And the boarded up high street means people are now forced to leave town if they want to go to pubs, clubs and shops. The borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf has seen former coalfield communities ...

It is understood to be shutting nearly 100 stores - equivalent to around a quarter of its 364 shops. Stores in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, St Austell, Cornwall and Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf have ...

pitheads of Rhondda framing him, as testament to the village's heyday. A handful of shops, a chippy, and the local pub, the Maerdy Hotel, where you'll find a few locals nursing cans of Carling and ...

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It comes as Scope is planning to close half of its charity shops in the next 18 months after running up a £1.5m loss. It is a sign of the problems in the UK's high streets that even charity shops ...