Customers scramble to withdraw savings from stricken bank

By Martin Hickman and Sean FarrellPublished: 15 September 2007Shockwaves were felt throughout the country yesterday as Northern Rock customers queued to withdraw their savings from the stricken bank after news of emergency funding from the Bank of England threatened to cause a crisis of confidence in British banking.There were frantic scenes at some of the bank's 70 branches nationwide as