Lifestyle
'Self-checkouts in shops add to rural loneliness'
A shopper says being able to have face-to-face interaction with staff can be "life-affirming".
The replacement of supermarket checkout personnel with self-service facilities is being asserted to exacerbate rural loneliness.
James Ackroyd-Cooper, 53, voiced his concern regarding the decline in face
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