The statement went on to say that, despite the branch closing in its present location, an alternative was being sought.

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Barclays Bank is closing its branch-based financial advice service, putting 1, 000 jobs at risk.

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But Internal Affairs has also had to police its own department, closing down its branch in Basra because, as Everett put it, the guys there were the biggest gangsters in town.

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Yet even in the months before its closing, the Southern Michigan branch meant more to Athens than just a place to deposit and withdraw money.

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