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‘Like a ghost town’: customers desert city centres as Omicron takes hold

High streets in smaller towns feel benefit as shoppers and workers stay away from major urban areas

The busy streets of central London are normally no place for the faint-hearted in the run-up to Christmas. Shoppers jostle with increasing urgency to secure last-minute gifts while revellers spill out from bars and restaurants to celebrate their final days in the office.

But this is far from a normal Christmas. Shoppers and tourists have stayed away from the capital in large numbers, data – and haunting pictures – reveal.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3piwHvx

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