They want the opportunity to phone a shop, pop into a high street branch or make enquiries by e-mail rather than be restricted.

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But POA's Camp Hill branch secretary Ben Cooper, who has set up an e-petition against the closure, estimated 160 posts out of 750 staff at HMP Isle of Wight would go.

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In an e-mail the bank asks staff not to wear passes outside the Donegall Square East branch and advises staff that they may restrict access to the branch.

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