Which RBS bank branches are closing, how many jobs will be lost and why are the closures taking place?

RBS is set to shut a total of 216 branches in a bid to cut costs as more customers move online and away from face-to-face banking - leaving hundreds without jobs.

Here's the latest on the closures and a list of the branches affected.

How many jobs will be lost?

The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is still 72 per cent owned by the taxpayer, initially said 162 branches would close, adding that 792 jobs will be lost as a result of the branch closures.

But on September 5, 2018, it announced it would close a further 54 branches in January 2019, axing a further 258 jobs and leaving just 54 RBS banks open in England and Wales.

On September 28, 2018, the bank said two of 60 threatened branches in Scotland will remain open.

An RBS spokesman said the decision came because a growing number of customers are now using online banking rather than high street branches.

He said: "More and more of our customers are choosing to do their everyday banking online or on mobile.

"Since 2014 the number of customers using our branches across the UK has fallen by 40 per cent and mobile transactions have increased by 73 per cent over the same period.

"Over 5 million customers now use our mobile banking app and one in five only bank with us digitally."

However Unite union national officer Rob MacGregor said that the move could effectively signal the end of banking in branches.

He said: "The Royal Bank of Scotland has decided to decimate its bank branch network. Now serious questions need to be asked about whether these closures mark the end of branch network banking.

"This announcement will forever change the face of banking in this country resulting in over a thousand staff losing their jobs and hundreds of high streets without any banking facilities.

"Why is the Government signing off this alarming branch closure programme?"

On May 1 Rob added: "The reality is that as a result of these planned closures the overwhelming majority of customers will find themselves without access to full banking facilities and in the most extreme examples some will find themselves having to make a round trip of circa 130 miles."

Which branches are set to close?

This is the list of confirmed closures so far released by the bank.

Scotland

• Aberdeen, Bridge of Don - May 17, 2018
• Aberfeldy - June 7, 2018
• Airdrie - May 24, 2018
• Alloa - June 18, 2018
• Annan - June 25, 2018
• Aviemore - May 31, 2018
• Banff - May 23, 2018
• Bannockburn - June 25, 2018
• Bellshill - June 11, 2018
• Bonnyrigg - May 24, 2018
• Bridge of Allan - June 21, 2018
• Campbeltown - May 29, 2018
• Carnwath - May 7, 2018
• Dunbar - May 30, 2018
• Dunblane - June 28, 2018
• Dundee Stobswell - June 20, 2018
• Duns - June 5, 2018
• Dyce - May 31, 2018
• Ellon - June 7, 2018
• Eyemouth - June 11, 2018
• Glasgow Business Centre - June 20, 2018
• Grantown-on-Spey - June 11, 2018
• Hamilton Cadzow Street - June 28, 2018
• Hawick - June 14, 2018
• Huntly - June 14, 2018
• Inverness Queensgate - June 27, 2018
• Jedburgh - June 18, 2018
• Kilbirnie - June 5, 2018
• Kilwinning - June 11, 2018
• Kinross - May 21, 2018
• Langholm - May 30, 2018
• Larkhall - June 21, 2018
• Lesmahagow - June 18, 2018
• Linlithgow - June 27, 2018
• Lockerbie - June 21, 2018
• Mallaig - May 17, 2018
• Montrose - June 6, 2018
• Nairn - June 21, 2018
• North Berwick - June 25, 2018
• Penicuik - June 28, 2018
• Perth South Street - June 27, 2018
• Pitlochry - May 31, 2018
• Renfrew - June 14, 2018
• Rothesay - June 26, 2018
• Saltcoats - June 20, 2018
• Selkirk - May 21, 2018
• Stepps - June 20, 2018
• Strathaven - June 25, 2018
• Tain - June 20, 2018
• Tannochside - June 14, 2018
• Turriff - June 26, 2018
• Wick - May 17, 2018

