Longbenton

Wells had worked in a call centre in Longbenton, North Tyneside, and also in IT in Manchester and London.

LONGBENTON, England—This northeast England town has long boasted it has the largest office complex in Europe.

Their jobs are the legacy of decades of spending—especially by the prior Labour Party government—that pumped public money into Longbenton and similar places as factories closed.

Andrew Tweedy, 30, is charged with robbery alongside two other men aged 23 and 22 after a raid at the Hailsham Avenue branch in Longbenton on Monday.