Lloyds Banking Group is to shut another 53 bank branches in another blow for the UK high street.
The latest announcement means 21 Lloyds Bank, 15 Halifax and 17 Bank of Scotland sites will close for good between September this year and May 2024.
It comes on top of the 98 branches the banking group said will go this year - including 62 Lloyds, 32 Halifax and four Bank of Scotland sites.