• ‘People are devastated’: anger and anxiety as Peak District loses its last bank

    Early next year, the NatWest in the market town of Bakewell will close, leaving the whole area ‘de-banked’It’s midday on a Friday and a sizeable queue has formed inside the NatWest branch in Bakewell, the last remaining bank in the whole of the Peak District.The two staff members on duty are dealing with a stream of customers including elderly people with queries, people cashing cheques and business owners collecting change for their shops. Continue reading...

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