UK High Streets

Some black market cigarettes have been found to contain dead flies and asbestos. But the trade nods to a wider issue, a BBC investigation has found.

Business owner says he is surrounded by empty shops a year after redevelopment scheme opened.

There is debate over whether the site needs to be redeveloped.

A council plans to bring the three Tamworth units back into use by restoring them.

Owner Paul Gillam says Covid-19 and the switch to online shopping have caused footfall to dwindle.

The store's coastal outlet, which specialises in books, will not close despite Norwich cutbacks.

A lack of coordinated action means cities have floundered, according to a property expert.

The discount chain sets out turnaround plans a week after it was bought by a US investment firm.