The village that took on Tesco and Timpson to save their cobbler – and won

Alan Macdonald has been a fixture of the community for more than 30 years (Picture: SWNS)Plans for Tesco to open a branch of Timpson have been scrapped – after locals rallied to protect the local cobbler.Villagers in Bishops Cleeve launched a petition to block the supermarket’s planning application for the key cutting and repair store.Locals raised worries for the cobbler shop, Macdonald, with owner Alan saying the new unit would have made it ‘difficult’ for his business