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      <title>Mark Todhunter [Signature #806]</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21475117?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mark Todhunter, Ampthill, Beds<p>The closure of this branch is, by now irreversible, but it would be very useful if another bank, like Nationwide, could fulfil the role required in a small market town, with an ageing population.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #805]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Maulden<p>Now that Nat West has closed I would like Nationwide to take over so I can join them</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:25:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #804]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Westoning]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 11:34:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #803]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Westoning]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 11:33:40 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #802]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Westoning]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 01:26:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Gwen Lowe [Signature #801]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gwen Lowe, Haynes west end<p>Do not leave this growing town with no bank!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Danny Baylis [Signature #800]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Danny Baylis, Bedford<p>Account holderat this branch of this bank for 32 years.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Janette Moir [Signature #799]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Janette Moir, Flitwick<p>I&#039;m devastated I will lose my bank that I have been with for 35 years!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Katy Buckingham [Signature #798]</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21308207?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Katy Buckingham, MILTON KEYNES]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 3 May 2017 03:49:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Jordan O'Connor [Signature #797]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jordan O&#039;Connor, Ampthill]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:22:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ezequiel Gomez Gibson [Signature #796]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ezequiel Gomez Gibson, Ampthill<p>Anyone taking over will take my bussiness</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:20:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anthony Procter [Signature #795]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anthony Procter, Flitwick<p>staff are frendly and the community need the bank to stay open.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 06:54:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Dave pamplin [Signature #794]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dave pamplin, Ampthill]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:31:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Daniel Nansoz [Signature #793]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Daniel Nansoz, Marston moretain<p>Do not close! nearest NatWest to my location.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #792]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ampthill<p>I will be taking my banking elsewhere if this branch closes</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:00:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #791]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Flitwick<p>NatWest customer for over 40 years, and a regular user of this branch.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 07:38:38 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Carol Marshall [Signature #790]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Carol Marshall, Marston moretaine<p>As a customer of NatWest bank for over 30 years I feel completely let down at the closure of these branches. I feel we should have the choice of on line banking and visiting a branch close to where I live if needed. Sometimes a friendly face and a helpful person can relieve you of any worries you might have.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Roy Marshall [Signature #789]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Roy Marshall, marston moretaine<p>As a pensioner I struggle to complete on line banking and like to talk to people in person about my banking needs. I have used the NatWest in kempston for 20 years and was very concerned when I heard it was closing, but was told my next nearest branch was Ampthill. I&#039;ve now been told that this branch is also closing in the summer. Where is the service for people who do not have a access to a computer.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Peter Boyle [Signature #788]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Peter Boyle, Flitwick<p>I stuck with you, reluctantly, when you closed the Flitwick branch but if Ampthill branch goes too then I will transfer my accounts to another bank despite being a Natwest customer for over 40 years.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #787]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ampthill]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:09:38 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Sue Hart [Signature #786]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sue Hart, Flitwick<p>The bank is vital to the community of Flitwick and Ampthill especially as the Flitwick branch was closed. I will need to change my bank if it closes.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 3 Mar 2017 01:14:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>andrew hart [Signature #785]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[andrew hart, Flitwick<p>i think it is disgusting people would have to travel to Luton or Bedford to use natwest<br />
i will be looking to change banks</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #784]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Flitwick]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Mar 2017 05:09:21 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #783]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Flitwick<p>We need to retain an accessible bank in the area to serve such a wide and expanding community.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #782]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Flitwick]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Mar 2017 09:25:30 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>John Merkelt [Signature #781]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[John Merkelt, Flitwick]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Mar 2017 09:23:16 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #780]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Flitwick<p>I&#039;d have a 18 mile round trip to the nearest Natwest, very inconvenient</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #779]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Flitwick]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 1 Mar 2017 04:35:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Claire Mortimer [Signature #778]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Claire Mortimer, Flitwick<p>I often do some shopping in Ampthill when visiting the bank.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #777]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Flitwick]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 1 Mar 2017 02:47:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Fae Hodgkiss [Signature #776]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fae Hodgkiss, Bedfordshire<p>Save our local bank</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:27:28 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Simon Greenhalgh [Signature #775]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Simon Greenhalgh, Ampthill]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2017 11:48:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Amanda Harrison [Signature #774]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Amanda Harrison, Ampthill<p>As you say on your adverts:<br />
&quot;We all have a duty to do the right thing&quot;<br />
So, please stand by your own words and keep this valuable community resource open.<br />
#WeAreWhatWeDo</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 02:45:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Adam Harrison [Signature #773]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Adam Harrison, Ampthill<p>As you say on your adverts:<br />
&quot;We all have a duty to do the right thing&quot;<br />
So, please stand by your own words and keep this valuable community resource open.<br />
#WeAreWhatWeDo</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Helen Skepper [Signature #772]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Helen Skepper, Ampthill<p>What is my 90-year old mother supposed to do?  She&#039;s banked with Natwest/its subsidiaries for over 65 years. She doesn&#039;t have a computer and is deaf so can&#039;t use the telephone easily, hence needs face=to=face conversations with real people she can trust. Shame on you Natwest for letting down all those who want to deal with real people in real time.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #771]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Bedford]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:25:41 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #770]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ampthill<p>so sad, so important to all of the town, especially the elderly</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #769]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Bedford]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2017 02:04:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Stephen Clough [Signature #768]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stephen Clough, Ampthill<p>Please consider keeping the branch open long enough to see what effect all the new housing currently being built in and around Ampthill has on use. In any case, at present there always seem to be customers in the branch whenever I go in.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #767]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ampthill<p>being a customer with NatWest Bank for<br />
50 years,40 years at Ampthill branch. the<br />
town is growing in population, has first class<br />
Schools for all ages, a range of work-place<br />
for all to select from closure is nonsense.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Michael Norris [Signature #766]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michael Norris, Ampthill]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2017 04:52:10 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Irene Norris [Signature #765]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Irene Norris, Ampthill]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2017 04:48:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #764]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ampthill<p>Natwest is the only bank in town and an essential service dor the many small businesses.</p>