England and Wales

• Accrington - August 20, 2018
• Alderley Edge - November 29, 2018
• Ashford - August 6, 2018
• Ashton-under-Lyne - July 26, 2018
• Astley Bridge Bolton - November 13, 2018
• Bakewell - July 26, 2018
• Barnsley - August 30, 2018
• Barrow-in-Furness - July 26, 2018
• Barry - July 26, 2018
• Basingstoke - August 29, 2018
• Bedford - November 26, 2018
• Blackburn - November 13, 2018
• Blackpool Bispham - November 5, 2018
• Blackpool South Shore - July 30, 2018
• Bolton Chorley Old Road - November 1, 2018
• Bramhall - July 31, 2018
• Bristol Clifton - August 20, 2018
• Bromley - August 13, 2018
• Broomhill - November 19, 2018
• Burnley - November 22, 2018
• Burton Upon Trent - August 1, 2018
• Bury St. Edmunds - August 1, 2018
• Bury - November 20, 2018
• Cambridge Hills Road - November 7, 2018
• Canterbury - August 21, 2018
• Cardiff Docks - November 21, 2018
• Carlisle Castle Street - November 26, 2018
• Carlisle Lowther Street - August 1, 2018
• Cheadle Hulme - November 1, 2018
• Cheadle - August 8, 2018
• Chichester - July 31, 2018
• Chorley - November 20, 2018
• Cleveleys - August 6, 2018
• Colwyn Bay - July 31, 2018
• Crawley - July 26, 2018
• Dartford - August 29, 2018
• Denton - November 1, 2018
• Derby Allestree - November 5, 2018
• Durham - August 14, 2018
• Eccles - November 26, 2018
• Edgbaston - August 20, 2018
• Ellesmere Port - August 9, 2018
• Fareham - August 7, 2018
• Farnworth - August 6, 2018
• Folkestone - July 30, 2018
• Fulwood - November 1, 2018
• Garstang - August 13, 2018
• Gloucester - August 1, 2018
• Great Yarmouth - August 20, 2018
• Grimsby - July 31, 2018
• Hale - November 8, 2018
• Halifax - August 1, 2018
• Handforth - November 12, 2018
• Hanley - August 6, 2018
• Harrogate - August 8, 2018
• Heaton Chapel - August 22, 2018
• Hemel Hempstead - August 16, 2018
• Hereford - August 8, 2018
• High Wycombe - August 2, 2018
• Horsham - August 29, 2018
• Horwich - August 13, 2018
• Hyde - August 22, 2018
• Ilford - August 13, 2018
• Ince - November 1, 2018
• Kendal - August 23, 2018
• Kidderminster - August 15, 2018
• King's Lynn - August 16, 2018
• Knutsford - August 14, 2018
• Lancaster - August 30, 2018
• Leyland - November 27, 2018
• Lincoln - August 7, 2018
• Liverpool Birkenhead - November 29, 2018
• Liverpool Bootle - August 16, 2018
• Liverpool Speke & Hunts Cross - August 23, 2018
• Llandudno - August 30, 2018
• London Belgravia - July 26, 2018
• London Blackfriars - July 30, 2018
• London Bond Street - July 30, 2018
• London Camden Town - August 6, 2018
• London Ealing - July 26, 2018
• London Mayfair - August 22, 2018
• London Piccadilly Circus - August 30, 2018
• London St. Paul's - August 13, 2018
• London Streatham - July 26, 2018
• London Tottenham Court Road - August 9, 2018
• London Willesden - November 7, 2018
• Long Eaton - August 29, 2018
• Loughborough - August 15, 2018
• Luton - August 2, 2018
• Maidenhead - August 8, 2018
• Maidstone - August 8, 2018
• Manchester Cheetham Hill - July 30, 2018
• Manchester Chorlton-cum-Hardy - August 15, 2018
• Manchester Gorton - November 6, 2018
• Manchester Longsight - November 8, 2018
• Manchester Mosley Street - November 5, 2018
• Manchester Spinningfields - July 3, 2018
• Manchester Urmston - August 29, 2018
• Manchester West Didsbury - November 15, 2018
• Manchester Whitworth Street - July 30, 2018
• Manchester Withington - November 22, 2018
• Mansfield - August 22, 2018
• Meadowhall - November 28, 2018
• Middlesbrough - August 7, 2018
• Middleton - August 30, 2018
• Nantwich - July 26, 2018
• Newbury - November 28, 2018
• Newcastle-under-Lyme - August 2, 2018
• Newport - August 22, 2018
• Northampton - November 21, 2018
• Nottingham Mapperley - November 19, 2018
• Nuneaton - July 31, 2018
• Oldham - August 2, 2018
• Ormskirk - November 27, 2018
• Oxford - November 21, 2018
• Penwortham - November 12, 2018
• Poole - November 22, 2018
• Portsmouth - November 13, 2018
• Poynton - November 20, 2018
• Rochdale - August 9, 2018
• Romford - August 6, 2018
• Rotherham - November 7, 2018
• Royal Leamington Spa - November 28, 2018
• Rugby - August 7, 2018
• Runcorn - November 6, 2018
• Sale - August 21, 2018
• Salford Shopping Centre - November 29, 2018
• Salisbury - August 14, 2018
• Sandbach - August 9, 2018
• Scarborough - August 15, 2018
• Scunthorpe - August 14, 2018
• Shrewsbury - August 16, 2018
• Slough - August 15, 2018
• Solihull - August 14, 2018
• Southend-on-Sea - November 14, 2018
• Southport Birkdale - November 6, 2018
• St Albans - August 9, 2018
• St Annes On Sea - August 9, 2018
• Stafford - August 23, 2018
• Stockport Great Underbank - November 12, 2018
• Sunderland - August 21, 2018
• Sutton Coldfield - August 21, 2018
• Sutton - August 16, 2018
• Swinton Chorley Road - November 19, 2018
• Taunton - August 6, 2018
• Telford - November 14, 2018
• Torquay - November 8, 2018
• Truro - August 13, 2018
• Tunbridge Wells - August 2, 2018
• Uttoxeter - August 7, 2018
• Uxbridge - August 23, 2018
• Wakefield - August 22, 2018
• Walkden - November 27, 2018
• Walsall - August 30, 2018
• Warrington Office - November 15, 2018
• Wickersley - August 21, 2018
• Winchester - August 21, 2018
• Woking - August 20, 2018
• Wollaton - November 15, 2018
• Worcester - August 29, 2018
• Worthing - November 14, 2018
• Wrexham - July 26, 2018

