St Stephens Street is currently teeming with empty units and litter strews the pavement - with one shopper calling it "the wilderness" for how empty it looks.

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This has led to calls for more to be done to improve the area, with Joshua Bamfield, director of the Centre for Retail Research in Norwich, saying it needs to be "more accessible to people".

In 2022, the council spent £6.1m in government funds to build bus parking bays, wider pavements, crossing points and install seating along the street.

St Stephens Street, which runs from St Stephens roundabout to Red Lion Street, is in the heart of the city's shopping area but many units remain empty.

Rita Lovejoy, who was waiting for her bus on the street, said: "It's rubbish. There aren't enough bins.

"We used to have one every so often but now litter gets between the seats near the bus stops.

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