<p>Many people rely on the local service because of age/disability/logistics of travel and they will suffer without the bank here in Ampthill.</p>

<p>The post office is slreayd under great pressure and will struggle with the increased load on their services.</p>

<p>And finally Natwest provides jobs in the town and as I understand it, will not be offering relocation to the majority of the staff who will be let go.</p>

<p>Shame on Natwest.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>christina glen [Signature #763]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[christina glen, ampthill<p>Think about all ages and the service to the community.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Richard Crocker [Signature #762]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Richard Crocker, Marston Moretaine]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 02:05:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Catherine Crocker [Signature #761]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Catherine Crocker, Marston Moretaine]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 01:42:30 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #760]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ampthill<p>Ampthill town and the surrounding villages should have at least one bank.  Not everyone is comfortable with online banking or has access to it.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, ampthill<p>I am a regular customer at the bank and feel we need at least one bank in the growing town especially for the elderly who do not want to bank online.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[David Straughan, Flitwick<p>Businesses and clubs in Flitwick &amp;  Ampthill need a bank to pay in cash and large quantities of coin. The post office cannot cope now let alone say  customers can pay in there. This bank MUST REMAIN OPEN for customers. Not everyone wants on line banking There s rarely a minute in the day when there are no customers queuing</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ampthill<p>Not everyone uses on-line banking.  I don&#039;t know how they will manage.  Are there other options that could be explored rather than a complete withdrawal of this facility?</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jenny Hedges, Flitwick<p>This is a vital service to small businesses which require traditional methods of banking. The local post office is an inadequate alternative because it is not big enough.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joan Adlam, Ampthill<p>This is a vital service to older people who require traditional methods of banking. The local post office is an inadequate alternative because it is not big enough.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Clophill<p>This will leave thousands of people in the area - especially since hundreds of new houses are being built locally - without access to a bank within a reasonable distance.<br />
Senior citizens and small businesses particularly will be seriously disadvantaged.  We have forgiven NatWest for many serious errors in the past - so much for loyalty.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Margaret Lowe, Bedfordshire<p>I have been with NAT West for over 50 years and am disgusted that you are thinking of closing this bank. As an older person who has walking difficulty you are not being very considerate to people like me and many others like me who would find it very difficult to get to the Bedford branch in the high street. Please reconsider and keep your customers.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Richard Harris, Flitwick<p>I have banked with Nat West for over 50 years and I don&#039;t want to change but may have to, I don&#039;t trust on line or telephone banking, its not safe!!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Melisa Kendall Manser, Marston Moretaine<p>We use and rely on this branch and it would be disappointing to see another business up and leave when the town expands out of control. Stop building house and taking all the facilities</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Paul Handley, Ampthill<p>Not another bank set to be a coffee shop?<br />
The people of Ampthill and all the surrounding villages need you to Remain! Thank you!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hayley Thomson, Maulden<p>I bank with natwest and a small business owner who needs to access my bank!!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Maulden<p>The local residents and business rely on the bank.  Not everyone has access to the Internet or could cope with online banking.  And not everyone could make the journey to Bedford to the NatWest branch there.  Also the local Post Office in Ampthill does not have the capacity or space to accommodate their regular Post Office customers at present, how are they going to cope with the sudden influx of the customers that will be abandoned by the NatWest branch in Ampthill?</p>]]></description>
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