SOCIAL media rumours that two more big name stores could leave St Helens have been described as “completely unfounded” by a shopping centre.

Since the closure of WH Smith on Church Street there has been speculation on Twitter that others could follow – with Boots and Burtons/Dorothy Perkins named by some.

However, a spokeswoman for Church Square Shopping Centre, which houses both chains, denied the rumours, insisting: “The stores are not closing. The rumours are completely unfounded.”