STAFF and volunteers at Ilsington's community shop are hoping a trip to the House of Commons next Wednesday will see them crowned the nation's top small store.

The business, owned and operated by villagers since 2012, has been shortlisted in the 2015 Parliamentary Best Small Shops Competition.

It is the only community-run venture to have reached the final 20, judges from the All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group having considered 300 entries.

The good news arrived on Friday the 13th.