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Santander scraps UK bank brands

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Abbey, Alliance and Leicester, and Bradford and Bingley are some of the high street's most famous names. They have been around for about 150 years but from next year, 1300 branches will all take the name of their Spanish owner, Santander.

Richard Scott reports on the end of an era in British banking.

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