A 50-strong group of villagers are battling to save their beloved pub.

The Swan pub, in School Road, Little Totham, which once held the title of national pub of the year, suddenly ceased trading last month to the shock of the whole village.

Devastated villagers have now formed a Friends of the Swan group in a bid to keep the building as a pub should it be bought again.

See this week's MBS for the full story.