Halifax Building Society in Coalville is to close later this year.

But it is one of 28 Lloyds Bank and Halifax closures announced today (Wednesday).

Coalville's Halifax - at New Broadway - is scheduled to close its doors on August 22 this year, reports The Mirror.

Lloyds Banking Group, which owns Lloyds, Halifax and Royal Bank of Scotland, said falling customer numbers was the reason.

The union Unite said 69 workers are affected by the closures.

A Lloyds Banking Group spokesperson said: "It remains true that online and mobile banking continue to grow, as branch usage falls.

"On average, visits to these 28 branches have dropped by 60 per cent since 2016, while we now have 18.6million regular online banking customers and over 15million mobile app users."

Lloyds said each of the affected branches had a free cash machine or Post Office within one mile, letting customers do limited banking services.

Unite's national officer Caren Evans said: 'The branch closure announcement today that another profit making financial institution is failing to consider the needs of consumers and staff beggars' belief.

"'This news is another example of a bank choosing to walk away from the communities who need access to banking. The actions of Lloyds Banking Group over the last few months are completely inexcusable.

"This is a betrayal of some of the most vulnerable, elderly and socially excluded in our communities who need local access to community banking."