a slow trickle of customers to this mobile bank in dartmouth, one couple had made the trip from kingsbridgeh but that closed, from may they will have to go somewhere else. some may feel cut adrift from the financial giants which once dotted the high street, but the direction of travel is most definitely online. john danks, bbc news. we are still waiting for the prime minister of israel to appear, he is due to speak with the german chancellor olaf scholz, who is on a tour of the middle east. it chancellor olaf scholz, who is on a tour of the middle east.— tour of the middle east. it comes after prime _ tour of the middle east. it comes after prime minister _ tour of the middle east. it comes after prime minister benjamin i after prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a ground offensive in rafah is certain to go ahead and push back against the international community for their criticism of it. today is st patrick's day — and thousands of people are gathering in towns and cities across ireland to celebrate. the event, which dates to 1762, is one of the world's largest irish heritage festivitie

been a slow trickle customers to this mobile bank in dartmouth, one couple had made the trip from kingsbridgeavour there from the report, especially for elderly bank customers. how upsetting is it when their local branch closes? it is hu . e, their local branch closes? it is huge. as _ their local branch closes? it is huge. as your _ their local branch closes? it is huge, as your report - their local branch closes? it 3 huge, as your report has said, more and more of us have gone online, bank branches have closed but the reality is there are five and 8 million people who really depend on face—to—face banking and cash. that's for a variety of reasons we think about the old but as your segment showed it as small businesses, they can't take cash unless they can bank cash, it is also people on low incomes who need to budget, cash is a really effective way of budgeting and you can't get out less than £20 from most atms you can get out £7 25 that is all you have over the counter. so these services are really important. the banks are doing, they clearly have a strategy and it is obvious what it is.