Worried locals fear Shakespeare’s hometown is in “terminal decline” after an alarming number of businesses closed - meanwhile Turkish barber shops are booming.
Since last summer five popular restaurants suddenly shut due to spiralling costs and a lack of workers – particularly from abroad.
Big name chain stores also pulled out of the famous Warwickshire town, leaving boarded up shops in their place.
In the past 12 months, the Body Shop, Fraser Hart, Jack Willis, Joules, and Karl Stallard furniture store all closed in the town.
