Phil Rackley News Today

THE ICONIC Basildon “triangle building” community centre has closed down having run out of funding.

Advertisement In market towns across Britain, a major shift is underway which is seeing swathes of the high street being demolished and converted into flats and new builds in an overhaul of once thriving community centres.   After peaking in their Victorian heyday, many of these once great emporiums of commerce have struggled to adapt to the rise of online shopping, while changing drinking habits have seen the last round called at thousands of pubs. Officials across the country are increasing...