By Tom Bevan

A newsagent that has been run by the same family for over 100 years has closed for the final time.

Historic store GW Hurley Newsagents was set up back in 1919 and was still being run by the founder's grandson Colin Morris, 80, who was born above it.

Colin had been getting up for work every day at 5am to work behind the counter at the store in Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset, but Saturday saw his last shift.

Grandfather Colin, who announced his retirement, got his first job working there as a paper delivery boy when he was eight, and celebrated his 80th birthday on May 1.

He said it has been hard work to keep the shop going amid changing shopping habits and the rise of online retail.

It marks the end of an era for the historic store that will now be turned into a community hub f

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