Shopping malls: saviour or curse?

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Meadowhall in Sheffield was one of the first giant shopping centres in the UK.

It was built on the site of a former steelworks at a time when the area was looking for new direction, after much of the heavy industry in the North disappeared.

But has the huge mall helped to regenerate the area?

Jenny Hill reports.

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