Branches closing in January 2019

• Adlington
• Altrincham
• Ashbourne
• Atherton
• Bamber Bridge
• Basildon
• Belper
• Blackpool Talbot Square
• Bolton Harwood
• Bournemouth
• Burscough Bridge
• Buxton High Street
• Cardiff Roath
• Chapel-en-le-Frith
• Congleton
• Croston
• Darlington
• Disley
• Dronfield
• Enfield
• Eastbourne
• Fleetwood
• Formby
• Hathersage
• Hazel Grove
• Hindley
• Ipswich
• Kensington High Street, London
• Kingston Upon Thames
• Kirkham
• Leigh
• Maghull
• Manchester Droylsden
• Marple
• Matlock
• Notting Hill Gate, London
• Paebold
• Partington
• Pemberton
• Poulton-le-Fylde
• Prescot
• Prestbury
• Prestatyn
• Radcliffe
• Ramsbottom
• Romiley
• Shaw
• Sheffield Ecclesfield
• South Elmsall
• Standish
• Swallownest
• Swansea
• Watford
• Wolverhampton

What is the RBS TV show?

The Bank That Almost Broke Britain is on BBC2 at 9am on October 2.

The show features interviews with Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, and former chancellor Alistair Darling.

It also includes unseen footage of the bank's top executives and interviews with bank insiders as the bank posted the biggest loss in UK corporate history - £24billion.

Shamed CEO Fred Goodwin declined to take part.