Traders in part of Nottingham city centre considered one of the UK's 'coolest' areas have revealed what business has been like as the cost of living crisis continues. One charity store boss said she had caught hard-up people shoplifting over the Christmas and New Year period - and even used her own cash to pay for a pair of gloves for a 'struggling' man.
Lynne Connolly, 58, manager of the My Sight Notts charity shop, said: "December was very busy - more people were buying presents from here because they can't afford high street prices." She added: "I've noticed an increase in shoplifting since the start of the cost of living crisis.
"I once caught a man stealing some gloves but I could tell he was genuinely freezing and really struggling. I let him have them and put £2 of my own money into the till."
