THE St Helens branch of Lloyds will not be affected after the bank announced 49 closures across the country.

According to national reports the closures will affect 1,230 jobs.

Lloyds has said it is creating 925 jobs and existing staff will be redeployed where possible.

Of the 49 banks earmarked for closure eight belong to the Halifax network and the other 41 are Lloyds branches.

No St Helens branches are affected by the cuts.

The Lloyds branch on Eccleston Street in Prescot is also to remain in operation.