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Assistant editor @Daily_Express. Previously senior sub-editor @Telegraph, head of news @EADT24/@ipswichstar24 and editor of @lowjournal. All views my own.
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Rundown UK town where stores give up and charity shops won't stay - 'going down the pan'

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Thetford's most famous son, Thomas Paine, famously opened his bombshell pamphlet The American Crisis by saying: "These are the times that try men's souls." He was writing about the darkest days of the fierce battle for American independence in 1776, but his words could just as easily apply to his Norfolk birthplace 250 years later. Thetford, which massively expanded with London overspill after World War 2, should be absolutely thriving.
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I visited the UK's best village - it totally blew me away for 1 jaw-dropping reason

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It is sometimes still said that a true sign of a thriving English village is whether it has a butcher, a baker, and a candlestick maker. Today, most are lucky to have a corner shop or a pub, while the creeping expansion of soulless commuter belt housing estates has transformed many into dormitory zones, empty of any social life.
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It's full of billionaires but even in this wealthy UK market town shops battle to survive

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Asked to sum up his home town of Newmarket , stallholder Michael Blomquist simply replies: "The rich are rich, and the poor are poor." It encapsulates how some people feel about one of the late Queen Elizabeth II 's favourite places to visit. The Suffolk town is famous worldwide as the home of British horse racing, staging globally renowned events such as the 2,000 Guineas and the July Cup.
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