内容摘要："They do a yoga session but they also get the therapy from the donkeys."

"They do a yoga session but they also get the therapy from the donkeys."

The UK government said that the UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) would be putting more resources into helping firms report unfair trade practices as part of its review.Lloyds Banking Group is to shut another 136 branches by March next year, arguing that customers are increasingly using digital channels for their day-to-day banking.

It is the latest in a string of, with the bank - and its rivals - already working through previously announced closure plans.The latest announcement will see 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax and 14 Bank of Scotland branches be closed gradually from May.

It comes the day after a government minister stressed the importance of access to cash for vulnerable people.Lloyds blamed the decision to shut the branches on customers shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services.

Transactions across these branches fell by an average of 48% over the past five years as customers used its app more for payments, Lloyds said.

The plans will bring the Lloyds brand down to 386 branches, Halifax down to 281 branches and Bank of Scotland to 90 branches once completed.Card payments dominate ways of paying, and consumers are increasingly using their smartphones to pay for things.

However, notes and coins were used in a fifth of shop transactions last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), as shoppers found cash helped them to budget better.It was the second year in a row that cash use in shops had risen following a decade of falls.

Recommendations will be made in the coming weeks from the Treasury Committee after its inquiry into the acceptance of cash.Ms Reynolds' evidence was the final session, but earlier they heard from disadvantaged people who still rely on paying with cash.