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A 24-year-old man caught travelling to Reading without a train ticket must pay more than 13 times the price of the fare he didn’t buy.

BBC News By Sarah Jenkins & Ben Schofield BBC East image captionBedfords High Street has lost many of its big names stores in recent years, including Marks & Spencer, Topshop and River Island Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £5bn scheme to help High Street shops and hospitality firms recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC went to Bedford to speak to people about what they believe will help businesses survive and thrive after lockdown. The High Street is dying image captionDominic Simmonds co...