- the first findings since December 2021.

He said many locals - himself included - would be switching to a bank which maintained a presence in the town.A Bank of Scotland spokesperson said: "Over 20 million customers are using our apps for on-demand access to their money, and customers have more choice and flexibility than ever for their day-to-day banking.

"Alongside our apps, customers can also use telephone banking, visit a community banker or use any Halifax, Lloyds or Bank of Scotland branch giving access to many more branches."Customers can also do their everyday banking at over 11,000 branches of a post office or in a banking hub."It added that all the branches involved had alternative options for accessing cash such as a post office or free to use ATM.

The transport secretary has pledged to reduce the number of learner drivers in England waiting more than five months to sit practical tests.Heidi Alexander said the government would aim to clear

by next summer, providing at least 10,000 extra driving tests a month to help tackle the issue.

are "totally unacceptable", she told parliament's transport committee on Wednesday.Another student, Blake Leonard, told CBS he initially heard roughly 12 shots fired.

"In my head, I thought it was construction at first, until I looked behind me and saw people running from the union towards my direction, and then I heard another 12 or 15 shots go off, so I started running away from there too," he said.The incident ended less than five minutes later when police shot Mr Ikner after he did not comply with their commands, authorities said. He was undergoing treatment at a local hospital, police said.

Chief Revell said Mr Ikner had serious injuries and would be in hospital for a "significant time", after which he will face charges "up to and including first-degree murder".Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil described the suspect's stepmother Mrs Ikner, who worked as a school resource officer, as a "model employee".