Bank staff leave branch unlocked
Originally posted by 5corpio
Staff at a branch of Barclays left the bank completely unlocked on Saturday and were only alerted to the problem after customers raised the alarm.

Anyone who chose to wander into the branch in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex had complete access to the site, from the cashiers' area to the vault, customers have said.

"It was astounding," Lesley Phillips told the Daily Mail. "There wasn't a soul in sight, and the whole place was open."

Phillips, along with two others, raised the alarm at around 2pm.

"There simply wasn't anybody there. We didn't know what to do, so we decided to phone the police and stand guard until they arrived," she said.

Police arrived at the bank by 3pm, with Barclays' security staff getting there at about 6pm