster, thought to be a little girl, is thought to have fallen from an upstairs bay window, hitting the shop's awning as she fell to the pavement outside the Caffe Nero in Tunbridge Wells
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Locals baffled as council puts up Benidorm-style sun loungers next to busy road
The three wooden recliners were put up next to a busy main road in the town of Stretford, Gtr Manchester, and locals have been left bemused by the decision given the poor view
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Inside 'UK's saddest shopping centre' with zero shops that now sits abandoned
The Bristol shopping centre has seen a gradual decline with many anchor stores leaving the area, which is now only occupied by pigeons, has been blighted by vandalism and 'stinks of urine'
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James Bulger's mum over the moon as public inquiry into murder takes major step
Denise Fergus has long been calling for an inquiry into the 1993 killing of her two-year-old son by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, and how the murderers were sentenced
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Tritax Big Box to buy rival UKCM for £924m creating £4bn warehouse giant
The combination of the two firms is set to make a real estate giant worth almost £4 billion
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UK's 'ghost town' shopping centre left to rot 25 years after flagship opening
The forgotten Five Sisters Freeport Shopping Village once had 40 stores stocking a huge number of top designer names, and its owners wanted to extend it - but the proposals never materialised
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Boy, 3, gets trapped inside a toy claw machine - and has 'the time of his life'
Timothy Hopper and his son Ethan were at a shopping centre when the boy climbed into a toy claw machine in southeast Queensland, Australia
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Woman runs town's oldest sweet shop - and business is booming thanks to Spudman
Lydia Byron, the owner of Tamworth's oldest sweet shop, Wyldes, says her business and others around town are enjoying a trade boom thanks to the TikTok sensation Spudman
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Hull FC star Nu Brown feared he'd never play rugby league again after injury
Kiwi hooker, 29, has bounced back from a career-threatening injury and is now ready to take the Super League by storm after bringing world champions Australia to their knees
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Wingstop to open 15 new UK restaurants and create 750 jobs in 2024
The US chicken chain is planning its biggest year of expansion in the UK
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Griselda's horrifying death count as Netflix fans gasp at 'cocaine grandmother'
Sofia Vergara has taken on the role of Griselda Blanco in a new Netflix series, with fans being left horrified by the brutality of the woman known as the cocaine grandmother
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Inside Puente Hills Mall, seen in 'Back to the Future,' that is now a ghost town
The once popular Puente Hills Mall in California, which was featured in the iconic 1985 film "Back to the Future," now struggles attracting customers inside with empty halls and countless "closed" signs
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Macy's to cut 2,300 jobs and close five stores in major business shake-up
The cuts represent around 3.5% of its workforce of the 166 year old department store business. The announcement was made on Thursday with the last day of employment for affected employees to be January 26.
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Shoppers furious as over a dozen Boots stores to disappear in weeks - full list
More than a dozen Boots stores are set to close in the coming weeks across the UK as the high street giant looks to 'evolve' its business model, though some shoppers aren't happy
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Teen 'seriously injured' after being stabbed at popular shopping centre
Two young men, both 19, were taken to hospital with stab injuries following an incident at Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield on Tuesday - with two arrested
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Moment UK's 'most prolific shoplifting couple' steal Irish Cream liqueur at Aldi
Lovers Scott McSpadden and Tanya Momot have convictions for more than 60 thefts between them, with their latest ruse seeing four bottles of Irish Country Cream Liqueur pinched from Aldi