Tesco Saxmundham closed after suffering storm damage
A large Tesco supermarket had to be closed after thunderstorms damaged its entrance.The shop in Saxmundham, Suffolk, remained shut to customers on Saturday.It followed more than 30,000 lightning strikes being recorded overnight by the Met Office."Our maintenance team are working to get the store back open as soon as possible and we apologise for the inconvenience caused," a Tesco spokesman said.
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