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Woolworths closes 200 UK stores

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More than 200 Woolworths stores across the UK have shut, signalling the chain's final days on the High Street after 99 years.

The remaining 600 stores are due to close by 5 January, with 27,000 permanent and temporary staff losing their jobs.

Joe Lynam reports.

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