shopping centre

British

noun

a purpose-built complex of shops, restaurants, etc, for the use of pedestrians
the area of a town where most of the shops are situated

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Susan Nasser works as a hostess, welcoming shoppers at the luxury Bicester Village outlet shopping centre and helping them find their way around.

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Some voters in May's local elections will be able to cast their ballot in a shopping centre and on a weekend as part of plans to make voting easier.

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Centre:MK said in a statement the shopping centre remained closed.

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The Labour MP added the shopping centre had "always been a very safe place" and somewhere she has gone with her children.

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"We heard a bit of a thud and felt a tremor, and we saw a number of people moving quickly out of the shopping centre," he told the BBC.

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