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Shoppers queue at 5am for Boxing Day bargains

Bargain hunters started queuing at 5am today to make the most of the Boxing Day sales.

Thousands of shoppers descended on malls and town centres in search of a bargain in the traditional sales, soothing fears over a retail decline in the last year.

Bargain-hunters arrived outside Braehead shopping centre in Renfrewshire an hour before Next opened at 6am.

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