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The first 1,000 people through the doors after 9am opening will receive a free Apple T-shirt. There will a Grand Opening Sweepstake for the chance to win a Digital Lifestyle Collection that includes a black MacBook and an iPod nano.

For more information about the store and its forthcoming events go to apple.com/uk/retail/touchwoodcentre.

Apple's Exeter store may open a few days later. The city's new Princesshay shopping centre will open on 20 September, but its Apple store is not expected to open until a few days after the Virgin store oens on the 29th, according to the Express and Echo. That would make the next Saturday, 6 October, the likely date.

Apple also has stores scheduled to open in Milton Keynes, Brighton, Liverpool and Reading.