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Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph: Village butcher's voted top of the chops 

Wiltshire News: Shop wins best in Britain title

Morning Advertiser: Jolly Farmers is most diversfied pub 

ViRSA: Ascott Village Shop triumphs at Best Rural Retailer national competition  

The Western Mail: Modest butcher’s best by tradition 

Oxford Mail: Prizes flood in for vital shop 

In its 8th February edition, Best Rural Retailer media partner Farmers Weekly magazine devoted a double page spread to the competition winners. If you can, please buy a copy from your local retailer, but if you can't, enjoy the FW online gallery here .

The Newcastle Journal: Doing us all proud 

Hexham Courant: Co-op is pipped at the post in national shop awards

Trading on tradition helps rural refuseniks take country path to 21st century success

Reports of the demise of bucolic Britain have been greatly exaggerated, according to the Countryside Alliance. As Christopher Middleton discovers, its Best Rural Retailer 2007 competition attracted a record 2,500 entries and, for the second year running, The Daily Telegraph is proud to sponsor the Best Traditional Business category, won by Andrew Rees, a butcher in Pembrokeshire.