People are fearing that more banks may close in Cambridgeshire as banking giant Santander is on the brink of buying rival TSB. Analysis of company data shows that there are at least 70 towns and city centres around the UK where both banks currently operate branches less than a mile apart.

Santander's plan to buy TSB for 2.65 billion pounds ($3.61 billion) and boost its position in the UK came together only a few weeks ago, after the Spanish bank had been considering a possible exit from Britain,

The £2.65 billion deal which Santander has agreed to acquire the TSB Banking Group could eventually see the TSB name disappear from the High Street