Topshop hits rock bottom

GUTTED!

That's how one member of staff at Topshop in Coleraine summed up their reaction to the news that the popular fashion store was closing down.

And indeed that could also be a fair reflection of the effect on the town centre as yet another business pulls the shutters down.

The decision may have been made on a national level by owners Arcadia but its ramifications have most been felt on a local level.

*Full story in this week's Chronicle*