A Guardian feature asks whether anything can save the British high street, using Rotherham as its case: shoppers flock to Parkgate retail park while the town centre, where vape, nail and charity shops dominate, has about 70 vacant units, or 24% of its retail space, far above the national average. It traces how out-of-town shopping spread from 1960s superstores through loosened 1980s planning rules, and reports locals' complaints of empty units, safety fears and thinning footfall, with urbanist Alistair Kefford saying shops are probably not coming back.