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Are you sick of bank branch closures? Meet the building society fighting back in North East, Cumbria and North Yorkshire

While some banks and building societies scrap system, others report increase in usage by customers

Over recent years most banks and building societies have phased out passbooks and pushed customers into using digital technology instead.

Over recent years most banks and building societies have phased out passbooks and pushed customers into using digital technology instead.

Newcastle Building Societies has opened 31 new branches across the North West.

Michael Conville at Hexham branch

We the explain personal savings allowance, and when people in different tax brackets will need to pay HMRC a cut of the interest they earn.

As outlets continue to close at an alarming rate, many users - especially the elderly and the vulnerable - face increasingly long journeys to access basic banking services.