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Does your local shop help your community?
Sunderland Echo
|September 15, 2025
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Your local shop is there for all your everyday needs, from the ingredients for a quick supper and your favourite magazine, to a National Lottery ticket and a pint of milk.
And not only are the people who work in these convenience stores, newsagents and petrol stations always there when we need them, they often go above and beyond to support the wider community.
Now it's time to help them get the recognition they deserve.
This story is from the September 15, 2025 edition of Sunderland Echo.
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