A newsagent in Burnham-on-Sea has been a family affair for over a century, with the founder's grandson, Colin Morris, still serving customers at the crack of dawn. The octogenarian, who was born above GW Hurley Newsagents in 1945, continues to uphold the family legacy that began when his grandmother Mable Hurley opened the shop 106 years ago.

Colin, who started as a paper delivery boy at the tender age of eight, recently celebrated his 80th birthday on 1 May but insists he's not ready to retire "just yet". He quipped: "My parents ran the business for 20 years and then I took it over, and I have been here ever since - it feels like an eternity!"

Despite considering retirement due to age and fatigue, Colin is determined to wait for property prices to recover, saying, "But they have dropped the property prices everywhere - so I'm going to hang on until they come back again.

"It's all bad news at the moment, but I think it will come back once more. I'm still hanging on!" Now the third generation custodian after his grandparents and parents, Fhyllis Morris and Harold Morris, Colin is a beloved figure in the community. Together with his wife Monika, who he jovially credits with keeping him in line, Colin remains at the helm of the cherished local establishment.

He's still grafting seven days a week, eyes open at the crack of dawn - 4:30am sharp - to begin his shift at the store by 5am, and then wraps up at 6pm before heading back home for 7pm, except on Sundays when he clocks out early at 1pm for a well-earned half day.

He quipped: "It is quite an easy life now! You get used to the work times. When you are eight-years-old doing paper rounds I enjoyed going around the place and causing trouble! I certainly cannot complain, and I have have lots of laughs over the years!"