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BBC News By Laurence Cawley and Amelia Reynolds BBC News, East 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. ....