Mr Saib then paid the cheque into his own account at National Westminster Bank's Cromwell Road branch.

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The result was that Lidl was handed a temporary ban on selling drink from its Victoria Road branch.

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In Londonderry, the Shipquay Street and Waterside branches will be merged with the bank's main branch at Strand Road.

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Operational officers from the Road Policing Branch and Community Patrol Officers from the west of Edinburgh will be the first to use the new system.

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The head of Road Policing Development Branch, PSNI Superintendent Ian Hamill said the statistics failed to "convey the sheer misery and human tragedy inflicted upon the families of road victims and the community as a whole".

BBC: Slight fall in road fatalites

The loans came from the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) branch at Beauclerc House in Queens Road, Reading.

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Where there is a change, 9.5% would have access to post office services within one mile by road distance to the nearest alternative branch.

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Ian Wheatcroft, branch manager at Ciceley Commercials, in Petersfield Road, said some staff at the firm used vans to make short journeys around the site to avoid being "dive-bombed" by the birds.

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If that sounds undignified, branch manager Carlos Gomez of Orlando, Florida took his act on the road: Faced with losing a customer to rival Wachovia, he showed up at the fellow's car dealership and washed two cars.

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