Health and beauty giant Boots is closing a store in Norwich in a week.

It is part of the company's work to "consolidate" stores in close proximity to each other.

The branch at the UEA is shutting at the end of this month.

Based in the University Medical Centre, close to the Bluebell Road entrance to campus, the store includes a pharmacy and is open Monday to Saturday between 8am and 6pm.

As well as stores in the city centre, it will leave the nearest Boots for students in Dereham Road, Eaton and Longwater.

Boots closed its Colman Road pharmacy in 2020 but pointed to the UEA campus store only being a five-minute drive away.

A spokesperson for Boots said: "We can confirm that the store is part of the Boots store consolidation programme previously announced.

"All team members from these stores will be offered alternative roles.”

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This confirmation comes as the branch in Gorleston High Street is announced to shut in November.

Boots will be shutting a total of 300 shops in the UK that are within a few miles of other branches.

The pharmacy chain has said that the closures will not lead to any redundancies.