I WOULD to thank the people that run our village shop.

The lady is named Maha, the man Raj and not forgetting their son Kevin. Their surname is Kanagaraju.

These wonderful people work in very cold conditions, but always have such a warm greeting when anyone enters the premises.

The village of Shipton Bellinger used to have at least eight shops but now we only have one. I feel heartbroken for these people as they are struggling.

Supermarkets are wonderful places but are no help to little local shops. I am so afraid that if we don’t use this shop we will lose this one also.

I wish to make a huge thank you to these friendly, helpful people for all that they do for us.

I wish them all the best for the future and for ours in this village. We need them.

We need the Andover Advertiser as well. You do a great job. I am against officials that wish to gag the press. We the public need to know what’s going on, and who’s doing it.

Josephine Smith, Hedges Close, Shipton Bellinger.