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image captionThose who know Fairstead Community Shop well, compare it to Dr Who s time-travelling police box, the TARDIS
The Fairstead estate in King s Lynn, Norfolk, which is among England s most deprived neighbourhoods, has been hit hard both by the global pandemic and the repeated lockdowns. Yet people here say adversity has given rise to a new hero: a woman called Emma Brock, and her community shop.
Those who know Fairstead Community Shop well compare it to Doctor Who s time-travelling police box, the Tardis.
Run entirely by volunteers, it sells donated goods as cheaply as it can to the community that surrounds it.
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image captionThe president or the planes? For scores of visitors awaiting the arrival of US President Joe Biden, the man himself was something of a side-show
There is a campsite just beyond the American airbase at RAF Mildenhall. For the past few days, a throng of visitors have gathered awaiting the arrival of US President Joe Biden. But are they here for the man himself, or the aircraft that will bring him in?
Tracy Williams and her daughter Vanessa have been setting up their gazebo at The Nook Campsite in Mildenhall each day for three days straight.