'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save UK high street?

UK high streets are in sharp decline, with shoppers increasingly abandoning town centers for retail parks in search of convenience and variety. Rotherham exemplifies this trend—residents haven't shopped in the town center for 20 years, instead visiting nearby Parkgate Retail World, where vacancy rates are at record lows while high street vacancy reaches 13%. Experts and locals acknowledge that reversing this shift will require reimagining town centers beyond traditional retail, though solutions remain unclear.