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All the latest news and updates about UK high streets. The high street typically refers to a main shopping street in a UK town or city. Here you'll find shopping guides for the best buys from the biggest high street retailers, plus news on shop closures.

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  1. Models wearing suede jackets

    Suede jackets are taking over the fashion scene - here’s where to shop the staple

    Channel: Shopping Shopping 4 days ago By Maisie Bovingdon
  2. Full list of Nationwide branches set for major changes within weeks
  3. Full list of WH Smith store closures in 2025 after brand announces major update
  4. High street fashion chain 'collapses' after closing 35 stores
  5. Sleep soundly in this warmer weather with Oodie’s £35 temperature regulating pyjamas

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Models wearing differnet burgundy bombers available on the high street

Burgundy bombers are everywhere - here are our favourite outerwear staples

Channel: Shopping Shopping 16 hours ago By Maisie Bovingdon
? Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/04/2025. London, UK. A shopper walk out from a Select Fashion store in London. Select Fashion is set to close thirty-five stores as the insolvency firm Moorfields begins the process of winding up the clothing retailer. Select Fashion has announced that staff will not receive redundancy pay or wages. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP

High street fashion chain 'collapses' after closing 35 stores

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Luke Alsford
A Nationwide Building Society branch in Middlesbrough, UK, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Nationwide Building Society has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Virgin Money UK Plc for ??2.9 billion ($3.7 billion), in a deal that raises the stakes for consolidation among Britain's mid-sized lenders. Photographer: Ian Forsyth/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Full list of Nationwide branches set for major changes within weeks

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen
Models wearing suede jackets

Suede jackets are taking over the fashion scene - here’s where to shop the staple

Channel: Shopping Shopping 4 days ago By Maisie Bovingdon
epa11851397 A customer at a WHSmith store in London, Britain, 25 January 2025. British retailer WHSmith said it is exploring options to sell its entire high street business. WHSmith has more than five hundred stores across the UK and employs some five thousand people. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Full list of WH Smith store closures in 2025 after brand announces major update

Channel: UK UK 4 days ago By Sarah Hooper
The empty Festival Park shopping centre in Ebbw Vale, Wales.

Inside the £18,000,000 ‘ghost’ shopping centre that now stands empty

Channel: UK UK 5 days ago By Jasper King
WHSmith store.

WH Smith name to disappear from the high street after £76,000,000 sale

Channel: UK UK 5 days ago By Jasper King

Much loved London shop to close leaving famous Oxford Street 'without identity'

Channel: UK UK 6 days ago By Brooke Davies
Blockbuster Card

Blockbuster is returning to the UK for a limited time only

Channel: Shopping Shopping 6 days ago By Kristina Beanland
Model wears white/cream M&S Heatgen Medium Thermal Scoop Neck Top

Yes, thermals can look chic - I live in these M&S winter warmers year after year

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 21, 2025 By Maisie Bovingdon
M&S Collection black Leather Loafers

Run don’t walk! The 'soft and comfy' M&S loafers are back in stock

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 21, 2025 By Maisie Bovingdon
Models wearing Oodie pjs that are launching now.

Sleep soundly in this warmer weather with Oodie’s £35 temperature regulating pyjamas

Channel: Shopping Shopping 13 hours ago By Maisie Bovingdon
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock (15112763g) The Homebase Store in Abingdon which will be closing for good. Homebase the DIY and garden retailer fell into administration last year. Homebase was forced to call in the administrators in November last year it blamed the weaker consumer confidence and spending post-pandemic and the cost of living crisis for its losses. Homebase to close 13 UK stores for good in January, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - 22 Jan 2025

Full list of 14 new Homebase stores opening in April

Channel: UK UK March 19, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Model holding River Island White Roll Top Clutch Bag, on an ombre pink and purple background

River Island launch Jacquemus-inspired roll top bag perfect for any outfit

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 17, 2025 By Maisie Bovingdon
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dinendra Haria/Shutterstock (9990255a) Shoppers walk past the Select store in Wood Green, North London as it gets ready for Black Friday Event with huge savings. Black Friday preparations, London, UK - 22 Nov 2018

Full list of 23 Select Fashion stories to close this weekend

Channel: UK UK March 15, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Steak & Ale Pies on display at market

Bakery chain 'superior to Greggs' confirms high street return after closing all stores

Channel: Food Food March 15, 2025 By Alice Giddings
WHSmith Homebase

Full list of store closures in March 2025 - from WHSmith to Homebase

Channel: UK UK March 14, 2025 By Jasper King
Furniture Outlet Colchester

Shoppers rave over 'insane' hidden gem furniture shop — and it's cheaper than Ikea

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 13, 2025 By Alice Giddings
Uniqlo Multi Pocket Shoulder Bag

Remember Uniqlo’s cult crossbody bag? There’s a new rival in town

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 13, 2025 By Maisie Bovingdon
M&S Suede Faux Fur Cuff Mule Slippers on a pale, orange background

I'm obsessed with my Ugg-inspired slippers which are now on sale for under £16

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 7, 2025 By Maisie Bovingdon

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